LA Crosse Regional to Valley International LSE → HRL
1,105 nautical miles (1,271 statute miles) south on a straight line, true course 198°, about 199° magnetic at the departure end (variation 1W). At 120 knots that is 8 h 22 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 12-knot tailwind), arriving about 2:59 pm CDT (19:59 UTC). For planning, not a briefing: the legal preflight briefing comes from Flight Service (1-800-WX-BRIEF) or the FAA's own tools. Airlines fly this pair: 1 flights in the DOT's last twelve reported months, the route's page.
The route the straight line, the warnings crossed, restrictions, pilot reports and the airports along the way · click a mark for its words
Green, blue, red and purple airport dots are the flying conditions reported there now (VFR, marginal VFR, IFR, low IFR); grey means no report. Red areas are SIGMETs, orange areas AIRMETs, hatched red areas temporary flight restrictions. Map tiles: OpenFreeMap, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Warnings the route crosses SIGMETs and AIRMETs whose area the line passes through or comes within 25 nm of
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground). Over the route from 60 to 547 nm out.
A SIGMET warns of weather hazardous to all aircraft; an AIRMET of weather that matters to small aircraft and to flying without instruments. "From 60 to 180 nm out" is measured along the route from LSE.
Pilot reports along the route within 50 nm of the line, last three hours, the serious ones first
Not fetched just now.
Winds aloft along the route, and the time en route the forecast for use 08:00–15:00 UTC · at 120 knots true airspeed
The westbound cruising heights for this course (VFR: even thousands plus 500 ft; above 18,000 ft the forecast levels), with the wind averaged along the line from the 12 forecast points nearest it (LSE, DBQ, DSM, BRL, COU, SGF, FSM, DAL, CLL, PSX, CRP, BRO). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.
| Height | Average wind | Head- or tailwind | Temperature | Ground speed | Time en route | Arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,500 ft | 220° at 20 kt | +18 kt | 102 kt | 10 h 50 min | 5:27 pm CDT (22:27 UTC) | |
| 6,500 ft | 230° at 16 kt | +14 kt | 16 °C | 106 kt | 10 h 25 min | 5:02 pm CDT (22:02 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 230° at 15 kt | +13 kt | 13 °C | 107 kt | 10 h 20 min | 4:57 pm CDT (21:57 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 240° at 14 kt | +11 kt | 10 °C | 109 kt | 10 h 08 min | 4:45 pm CDT (21:45 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 250° at 14 kt | +9 kt | 6 °C | 111 kt | 9 h 57 min | 4:34 pm CDT (21:34 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 250° at 16 kt | +10 kt | 1 °C | 110 kt | 10 h 03 min | 4:40 pm CDT (21:40 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 250° at 17 kt | +10 kt | -3 °C | 110 kt | 10 h 03 min | 4:40 pm CDT (21:40 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 250° at 18 kt | +10 kt | -7 °C | 110 kt | 10 h 03 min | 4:40 pm CDT (21:40 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 260° at 25 kt | +12 kt | -16 °C | 108 kt | 10 h 14 min | 4:51 pm CDT (21:51 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 280° at 35 kt | +6 kt | -31 °C | 114 kt | 9 h 42 min | 4:19 pm CDT (21:19 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 280° at 38 kt | +2 kt | -40 °C | 118 kt | 9 h 22 min | 3:59 pm CDT (20:59 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 300° at 40 kt | −12 kt | -50 °C | 132 kt | 8 h 22 min | 2:59 pm CDT (19:59 UTC) |
Based on data from the 12th at 06:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 12:00 UTC for use 08:00 to 15:00 UTC; temperatures above 24,000 ft are below zero. Heights are above sea level; a height is left out when the forecast has no wind for it over most of the line (the ground is higher). Ground speed is the airspeed less the headwind; the time en route is for the straight line and ignores climb, descent and routing around weather.
The forecast points as issued
| Point | From | 3,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 24,000 | 30,000 | 34,000 | 39,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSE | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 250/25 | 240/21 17° | 240/28 11° | 250/28 5° | 280/24 -10° | 280/31 -21° | 260/35 -37° | 270/45 -43° | 280/59 -47° |
| DBQ | used from 50 nm out; 51 nm from the line | 250/27 | 260/23 17° | 240/26 10° | 260/30 4° | 280/26 -9° | 280/36 -21° | 270/41 -36° | 280/52 -41° | 290/67 -48° |
| DSM | used from 149 nm out; 59 nm from the line | 250/47 | 260/25 20° | 240/19 11° | 240/31 5° | 250/26 -9° | 260/38 -20° | 260/47 -34° | 270/58 -37° | 270/61 -47° |
| BRL | used from 199 nm out; 81 nm from the line | 250/32 | 250/19 17° | 260/15 11° | 270/16 3° | 290/23 -7° | 260/42 -20° | 270/52 -34° | 280/63 -39° | 290/64 -48° |
| COU | used from 249 nm out; 61 nm from the line | 250/36 | 260/14 16° | 250/5 12° | 260/12 6° | 260/24 -7° | 260/35 -19° | 280/58 -31° | 280/62 -40° | 290/60 -49° |
| SGF | used from 348 nm out; 46 nm from the line | 230/37 | 260/20 15° | 250/16 13° | 250/15 8° | 260/28 -7° | 250/31 -17° | 280/59 -31° | 280/59 -39° | 290/55 -50° |
| FSM | used from 448 nm out; 62 nm from the line | 230/33 | 260/23 15° | 240/23 11° | 230/18 8° | 230/20 -8° | 250/31 -17° | 280/51 -30° | 280/52 -39° | 300/47 -51° |
| DAL | used from 647 nm out; 73 nm from the line | 190/30 | 200/28 18° | 220/18 13° | 250/13 8° | 240/24 -6° | 270/20 -14° | 270/35 -29° | 290/34 -39° | 310/41 -51° |
| CLL | used from 746 nm out; 63 nm from the line | 180/24 | 170/21 19° | 180/10 14° | 230/7 8° | 230/16 -6° | 260/20 -13° | 290/23 -29° | 320/21 -39° | 340/35 -51° |
| PSX | used from 896 nm out; 39 nm from the line | 160/24 | 190/17 17° | 200/10 15° | L/V 8° | 260/7 -5° | 220/10 -12° | 310/11 -30° | 320/13 -40° | 010/29 -51° |
| CRP | used from 995 nm out; 17 nm from the line | 140/21 | 160/22 17° | 180/14 13° | 210/6 9° | 270/10 -5° | 200/8 -13° | L/V -29° | L/V -40° | 030/28 -51° |
| BRO | used from 1045 nm out; 53 nm from the line | 160/15 | 160/15 18° | 170/11 14° | 150/7 9° | L/V -4° | 170/6 -15° | 100/15 -29° | 100/14 -41° | 040/26 -51° |
The weather now: both ends and the airports along the way public airports with a weather report within 25 nm of the line, one for each stretch
| Airport | Where | Conditions | Wind | Visibility | Ceiling | Elevation | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LSE La Crosse, WI | departure | no report just now | 655 ft | ||||
| ALO Waterloo, IA | 90 nm out, 23 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 873 ft | ||||
| CID Cedar Rapids, IA | 119 nm out, 19 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 869 ft | ||||
| MHL Marshall, MO | 299 nm out, 5 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 778 ft | ||||
| JLN Joplin, MO | 428 nm out, 20 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 977 ft | ||||
| XNA Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, AR | 478 nm out, 3 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,288 ft | ||||
| PRX Paris, TX | 647 nm out, 7 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 547 ft | ||||
| TYR Tyler, TX | 717 nm out, 17 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 543 ft | ||||
| CLL College Station, TX | 836 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 320 ft | ||||
| VCT Victoria, TX | 945 nm out, 4 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 115 ft | ||||
| CRP Corpus Christi, TX | 1015 nm out, 16 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 46 ft | ||||
| HRL Harlingen, TX | destination | no report just now | 36 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,288 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At HRL when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 2:59 pm CDT (19:59 UTC)
HRL has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/8926 Tyler, TX, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Local 12 nm from the route, 717 nm along the route · a VIP movement · starts tomorrow · ZFW
Daylight
Sunset at LSE 6:26 pm CDT (23:26 UTC), at HRL 7:04 pm CDT (00:04 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:28 pm CDT (00:28 UTC)).
Each restriction opens the FAA's own page with the exact area, heights and times. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
Radar and forecast charts for the regions crossed government pictures, the latest each time the page loads
Sources: the Aviation Weather Center's data service (SIGMETs, AIRMETs, graphical AIRMETs, pilot reports, winds and temperatures aloft, observations and terminal forecasts), the National Weather Service radar, the Weather Prediction Center's charts, the FAA's temporary flight restriction list and shapes, and the FAA's airport file for the positions, elevations and magnetic variation. Fetched when the page is viewed and kept a few minutes. Each leg is the straight line between its two airports; airways, terrain and airspace are not considered. The airports in detail: LA Crosse Regional, Valley International.