Kansas City International to Shreveport Regional MCI → SHV
414 nautical miles (476 statute miles) south on a straight line, true course 174°, about 172° magnetic at the departure end (variation 2E). At 120 knots that is 2 h 52 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 24-knot tailwind), arriving about 12:03 pm CDT (17:03 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 first 138 nm of the route.
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 MCI.
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 14:00–21:00 UTC · at 120 knots true airspeed
The eastbound cruising heights for this course (VFR: odd thousands plus 500 ft; above 18,000 ft the forecast levels), with the wind averaged along the line from the 4 forecast points nearest it (MKC, SGF, FSM, SHV). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.
| Height | Average wind | Head- or tailwind | Temperature | Ground speed | Time en route | Arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,500 ft | 220° at 23 kt | +16 kt | 104 kt | 3 h 59 min | 1:10 pm CDT (18:10 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 230° at 27 kt | +16 kt | 104 kt | 3 h 59 min | 1:10 pm CDT (18:10 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 230° at 26 kt | +14 kt | 15 °C | 106 kt | 3 h 54 min | 1:05 pm CDT (18:05 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 230° at 22 kt | +11 kt | 12 °C | 109 kt | 3 h 48 min | 12:59 pm CDT (17:59 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 240° at 21 kt | +9 kt | 8 °C | 111 kt | 3 h 44 min | 12:55 pm CDT (17:55 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 250° at 22 kt | +6 kt | 4 °C | 114 kt | 3 h 38 min | 12:49 pm CDT (17:49 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 250° at 25 kt | +4 kt | -1 °C | 116 kt | 3 h 34 min | 12:45 pm CDT (17:45 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 260° at 27 kt | +1 kt | -6 °C | 119 kt | 3 h 29 min | 12:40 pm CDT (17:40 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 260° at 28 kt | +1 kt | -7 °C | 119 kt | 3 h 29 min | 12:40 pm CDT (17:40 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 260° at 32 kt | +1 kt | -17 °C | 119 kt | 3 h 29 min | 12:40 pm CDT (17:40 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 280° at 57 kt | −14 kt | -29 °C | 134 kt | 3 h 05 min | 12:16 pm CDT (17:16 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 290° at 53 kt | −22 kt | -37 °C | 142 kt | 2 h 55 min | 12:06 pm CDT (17:06 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 300° at 43 kt | −24 kt | -50 °C | 144 kt | 2 h 52 min | 12:03 pm CDT (17:03 UTC) |
Based on data from the 12th at 12:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 18:00 UTC for use 14:00 to 21:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKC | used from 0 nm out; 14 nm from the line | 220/35 | 240/30 21° | 240/27 13° | 240/31 6° | 260/31 -7° | 250/43 -21° | 270/70 -28° | 280/72 -36° | 280/59 -49° |
| SGF | used from 98 nm out; 50 nm from the line | 220/23 | 240/29 16° | 240/21 13° | 240/15 7° | 270/28 -7° | 260/34 -18° | 280/67 -29° | 290/59 -37° | 290/51 -49° |
| FSM | used from 197 nm out; 19 nm from the line | 210/15 | 230/31 18° | 230/26 12° | 240/22 8° | 260/26 -6° | 270/29 -16° | 280/56 -29° | 290/47 -37° | 310/41 -50° |
| SHV | used from 345 nm out; 44 nm from the line | 200/17 | 190/28 18° | 200/15 13° | 250/12 7° | 260/28 -7° | 280/22 -14° | 290/29 -29° | 310/33 -39° | 340/27 -50° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCI Kansas City, MO | departure | no report just now | 1,027 ft | ||||
| OJC Olathe, KS | 30 nm out, 5 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,096 ft | ||||
| BUM Butler, MO | 59 nm out, 11 nm east of the line | no report just now | 893 ft | ||||
| LLU Lamar, MO | 108 nm out, 7 nm east of the line | no report just now | 1,009 ft | ||||
| JLN Joplin, MO | 128 nm out, 4 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 977 ft | ||||
| FYV Fayetteville, AR | 197 nm out, 5 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,252 ft | ||||
| FSM Fort Smith, AR | 236 nm out, 9 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 469 ft | ||||
| MEZ Mena, AR | 286 nm out, 6 nm west of the line | no report just now | 1,079 ft | ||||
| DEQ De Queen, AR | 315 nm out, 19 nm west of the line | no report just now | 354 ft | ||||
| TXK Texarkana, AR | 355 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 389 ft | ||||
| ATA Atlanta, TX | 374 nm out, 15 nm west of the line | no report just now | 280 ft | ||||
| SHV Shreveport, LA | destination | no report just now | 257 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,252 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At SHV when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 12:03 pm CDT (17:03 UTC)
SHV has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
No temporary flight restriction on or near this route right now.
Daylight
Sunset at MCI 6:44 pm CDT (23:44 UTC), at SHV 6:46 pm CDT (23:46 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:11 pm CDT (00:11 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: Kansas City International, Shreveport Regional.