Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis Airport to Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field MEM → HTS
409 nautical miles (471 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 059°, about 060° magnetic at the departure end (variation 1W). At 120 knots that is 3 h at the quickest height in today's winds (24,000 ft, a 16-knot tailwind), arriving about 10:26 am EDT (14:26 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: 324 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 SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the last 239 nm of the route.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, mist). Over the last 0 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 MEM.
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 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 (MEM, BNA, LOU, CRW). 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 | 290° at 17 kt | −10 kt | 130 kt | 3 h 09 min | 10:35 am EDT (14:35 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 300° at 16 kt | −9 kt | 129 kt | 3 h 10 min | 10:36 am EDT (14:36 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 300° at 16 kt | −8 kt | 12 °C | 128 kt | 3 h 12 min | 10:38 am EDT (14:38 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 300° at 17 kt | −8 kt | 9 °C | 128 kt | 3 h 12 min | 10:38 am EDT (14:38 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 300° at 16 kt | −7 kt | 5 °C | 127 kt | 3 h 13 min | 10:39 am EDT (14:39 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 300° at 18 kt | −8 kt | 2 °C | 128 kt | 3 h 12 min | 10:38 am EDT (14:38 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 300° at 20 kt | −9 kt | -1 °C | 129 kt | 3 h 10 min | 10:36 am EDT (14:36 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 300° at 23 kt | −10 kt | -5 °C | 130 kt | 3 h 09 min | 10:35 am EDT (14:35 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 300° at 24 kt | −11 kt | -6 °C | 131 kt | 3 h 07 min | 10:33 am EDT (14:33 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 290° at 28 kt | −16 kt | -18 °C | 136 kt | 3 h | 10:26 am EDT (14:26 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 310° at 37 kt | −13 kt | -33 °C | 133 kt | 3 h 05 min | 10:31 am EDT (14:31 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 310° at 50 kt | −15 kt | -41 °C | 135 kt | 3 h 02 min | 10:28 am EDT (14:28 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 310° at 47 kt | −13 kt | -51 °C | 133 kt | 3 h 05 min | 10:31 am EDT (14:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 250/19 | 260/19 17° | 270/20 12° | 270/16 6° | 270/21 -6° | 290/27 -17° | 300/37 -30° | 300/49 -40° | 310/40 -51° |
| BNA | used from 100 nm out; 54 nm from the line | 300/20 | 300/14 15° | 300/14 10° | 300/13 4° | 310/22 -5° | 280/24 -18° | 310/37 -33° | 310/50 -41° | 320/49 -51° |
| LOU | used from 249 nm out; 61 nm from the line | 300/16 | 310/19 15° | 310/17 9° | 300/15 4° | 300/26 -6° | 280/34 -19° | 290/30 -34° | 310/49 -42° | 310/58 -51° |
| CRW | used from 349 nm out; 78 nm from the line | 320/17 | 340/23 12° | 340/32 8° | 340/35 4° | 330/40 -7° | 340/45 -20° | 340/57 -34° | 340/64 -42° | 320/38 -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEM Memphis, TN | departure | no report just now | 340 ft | ||||
| FYE Somerville, TN | 30 nm out, 6 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 435 ft | ||||
| MKL Jackson, TN | 60 nm out, 3 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 434 ft | ||||
| PVE Lexington-Parsons, TN | 90 nm out, 14 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 487 ft | ||||
| CKV Clarksville, TN | 160 nm out, 18 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 549 ft | ||||
| JWN Nashville, TN | 170 nm out, 18 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 501 ft | ||||
| GLW Glasgow, KY | 229 nm out, 5 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 716 ft | ||||
| AAS Campbellsville, KY | 269 nm out, 8 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 921 ft | ||||
| RGA Richmond, KY | 309 nm out, 5 nm east of the line | no report just now | 1,002 ft | ||||
| IOB Mount Sterling, KY | 339 nm out, 14 nm north of the line | no report just now | 1,019 ft | ||||
| HTS Huntington, WV | destination | no report just now | 828 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,019 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At HTS when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 10:26 am EDT (14:26 UTC)
HTS has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/0708 Goodlettsville, TN, Saturday, August 1, 2026 through Sunday, August 1, 2027 UTC 12 nm from the route, 179 nm along the route · security · until 1 August · ZME
Daylight
Sunset at MEM 6:29 pm CDT (23:29 UTC), at HTS 6:56 pm EDT (22:56 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:23 pm EDT (23:23 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: Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis Airport, Tri-State/Milton J Ferguson Field.