MC Allen International to Tucson International MFE → TUS
755 nautical miles (869 statute miles) northwest on a straight line, true course 301°, about 297° magnetic at the departure end (variation 4E). At 120 knots that is 6 h at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 6-knot tailwind), arriving about 9:43 am MST (16:43 UTC). Right now MFE is VFR, wind from the east-southeast (120°) at 6 knots; TUS is VFR, wind from the south-southeast (160°) at 3 knots. 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 SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Near the route, at the destination end.
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 MFE.
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 6 forecast points nearest it (BRO, LRD, DRT, MRF, ELP, TUS). 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 | 180° at 12 kt | −6 kt | 13 °C | 126 kt | 6 h | 9:43 am MST (16:43 UTC) |
| 6,500 ft | 190° at 12 kt | −4 kt | 16 °C | 124 kt | 6 h 05 min | 9:48 am MST (16:48 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 200° at 16 kt | −2 kt | 14 °C | 122 kt | 6 h 11 min | 9:54 am MST (16:54 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 200° at 18 kt | −1 kt | 11 °C | 121 kt | 6 h 14 min | 9:57 am MST (16:57 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 210° at 19 kt | 0 | 7 °C | 120 kt | 6 h 18 min | 10:01 am MST (17:01 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 220° at 22 kt | +3 kt | 3 °C | 117 kt | 6 h 27 min | 10:10 am MST (17:10 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 220° at 25 kt | +6 kt | -1 °C | 114 kt | 6 h 37 min | 10:20 am MST (17:20 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 230° at 28 kt | +8 kt | -5 °C | 112 kt | 6 h 44 min | 10:27 am MST (17:27 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 230° at 33 kt | +11 kt | -15 °C | 109 kt | 6 h 56 min | 10:39 am MST (17:39 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 210° at 34 kt | +4 kt | -28 °C | 116 kt | 6 h 31 min | 10:14 am MST (17:14 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 230° at 29 kt | +11 kt | -38 °C | 109 kt | 6 h 56 min | 10:39 am MST (17:39 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 240° at 21 kt | +13 kt | -50 °C | 107 kt | 7 h 03 min | 10:46 am MST (17:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRO | used from 0 nm out; 71 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° |
| LRD | used from 50 nm out; 44 nm from the line | 160/22 | 170/23 18° | 190/18 15° | 210/12 10° | 220/17 -4° | 200/11 -15° | 150/13 -29° | 060/8 -40° | 030/28 -51° |
| DRT | used from 199 nm out; 93 nm from the line | 160/26 | 180/14 17° | 200/18 15° | 200/20 9° | 210/21 -3° | 220/14 -13° | 210/17 -29° | 280/12 -39° | 320/20 -51° |
| MRF | used from 298 nm out; 95 nm from the line | 210/12 15° | 190/5 10° | 220/19 -4° | 240/30 -13° | 220/29 -28° | 240/24 -38° | 250/18 -51° | ||
| ELP | used from 497 nm out; 87 nm from the line | 300/8 | 210/14 12° | 210/28 6° | 230/47 -6° | 230/56 -14° | 220/58 -27° | 230/60 -38° | 230/56 -50° | |
| TUS | used from 646 nm out; 84 nm from the line | 200/12 13° | 200/34 7° | 210/41 4° | 230/53 -7° | 220/69 -19° | 220/84 -27° | 220/88 -36° | 220/83 -48° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFE Mc Allen, TX | departure | VFR | from the east-southeast (120°) at 6 knots | 10+ mi | none | 107 ft | 4:53 am CDT (09:53 UTC) |
| APY Zapata, TX | 70 nm out, 13 nm northeast of the line | VFR Sky: scattered clouds at 1,500 feet | calm | 10+ mi | none | 422 ft | 10:35 UTC |
| PRS Presidio, TX | 387 nm out, 19 nm northeast of the line | VFR | from the north (360°) at 8 knots | 10+ mi | none | 2,938 ft | 10:35 UTC |
| DUG Douglas Bisbee, AZ | 675 nm out, 6 nm southwest of the line | VFR | from the south-southeast (160°) at 7 knots | 10+ mi | none | 4,150 ft | 09:56 UTC |
| FHU Fort Huachuca Sierra Vista, AZ | 715 nm out, 16 nm south of the line, tower | VFR Sky: overcast at 3,800 feet | from the south (180°) at 10 knots | 10+ mi | 3,800 ft | 4,718 ft | 09:55 UTC |
| TUS Tucson, AZ | destination | VFR Sky: a broken layer at 7,000 feet, a broken layer at 8,000 feet | from the south-southeast (160°) at 3 knots | 10+ mi | 7,000 ft | 2,643 ft | 2:53 am MST (09:53 UTC) |
The highest airport on this list sits at 4,718 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At TUS when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 9:43 am MST (16:43 UTC)
Wind from the south-southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet VFR
The whole forecast for TUS
- From Sun 11:00 pm MST (06:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 8,000 feet
- From Mon 1:00 am MST (08:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet
- From Mon 10:00 am MST (17:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 14 knots, gusting to 22, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 6,000 feet
- From Mon 8:00 pm MST (03:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet
The forecast for MFE, the departure
- From Mon 1:00 am CDT (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 2,500 feet
- From Mon 10:00 am CDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet
- From Mon 3:00 pm CDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 12 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 7,000 feet
- From Mon 11:00 pm CDT (04:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 7,000 feet
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 MFE 7:07 pm CDT (00:07 UTC), at TUS 5:53 pm MST (00:53 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:18 pm MST (01:18 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: MC Allen International, Tucson International.