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Manchester Boston Regional to Stockton Metro Airport MHT → SCK

2,263 nautical miles (2,605 statute miles) west on a straight line, true course 280°, about 295° magnetic at the departure end (variation 15W). At 120 knots that is 20 h 46 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 11-knot headwind), arriving about 6:57 pm PDT (01:57 UTC), after sunset at the destination. 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 return flight

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

  • SIGMET 8C: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 32,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 40 knots, until 2:55 am EDT (06:55 UTC). Near the route, 1446 nm along the route.
    as issued
    WSUS32 KKCI 120455
    MKCC WST 120455
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 8C
    VALID UNTIL 0655Z
    NE SD WY
    FROM 50WNW RAP-20SSW RAP-60NW BFF-40ENE DDY-50WNW RAP
    DMSHG AREA TS MOV FROM 22040KT. TOPS TO FL320.
  • SIGMET W14W: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 28,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 20 knots, until 2:55 am EDT (06:55 UTC). Over the route from 1954 to 2094 nm out.
    as issued
    WSUS33 KKCI 120455
    MKCW WST 120455
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 14W
    VALID UNTIL 0655Z
    NV
    FROM 40NW BVL-20WNW ELY-20SSE OAL-40WNW OAL-50NE BAM-40NW BVL
    AREA TS MOV FROM 24020KT. TOPS TO FL280.
  • 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 first 598 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET ZULU 1C: moderate icing up to 22,000 ft. Over the first 199 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 21,000 ft to 33,000 ft. Over the first 249 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 10,000 ft. Over the first 60 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 30 to 199 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 3W: 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 768 to 1366 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 4E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 1236 to 1386 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 38,000 ft. Over the route from 1386 to 1765 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 18,000 ft. Over the route from 1436 to 1954 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 1W: 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 1486 to 1655 nm out.
  • AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 23,000 ft. Over the route from 1555 to 2074 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 1555 to 2074 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 5W: strong surface winds (30 knots or more) (due to sustained surface winds greater than 30 knots). Over the route from 1555 to 1655 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 1W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 39,000 ft. Over the last 50 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 MHT.

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 02:00–09:00 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 19 forecast points nearest it (BOS, ALB, SYR, BUF, CLE, TVC, MKG, GRB, LSE, MCW, FSD, ONL, BFF, RKS, SLC, ELY, BAM, RNO, SAC). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
4,500 ft230° at 13 kt+11 kt20 °C109 kt20 h 46 min6:57 pm PDT (01:57 UTC)
6,500 ft240° at 11 kt+11 kt13 °C109 kt20 h 46 min6:57 pm PDT (01:57 UTC)
8,500 ft230° at 13 kt+13 kt9 °C107 kt21 h 09 min7:20 pm PDT (02:20 UTC)
10,500 ft240° at 15 kt+15 kt5 °C105 kt21 h 33 min7:44 pm PDT (02:44 UTC)
12,500 ft240° at 17 kt+17 kt1 °C103 kt21 h 58 min8:09 pm PDT (03:09 UTC)
14,500 ft240° at 19 kt+19 kt-3 °C101 kt22 h 24 min8:35 pm PDT (03:35 UTC)
16,500 ft240° at 21 kt+21 kt-8 °C99 kt22 h 52 min9:03 pm PDT (04:03 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180250° at 22 kt+23 kt-11 °C97 kt23 h 20 min9:31 pm PDT (04:31 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240240° at 28 kt+28 kt-22 °C92 kt24 h 36 min10:47 pm PDT (05:47 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300250° at 35 kt+36 kt-33 °C84 kt26 h 56 min1:07 am PDT (08:07 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340250° at 43 kt+45 kt-40 °C75 kt30 h 10 min4:21 am PDT (11:21 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390260° at 50 kt+52 kt-48 °C68 kt33 h 17 min7:28 am PDT (14:28 UTC)

Based on data from the 12th at 00:00 UTC; valid on the 12th at 06:00 UTC for use 02:00 to 09:00 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
PointFrom3,0006,0009,00012,00018,00024,00030,00034,00039,000
BOSused from 0 nm out; 58 nm from the line110/20200/26 12°280/24 8°260/29 3°250/47 -10°230/59 -19°230/74 -33°240/95 -41°240/96 -53°
ALBused from 50 nm out; 38 nm from the line120/9270/8 10°L/V 5°260/9 1°260/34 -10°250/42 -22°240/57 -35°240/70 -42°240/65 -50°
SYRused from 150 nm out; 35 nm from the line280/13350/18 10°340/10 6°300/15 1°280/17 -12°270/16 -23°280/25 -38°250/40 -42°240/53 -50°
BUFused from 249 nm out; 59 nm from the line320/10010/16 10°360/10 6°340/13 2°330/22 -11°300/25 -23°320/31 -38°300/29 -44°280/36 -50°
CLEused from 449 nm out; 142 nm from the line340/7010/16 13°350/18 8°350/20 3°340/31 -10°340/46 -21°340/54 -37°330/62 -44°340/65 -49°
TVCused from 499 nm out; 111 nm from the line260/31280/22 15°290/18 10°270/13 2°290/25 -10°300/35 -21°310/52 -37°320/59 -47°300/84 -54°
MKGused from 598 nm out; 45 nm from the line260/22290/16 15°300/11 10°290/5 3°300/26 -9°300/32 -20°320/48 -36°320/61 -45°310/74 -53°
GRBused from 698 nm out; 43 nm from the line250/36270/23 16°270/14 9°240/18 4°280/26 -9°280/29 -20°290/42 -36°290/51 -45°290/72 -55°
LSEused from 798 nm out; 44 nm from the line230/40240/24 17°240/13 10°250/13 6°280/22 -9°250/28 -21°250/41 -34°260/42 -44°270/62 -53°
MCWused from 897 nm out; 42 nm from the line220/44250/30 17°230/14 12°240/17 6°250/22 -8°270/29 -20°250/34 -34°260/52 -43°260/59 -51°
FSDused from 1047 nm out; 37 nm from the line190/9230/30 18°240/23 13°240/20 6°260/22 -9°250/31 -21°250/43 -36°260/49 -43°270/53 -47°
ONLused from 1147 nm out; 42 nm from the line210/31 20°230/27 13°230/18 7°220/19 -8°240/26 -20°250/44 -35°270/52 -39°260/57 -47°
BFFused from 1296 nm out; 101 nm from the line180/28220/33 15°210/31 7°230/32 -9°220/41 -21°220/40 -33°240/47 -36°250/54 -46°
RKSused from 1545 nm out; 91 nm from the line200/41220/44 1°220/35 -11°220/46 -24°210/53 -27°220/62 -35°230/61 -44°
SLCused from 1745 nm out; 31 nm from the line200/5230/8 2°220/20 -2°210/40 -12°190/53 -25°210/62 -30°220/69 -34°220/64 -43°
ELYused from 1894 nm out; 48 nm from the line200/39 3°210/27 -2°210/45 -15°220/56 -24°210/60 -28°210/63 -34°220/61 -43°
BAMused from 1994 nm out; 73 nm from the line310/7 0°270/19 -7°200/38 -17°190/49 -28°220/69 -29°220/63 -33°230/48 -41°
RNOused from 2094 nm out; 75 nm from the line010/9320/10 -2°210/23 -9°210/34 -19°220/36 -25°230/31 -29°230/41 -33°230/38 -42°
SACused from 2193 nm out; 56 nm from the line110/6L/V 4°010/11 -2°350/11 -7°340/24 -16°360/44 -23°330/24 -30°270/21 -35°230/23 -43°

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

AirportWhereConditionsWindVisibilityCeilingElevationReported
MHT Manchester, NH departure no report just now 266 ft
RME Rome, NY 179 nm out, 9 nm southeast of the line, tower no report just now 504 ft
CYTZ Toronto, 349 nm out, 2 nm southwest of the line no report just now 251 ft
MBS Saginaw, MI 558 nm out, 16 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 668 ft
OSH Oshkosh, WI 748 nm out, 13 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 808 ft
RST Rochester, MN 917 nm out, 19 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 1,317 ft
AGZ Wagner, SD 1177 nm out, 2 nm east of the line no report just now 1,477 ft
GUR Guernsey, WY 1466 nm out, 7 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 4,401 ft
SLC Salt Lake City, UT 1805 nm out, 10 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 4,230 ft
TVY Tooele, UT 1815 nm out, 6 nm west of the line no report just now 4,321 ft
CPU San Andreas, CA 2233 nm out, 3 nm north of the line no report just now 1,327 ft
SCK Stockton, CA destination no report just now 32 ft

The highest airport on this list sits at 4,401 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At SCK when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 6:57 pm PDT (01:57 UTC)

SCK 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 MHT 6:08 pm EDT (22:08 UTC), at SCK 6:31 pm PDT (01:31 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:58 pm PDT (01:58 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at SCK is after sunset there (6:31 pm PDT (01:31 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

Radar now, the Northeast
Radar now, the Northeast · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the central Great Lakes
Radar now, the central Great Lakes · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the upper Mississippi valley
Radar now, the upper Mississippi valley · loop National Weather Service
Radar, the whole country
Radar, the whole country · loop National Weather Service
Surface analysis now
Surface analysis now Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

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: Manchester Boston Regional, Stockton Metro Airport.