Plan a flight · Tue 2:08 am EDT (06:08 UTC)

Miami International to Dallas-Fort Worth International MIA → DFW

973 nautical miles (1,120 statute miles) northwest on a straight line, true course 300°, about 305° magnetic at the departure end (variation 5W). At 120 knots that is 8 h 06 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, no wind along the track), arriving about 9:14 am CDT (14:14 UTC). Right now MIA is VFR, wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 4 knots; DFW is VFR, wind from the south (170°) at 12 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: 9,793 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 5E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, mist). Over the route from 765 to 874 nm out.

Turbulence No turbulence warning in force along the route. A pilot reported smooth air, at 41,000 ft, 48 nm southwest, 12:40 am EDT (04:40 UTC). The government's turbulence forecast map ↗

Icing No icing warning in force along the route. No pilot has reported icing near the line in the last three hours. The freezing level is about 15,500 ft (from the winds-aloft temperatures), so icing is possible in cloud above that. The government's icing forecast map ↗

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 MIA.

Pilot reports along the route within 50 nm of the line, last three hours, the serious ones first

B738 at 41,000 ft, 48 nm southwest, 12:40 am EDT (04:40 UTC): no turbulence. 318 nm along the route, 48 nm southwest of the line.
as filed, and in English
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SRQ UA /OV SRQ280180/TM 0440/FL410/TP B738/TB NEG
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Report
a routine report filed through SRQ
Where
180 nm west (280°) of SRQ
Time
04:40 UTC
Height
at 41,000 ft
Aircraft
B738
Turbulence
none

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 8 forecast points nearest it (MIA, PIE, TLH, MOB, MSY, LCH, SHV, DAL). 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	200° at 3 kt	0		120 kt	8 h 06 min	9:14 am CDT (14:14 UTC)
6,500 ft	230° at 3 kt	+2 kt	17 °C	118 kt	8 h 15 min	9:23 am CDT (14:23 UTC)
8,500 ft	270° at 3 kt	+3 kt	14 °C	117 kt	8 h 19 min	9:27 am CDT (14:27 UTC)
10,500 ft	300° at 3 kt	+4 kt	11 °C	116 kt	8 h 23 min	9:31 am CDT (14:31 UTC)
12,500 ft	320° at 5 kt	+5 kt	8 °C	115 kt	8 h 28 min	9:36 am CDT (14:36 UTC)
14,500 ft	330° at 7 kt	+6 kt	3 °C	114 kt	8 h 32 min	9:40 am CDT (14:40 UTC)
16,500 ft	330° at 8 kt	+7 kt	-2 °C	113 kt	8 h 37 min	9:45 am CDT (14:45 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180	330° at 9 kt	+7 kt	-6 °C	113 kt	8 h 37 min	9:45 am CDT (14:45 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240	330° at 15 kt	+12 kt	-16 °C	108 kt	9 h 01 min	10:09 am CDT (15:09 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300	340° at 24 kt	+19 kt	-30 °C	101 kt	9 h 38 min	10:46 am CDT (15:46 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340	360° at 30 kt	+15 kt	-39 °C	105 kt	9 h 16 min	10:24 am CDT (15:24 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390	360° at 29 kt	+11 kt	-51 °C	109 kt	8 h 56 min	10:04 am CDT (15:04 UTC)

Based on data from the 13th at 00:00 UTC; valid on the 13th 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

Point	From	3,000	6,000	9,000	12,000	18,000	24,000	30,000	34,000	39,000
MIA	used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line	050/9	L/V 17°	L/V 13°	L/V 8°	250/11 -6°	310/11 -18°	360/26 -32°	360/21 -41°	340/15 -50°
PIE	used from 99 nm out; 69 nm from the line	030/14	020/14 18°	040/10 13°	L/V 8°	020/13 -4°	020/28 -17°	350/21 -31°	010/37 -40°	010/39 -51°
TLH	used from 298 nm out; 137 nm from the line	010/10	010/11 18°	360/14 12°	020/12 7°	330/13 -5°	340/20 -18°	360/42 -30°	360/50 -40°	360/50 -51°
MOB	used from 397 nm out; 107 nm from the line	L/V	230/5 18°	330/6 12°	350/12 9°	330/13 -6°	320/15 -15°	350/40 -30°	360/44 -39°	010/39 -51°
MSY	used from 546 nm out; 26 nm from the line	180/10	180/11 18°	210/6 13°	340/7 9°	340/16 -7°	330/18 -14°	350/25 -30°	010/36 -40°	020/34 -51°
LCH	used from 695 nm out; 79 nm from the line	200/18	210/15 17°	240/12 13°	320/8 10°	330/11 -6°	300/17 -13°	330/11 -30°	010/22 -39°	030/26 -51°
SHV	used from 745 nm out; 57 nm from the line	200/22	230/16 17°	240/12 15°	280/10 10°	300/9 -6°	280/16 -14°	290/29 -29°	310/21 -38°	340/21 -50°
DAL	used from 894 nm out; 45 nm from the line	190/28	210/25 18°	210/20 15°	230/18 9°	L/V -5°	260/18 -14°	260/27 -28°	250/17 -38°	250/11 -49°

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
MIA Miami, FL	departure	VFR Sky: a few clouds at 5,000 feet	from the north-northeast (020°) at 4 knots	10+ mi	none	9 ft	1:53 am EDT (05:53 UTC)
RSW Fort Myers, FL	89 nm out, 1 nm west of the line, tower	VFR	from the northeast (050°) at 3 knots	10+ mi	none	29 ft	05:53 UTC
FMY Fort Myers, FL	99 nm out, 2 nm southeast of the line, tower	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	17 ft	05:53 UTC
NEW New Orleans, LA	576 nm out, 14 nm southwest of the line, tower	marginal VFR Weather: mist	calm	5 mi	none	7 ft	05:53 UTC
HDC Hammond, LA	606 nm out, 3 nm north of the line, tower	low IFR Sky: sky obscured at 500 feet Weather: mist	calm	0.75 mi	500 ft	46 ft	05:50 UTC
AEX Alexandria, LA	725 nm out, 2 nm north of the line, tower	VFR	from the south-southeast (150°) at 5 knots	10+ mi	none	88 ft	05:53 UTC
GGG Longview, TX	854 nm out, 16 nm northeast of the line, tower	VFR	from the south (180°) at 9 knots	10+ mi	none	365 ft	05:53 UTC
TYR Tyler, TX	884 nm out, 1 nm north of the line, tower	marginal VFR Sky: a broken layer at 1,300 feet	from the south (180°) at 10 knots	10+ mi	1,300 ft	543 ft	06:02 UTC
DFW Dallas-Fort Worth, TX	destination	VFR	from the south (170°) at 12 knots	10+ mi	none	606 ft	12:53 am CDT (05:53 UTC)

The highest airport on this list sits at 606 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

The codes as issued, and in English, for every airport in the table

MIA Miami, FL