Plan a flight · Tue 3:05 am EDT (07:05 UTC)

Miami International to Mobile Regional MIA → MOB

513 nautical miles (590 statute miles) northwest on a straight line, true course 307°, about 312° magnetic at the departure end (variation 5W). At 120 knots that is 4 h 21 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 2-knot headwind), arriving about 6:26 am CDT (11:26 UTC), after sunset at the destination. Right now MIA is VFR, wind variable at 3 knots; MOB is VFR, wind calm. 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: 2 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 10E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, mist). Over the last 39 nm of the route.

Turbulence No turbulence warning in force along the route. No pilot has reported turbulence near the line in the last three hours. 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

No pilot reports within 50 nautical miles of the line in the last three hours.

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 4 forecast points nearest it (MIA, PIE, TLH, MOB). 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	020° at 8 kt	+2 kt		118 kt	4 h 21 min	6:26 am CDT (11:26 UTC)
6,500 ft	010° at 7 kt	+3 kt	17 °C	117 kt	4 h 23 min	6:28 am CDT (11:28 UTC)
8,500 ft	010° at 7 kt	+3 kt	14 °C	117 kt	4 h 23 min	6:28 am CDT (11:28 UTC)
10,500 ft	010° at 6 kt	+2 kt	10 °C	118 kt	4 h 21 min	6:26 am CDT (11:26 UTC)
12,500 ft	360° at 5 kt	+3 kt	7 °C	117 kt	4 h 23 min	6:28 am CDT (11:28 UTC)
14,500 ft	350° at 7 kt	+5 kt	3 °C	115 kt	4 h 28 min	6:33 am CDT (11:33 UTC)
16,500 ft	340° at 8 kt	+6 kt	-2 °C	114 kt	4 h 30 min	6:35 am CDT (11:35 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180	340° at 9 kt	+7 kt	-5 °C	113 kt	4 h 32 min	6:37 am CDT (11:37 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240	360° at 18 kt	+11 kt	-17 °C	109 kt	4 h 42 min	6:47 am CDT (11:47 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300	350° at 30 kt	+20 kt	-31 °C	100 kt	5 h 08 min	7:13 am CDT (12:13 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340	360° at 38 kt	+20 kt	-40 °C	100 kt	5 h 08 min	7:13 am CDT (12:13 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390	010° at 36 kt	+18 kt	-51 °C	102 kt	5 h 02 min	7:07 am CDT (12:07 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; 61 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 296 nm out; 99 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 395 nm out; 94 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°

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	variable at 3 knots	10+ mi	none	9 ft	2:53 am EDT (06:53 UTC)
TNT Miami, FL	30 nm out, 16 nm southwest of the line	no report just now				12 ft
RSW Fort Myers, FL	89 nm out, 11 nm southwest of the line, tower	VFR	from the northeast (040°) at 3 knots	10+ mi	none	29 ft	06:53 UTC
PGD Punta Gorda, FL	118 nm out, 5 nm southeast of the line, tower	VFR	from the northeast (050°) at 3 knots	10+ mi	none	25 ft	06:53 UTC
SRQ Sarasota/Bradenton, FL	158 nm out, 6 nm northeast of the line, tower	VFR	from the north (010°) at 4 knots	10+ mi	none	29 ft	06:53 UTC
JKA Gulf Shores, AL	473 nm out, 4 nm southwest of the line, tower	low IFR Sky: sky obscured Weather: fog	calm	0.25 mi	none	17 ft	06:55 UTC
MOB Mobile, AL	destination	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	218 ft	1:56 am CDT (06:56 UTC)

The highest airport on this list sits at 218 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