Eppley Airfield to Provo Municipal OMA → PVU
722 nautical miles (831 statute miles) west on a straight line, true course 270°, about 268° magnetic at the departure end (variation 2E). At 120 knots that is 6 h 57 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 16-knot headwind), arriving about 7:05 am MDT (13:05 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: 4 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 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 first 326 nm of the route.
- AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 38,000 ft. Over the route from 297 to 712 nm out.
- AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 18,000 ft. Over the last 376 nm of the route.
- 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 425 to 603 nm out.
- AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the last 227 nm of the route.
- AIRMET TANGO 5W: strong surface winds (30 knots or more) (due to sustained surface winds greater than 30 knots). Over the route from 544 to 593 nm out.
- AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 23,000 ft. Over the last 148 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 OMA.
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 6 forecast points nearest it (OMA, GRI, BFF, DEN, RKS, SLC). 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 | 210° at 26 kt | +16 kt | 21 °C | 104 kt | 6 h 57 min | 7:05 am MDT (13:05 UTC) |
| 6,500 ft | 220° at 25 kt | +16 kt | 20 °C | 104 kt | 6 h 57 min | 7:05 am MDT (13:05 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 220° at 26 kt | +18 kt | 14 °C | 102 kt | 7 h 05 min | 7:13 am MDT (13:13 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 220° at 27 kt | +20 kt | 9 °C | 100 kt | 7 h 13 min | 7:21 am MDT (13:21 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 220° at 30 kt | +23 kt | 4 °C | 97 kt | 7 h 27 min | 7:35 am MDT (13:35 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 230° at 31 kt | +24 kt | -1 °C | 96 kt | 7 h 31 min | 7:39 am MDT (13:39 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 230° at 32 kt | +25 kt | -6 °C | 95 kt | 7 h 36 min | 7:44 am MDT (13:44 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 230° at 33 kt | +26 kt | -9 °C | 94 kt | 7 h 41 min | 7:49 am MDT (13:49 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 220° at 41 kt | +31 kt | -22 °C | 89 kt | 8 h 07 min | 8:15 am MDT (14:15 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 230° at 48 kt | +39 kt | -31 °C | 81 kt | 8 h 55 min | 9:03 am MDT (15:03 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 240° at 55 kt | +51 kt | -36 °C | 69 kt | 10 h 28 min | 10:36 am MDT (16:36 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 250° at 55 kt | +53 kt | -46 °C | 67 kt | 10 h 47 min | 10:55 am MDT (16:55 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
| Point | From | 3,000 | 6,000 | 9,000 | 12,000 | 18,000 | 24,000 | 30,000 | 34,000 | 39,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMA | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 220/47 | 240/33 19° | 250/18 11° | 230/17 6° | 260/29 -8° | 250/33 -19° | 250/51 -33° | 260/61 -40° | 270/62 -49° |
| GRI | used from 49 nm out; 40 nm from the line | 230/35 21° | 230/23 13° | 220/20 7° | 240/25 -8° | 240/37 -20° | 250/49 -33° | 260/57 -38° | 260/58 -47° | |
| BFF | used from 247 nm out; 87 nm from the line | 180/28 | 220/33 15° | 210/31 7° | 230/32 -9° | 220/41 -21° | 220/40 -33° | 240/47 -36° | 250/54 -46° | |
| DEN | used from 396 nm out; 68 nm from the line | 240/21 14° | 250/44 6° | 220/49 -8° | 220/49 -21° | 230/54 -30° | 240/57 -35° | 240/49 -45° | ||
| RKS | used from 494 nm out; 93 nm from the line | 200/41 | 220/44 1° | 220/35 -11° | 220/46 -24° | 210/53 -27° | 220/62 -35° | 230/61 -44° | ||
| SLC | used from 643 nm out; 70 nm from the line | 200/5 | 230/8 2° | 220/20 -2° | 210/40 -12° | 190/53 -25° | 210/62 -30° | 220/69 -34° | 220/64 -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
| Airport | Where | Conditions | Wind | Visibility | Ceiling | Elevation | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OMA Omaha, NE | departure | no report just now | 984 ft | ||||
| AHQ Wahoo, NE | 30 nm out, 4 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 1,225 ft | ||||
| GRI Grand Island, NE | 109 nm out, 19 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,847 ft | ||||
| BBW Broken Bow, NE | 168 nm out, 12 nm north of the line | no report just now | 2,546 ft | ||||
| OGA Ogallala, NE | 267 nm out, 3 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 3,279 ft | ||||
| CNP Chappell, NE | 297 nm out, 3 nm south of the line | no report just now | 3,681 ft | ||||
| CYS Cheyenne, WY | 405 nm out, 12 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 6,159 ft | ||||
| SBS Steamboat Springs, CO | 504 nm out, 17 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 6,882 ft | ||||
| CAG Craig, CO | 534 nm out, 14 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 6,197 ft | ||||
| VEL Vernal, UT | 623 nm out, 5 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 5,274 ft | ||||
| HCR Heber, UT | 702 nm out, 14 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 5,636 ft | ||||
| PVU Provo, UT | destination | no report just now | 4,496 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 6,882 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At PVU when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 7:05 am MDT (13:05 UTC)
PVU 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 OMA 6:47 pm CDT (23:47 UTC), at PVU 6:50 pm MDT (00:50 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:17 pm MDT (01:17 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at PVU is before sunrise there (7:34 am MDT (13:34 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: Eppley Airfield, Provo Municipal.