Seattle Paine Field International to John F Kennedy International PAE → JFK
2,094 nautical miles (2,410 statute miles) east on a straight line, true course 084°, about 068° magnetic at the departure end (variation 16E). At 120 knots that is 12 h 32 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 47-knot tailwind), arriving about 6:18 pm EDT (22:18 UTC). 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 TANGO 1W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 39,000 ft. Over the route from 20 to 399 nm out.
- AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 18,000 ft. Over the route from 219 to 748 nm out.
- AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 269 to 509 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 349 to 1147 nm out.
- AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 23,000 ft. Over the route from 758 to 828 nm out.
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: 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 1287 to 1576 nm out.
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist, fog). Over the last 479 nm of the route.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, mist). Over the route from 1865 to 2015 nm out.
- AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 24,000 ft to 33,000 ft. Over the last 150 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 PAE.
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 eastbound cruising heights for this course (VFR: odd thousands plus 500 ft; above 18,000 ft the forecast levels), with the wind averaged along the line from the 17 forecast points nearest it (SEA, GEG, GPI, GTF, GGW, DIK, MOT, GFK, AXN, DLH, GRB, TVC, CLE, BUF, PSB, AVP, JFK). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.
| Height | Average wind | Head- or tailwind | Temperature | Ground speed | Time en route | Arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,500 ft | 300° at 6 kt | −6 kt | 126 kt | 16 h 37 min | 10:23 pm EDT (02:23 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 310° at 3 kt | −3 kt | 1 °C | 123 kt | 17 h 01 min | 10:47 pm EDT (02:47 UTC) |
| 7,500 ft | 280° at 5 kt | −6 kt | 6 °C | 126 kt | 16 h 37 min | 10:23 pm EDT (02:23 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 270° at 8 kt | −9 kt | 3 °C | 129 kt | 16 h 14 min | 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 270° at 13 kt | −13 kt | 0 °C | 133 kt | 15 h 45 min | 9:31 pm EDT (01:31 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 270° at 15 kt | −16 kt | -3 °C | 136 kt | 15 h 24 min | 9:10 pm EDT (01:10 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 270° at 17 kt | −18 kt | -7 °C | 138 kt | 15 h 10 min | 8:56 pm EDT (00:56 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 270° at 19 kt | −20 kt | -11 °C | 140 kt | 14 h 57 min | 8:43 pm EDT (00:43 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 270° at 19 kt | −20 kt | -12 °C | 140 kt | 14 h 57 min | 8:43 pm EDT (00:43 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 270° at 22 kt | −23 kt | -24 °C | 143 kt | 14 h 39 min | 8:25 pm EDT (00:25 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 270° at 23 kt | −24 kt | -37 °C | 144 kt | 14 h 32 min | 8:18 pm EDT (00:18 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 270° at 36 kt | −37 kt | -43 °C | 157 kt | 13 h 20 min | 7:06 pm EDT (23:06 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 270° at 45 kt | −47 kt | -48 °C | 167 kt | 12 h 32 min | 6:18 pm EDT (22:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | used from 0 nm out; 40 nm from the line | 350/5 | 010/6 0° | 010/9 -4° | 010/27 -6° | 010/51 -15° | 360/58 -26° | 360/60 -41° | 350/55 -48° | 340/30 -45° |
| GEG | used from 100 nm out; 73 nm from the line | 060/7 -2° | 070/12 -6° | 050/8 -8° | 120/11 -21° | 110/18 -33° | 030/22 -37° | 040/6 -38° | 240/7 -41° | |
| GPI | used from 249 nm out; 49 nm from the line | 090/8 -4° | 140/7 -7° | 090/10 -8° | 110/10 -19° | 210/25 -30° | 200/24 -40° | 210/31 -39° | 210/35 -42° | |
| GTF | used from 399 nm out; 46 nm from the line | L/V | L/V -7° | 240/8 -8° | 240/30 -14° | 240/40 -28° | 210/52 -38° | 210/76 -38° | 220/72 -43° | |
| GGW | used from 549 nm out; 56 nm from the line | 100/7 -1° | 070/10 -3° | 190/6 -4° | 210/34 -10° | 230/33 -24° | 210/48 -37° | 230/65 -40° | 230/71 -46° | |
| DIK | used from 698 nm out; 87 nm from the line | 190/12 5° | 230/29 7° | 220/33 1° | 220/43 -11° | 210/47 -23° | 220/53 -33° | 240/56 -40° | 250/72 -47° | |
| MOT | used from 798 nm out; 45 nm from the line | 120/14 4° | 190/25 5° | 220/41 1° | 240/43 -11° | 230/39 -22° | 220/44 -38° | 240/62 -42° | 250/73 -48° | |
| GFK | used from 947 nm out; 63 nm from the line | 080/18 | L/V 11° | 260/22 7° | 250/48 3° | 260/51 -11° | 250/44 -22° | 260/34 -38° | 260/53 -44° | 270/66 -49° |
| AXN | used from 1047 nm out; 60 nm from the line | 110/6 | 260/10 16° | 240/17 12° | 250/20 5° | 260/29 -10° | 260/35 -22° | 260/29 -38° | 270/48 -41° | 270/61 -48° |
| DLH | used from 1147 nm out; 60 nm from the line | 090/31 | 250/7 14° | 250/26 11° | 250/36 4° | 280/36 -11° | 290/35 -22° | 300/39 -38° | 280/41 -44° | 280/66 -49° |
| GRB | used from 1296 nm out; 110 nm from the line | 250/32 | 250/22 17° | 240/18 8° | 280/21 6° | 280/34 -11° | 280/35 -21° | 280/39 -37° | 270/52 -45° | 290/60 -49° |
| TVC | used from 1446 nm out; 48 nm from the line | 270/31 | 280/23 15° | 260/22 8° | 260/29 4° | 280/29 -11° | 280/42 -21° | 270/42 -36° | 270/54 -47° | 290/67 -51° |
| CLE | used from 1646 nm out; 140 nm from the line | 310/7 | 350/20 14° | 340/16 9° | 320/21 2° | 320/32 -8° | 330/34 -20° | 330/45 -36° | 320/60 -45° | 320/64 -51° |
| BUF | used from 1695 nm out; 116 nm from the line | 300/11 | 330/15 11° | 340/26 8° | 330/28 2° | 340/31 -10° | 340/32 -21° | 340/52 -37° | 340/59 -46° | 330/66 -53° |
| PSB | used from 1895 nm out; 77 nm from the line | 020/21 12° | 360/28 7° | 360/29 1° | 350/33 -10° | 350/42 -22° | 350/49 -37° | 340/63 -43° | 350/39 -52° | |
| AVP | used from 1945 nm out; 28 nm from the line | 010/20 | 020/24 11° | 360/19 8° | 350/23 2° | 320/24 -11° | 330/25 -22° | 330/27 -37° | 310/28 -42° | 290/30 -50° |
| JFK | used from 2044 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 020/25 | 290/9 12° | 300/12 7° | 320/14 3° | 290/17 -10° | 240/27 -21° | 240/44 -36° | 240/53 -41° | 240/51 -50° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAE Everett, WA | departure | no report just now | 606 ft | ||||
| DEW Deer Park, WA | 199 nm out, 13 nm south of the line | no report just now | 2,210 ft | ||||
| GPI Kalispell, MT | 319 nm out, 6 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 2,976 ft | ||||
| GGW Glasgow, MT | 628 nm out, 12 nm north of the line | no report just now | 2,295 ft | ||||
| SDY Sidney, MT | 728 nm out, 7 nm south of the line | no report just now | 1,985 ft | ||||
| FAR Fargo, ND | 1027 nm out, 5 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 901 ft | ||||
| DTL Detroit Lakes, MN | 1067 nm out, 3 nm east of the line | no report just now | 1,395 ft | ||||
| MNM Menominee, MI | 1426 nm out, 3 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 624 ft | ||||
| TVC Traverse City, MI | 1516 nm out, 7 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 623 ft | ||||
| BUF Buffalo, NY | 1835 nm out, 23 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 726 ft | ||||
| CDW Caldwell, NJ | 2064 nm out, 3 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 172 ft | ||||
| JFK New York, NY | destination | no report just now | 13 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 2,976 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At JFK when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 6:18 pm EDT (22:18 UTC)
JFK has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/6654 28NM W TWISP, WA, Thursday, October 1, 2026 through Thursday, October 15, 2026 UTC 18 nm from the route, at the departure end · a hazard on the ground (fire-fighting, a chemical spill, rescue work) · until 15 October · ZSE
- 5/2811 NEW YORK, NY, Monday, October 20, 2025 through Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Local 2 nm from the route, at the destination end · security · until 20 October · ZNY
Daylight
Sunset at PAE 6:24 pm PDT (01:24 UTC), at JFK 6:19 pm EDT (22:19 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:47 pm EDT (22:47 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: Seattle Paine Field International, John F Kennedy International.