Plan a flight · Tue 5:21 am AST (09:21 UTC)

Mercedita Airport to Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International PSE → FLL

897 nautical miles (1,032 statute miles) northwest on a straight line, true course 305°, about 316° magnetic at the departure end (variation 11W). At 120 knots that is 7 h 28 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, no wind along the track), arriving about 12:49 pm EDT (16:49 UTC). Right now PSE is VFR, wind calm; FLL is VFR, wind from the north-northwest (340°) at 4 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: 42 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

No SIGMET or AIRMET covers any part of this route right now.

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 PSE.

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 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 1 forecast point nearest it (MIA). 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	light and variable	0		120 kt	7 h 28 min	12:49 pm EDT (16:49 UTC)
6,500 ft	260° at 5 kt	+4 kt	16 °C	116 kt	7 h 44 min	1:05 pm EDT (17:05 UTC)
8,500 ft	260° at 1 kt	+1 kt	14 °C	119 kt	7 h 32 min	12:53 pm EDT (16:53 UTC)
10,500 ft	330° at 3 kt	+3 kt	10 °C	117 kt	7 h 40 min	1:01 pm EDT (17:01 UTC)
12,500 ft	330° at 8 kt	+6 kt	7 °C	114 kt	7 h 52 min	1:13 pm EDT (17:13 UTC)
14,500 ft	350° at 10 kt	+7 kt	2 °C	113 kt	7 h 56 min	1:17 pm EDT (17:17 UTC)
16,500 ft	360° at 13 kt	+8 kt	-2 °C	112 kt	8 h 01 min	1:22 pm EDT (17:22 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180	360° at 15 kt	+8 kt	-6 °C	112 kt	8 h 01 min	1:22 pm EDT (17:22 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240	010° at 23 kt	+9 kt	-18 °C	111 kt	8 h 05 min	1:26 pm EDT (17:26 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300	010° at 27 kt	+10 kt	-32 °C	110 kt	8 h 09 min	1:30 pm EDT (17:30 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340	020° at 23 kt	+5 kt	-41 °C	115 kt	7 h 48 min	1:09 pm EDT (17:09 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390	010° at 21 kt	+8 kt	-51 °C	112 kt	8 h 01 min	1:22 pm EDT (17:22 UTC)

Based on data from the 13th at 06:00 UTC; valid on the 13th 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
MIA	used from 0 nm out; 870 nm from the line	080/6	260/6 16°	L/V 13°	330/7 8°	360/15 -6°	010/23 -18°	010/27 -32°	020/23 -41°	010/21 -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
PSE Ponce, PR	departure	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	36 ft	5:15 am AST (09:15 UTC)
BQN Aguadilla, PR	40 nm out, 6 nm north of the line, tower	VFR	calm	10+ mi	none	237 ft	00:50 UTC
MBGT Cockburn Town,	329 nm out, 25 nm northeast of the line, tower	VFR Sky: a few clouds at 1,800 feet	from the east-southeast (110°) at 8 knots	6+ mi	none	11 ft	23:00 UTC
MBPV Providenciales,	389 nm out, 8 nm north of the line, tower	VFR Sky: scattered clouds at 1,200 feet	from the northeast (040°) at 5 knots	6+ mi	none	13 ft	01:00 UTC
MYCI Colonel Hill,	508 nm out, 5 nm northwest of the line	no report just now				5 ft
MYLD Deadmans Cay,	568 nm out, 7 nm southwest of the line	no report just now				10 ft
MYES Staniel Cay,	668 nm out, 4 nm northeast of the line	no report just now				5 ft
MYNN Nassau,	737 nm out, 21 nm northeast of the line, tower	VFR Sky: scattered clouds at 1,500 feet, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet Weather: nearby showers	calm	6+ mi	none	16 ft	09:00 UTC
MYBS South Bimini,	847 nm out, 5 nm northeast of the line	no report just now				8 ft
FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL	destination	VFR Sky: a few clouds at 5,000 feet	from the north-northwest (340°) at 4 knots	10+ mi	none	65 ft	4:53 am EDT (08:53 UTC)

The highest airport on this list sits at 237 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

PSE Ponce, PR