Oakland County International to Terre Haute Regional PTK → HUF
261 nautical miles (301 statute miles) southwest on a straight line, true course 224°, about 231° magnetic at the departure end (variation 7W). At 120 knots that is 1 h 53 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 18-knot tailwind), arriving about 1:30 am EDT (05:30 UTC), after sunset at the destination. Right now PTK is IFR, wind from the west (260°) at 3 knots; HUF is marginal 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: 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 SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the whole 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 PTK.
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 3 forecast points nearest it (CLE, FWA, IND). 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 | 310° at 16 kt | 0 | 120 kt | 2 h 10 min | 1:47 am EDT (05:47 UTC) | |
| 6,500 ft | 330° at 18 kt | −4 kt | 14 °C | 124 kt | 2 h 06 min | 1:43 am EDT (05:43 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 330° at 19 kt | −6 kt | 11 °C | 126 kt | 2 h 04 min | 1:41 am EDT (05:41 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 330° at 17 kt | −7 kt | 6 °C | 127 kt | 2 h 03 min | 1:40 am EDT (05:40 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 340° at 16 kt | −7 kt | 2 °C | 127 kt | 2 h 03 min | 1:40 am EDT (05:40 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 330° at 19 kt | −4 kt | -2 °C | 124 kt | 2 h 06 min | 1:43 am EDT (05:43 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 320° at 23 kt | −2 kt | -5 °C | 122 kt | 2 h 08 min | 1:45 am EDT (05:45 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 310° at 26 kt | −1 kt | -8 °C | 121 kt | 2 h 09 min | 1:46 am EDT (05:46 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 320° at 37 kt | −8 kt | -20 °C | 128 kt | 2 h 02 min | 1:39 am EDT (05:39 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 330° at 51 kt | −17 kt | -36 °C | 137 kt | 1 h 54 min | 1:31 am EDT (05:31 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 330° at 63 kt | −16 kt | -43 °C | 136 kt | 1 h 55 min | 1:32 am EDT (05:32 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 330° at 61 kt | −18 kt | -50 °C | 138 kt | 1 h 53 min | 1:30 am EDT (05:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | used from 0 nm out; 104 nm from the line | 340/7 | 010/16 13° | 350/18 8° | 350/20 3° | 340/31 -10° | 340/46 -21° | 340/54 -37° | 330/62 -44° | 340/65 -49° |
| FWA | used from 48 nm out; 57 nm from the line | 300/17 | 320/20 16° | 330/20 10° | 340/15 3° | 310/27 -8° | 320/37 -20° | 330/52 -36° | 330/65 -43° | 330/60 -50° |
| IND | used from 193 nm out; 24 nm from the line | 290/16 | 310/20 16° | 320/21 10° | 330/13 3° | 300/25 -7° | 320/32 -19° | 330/46 -34° | 320/61 -43° | 320/63 -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PTK Pontiac, MI | departure | IFR Sky: a broken layer at 500 feet, overcast at 1,100 feet Weather: mist | from the west (260°) at 3 knots | 5 mi | 500 ft | 980 ft | 10:53 pm EDT (02:53 UTC) |
| ARB Ann Arbor, MI | 29 nm out, 8 nm southeast of the line, tower | reported, no category | calm | none | 839 ft | 02:53 UTC | |
| JXN Jackson, MI | 48 nm out, 17 nm northwest of the line, tower | marginal VFR Sky: overcast at 1,000 feet | calm | 10+ mi | 1,000 ft | 1,000 ft | 02:56 UTC |
| FWA Fort Wayne, IN | 126 nm out, 11 nm southeast of the line, tower | VFR Sky: a few clouds at 400 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet | from the south (170°) at 3 knots | 8 mi | none | 814 ft | 02:54 UTC |
| GUS Peru, IN | 174 nm out, 8 nm northwest of the line, tower | VFR | from the southeast (140°) at 5 knots | 10+ mi | none | 810 ft | 02:55 UTC |
| FKR Frankfort, IN | 203 nm out, 7 nm northwest of the line | reported, no category | from the south (170°) at 3 knots | none | 860 ft | 03:15 UTC | |
| IND Indianapolis, IN | 222 nm out, 25 nm southeast of the line, tower | VFR | calm | 10+ mi | none | 796 ft | 02:54 UTC |
| HUF Terre Haute, IN | destination | marginal VFR Weather: mist | calm | 3 mi | none | 589 ft | 11:00 pm EDT (03:00 UTC) |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,000 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At HUF when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 1:30 am EDT (05:30 UTC)
Wind calm, visibility 6 miles, mist, shallow fog, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
At times between Sun 11:00 pm EDT (03:00 UTC) and 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC): visibility 3 miles, mist, shallow fog marginal VFR
The whole forecast for HUF
- From Sun 11:00 pm EDT (03:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility 6 miles, mist, shallow fog, a few clouds at 25,000 feet
- At times between Sun 11:00 pm EDT (03:00 UTC) and 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC): visibility 3 miles, mist, shallow fog
- From Mon 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility 3 miles, mist, shallow fog, a few clouds at 25,000 feet
- From Mon 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 20,000 feet
- From Mon 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 11 knots, gusting to 19, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet
The forecast for PTK, the departure
- From Sun 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 800 feet
- From Sun 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 1,400 feet
- From Mon 3:00 am EDT (07:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 3 knots, visibility 2 miles, mist, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet
- At times between Mon 5:00 am EDT (09:00 UTC) and 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): visibility ½ mile, fog, sky obscured at 300 feet
- From Mon 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 10 knots, gusting to 22, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 25,000 feet
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 PTK 6:56 pm EDT (22:56 UTC), at HUF 7:14 pm EDT (23:14 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:41 pm EDT (23:41 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at HUF is before sunrise there (7:55 am EDT (11:55 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: Oakland County International, Terre Haute Regional.