Wiley Post Airport to Cape Girardeau Regional PWA → CGI
403 nautical miles (464 statute miles) east on a straight line, true course 073°, about 068° magnetic at the departure end (variation 5E). At 120 knots that is 2 h 23 min at the quickest height in today's winds (30,000 ft, a 49-knot tailwind), arriving about 8:46 am CDT (13:46 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: 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 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 first 246 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 PWA.
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 5 forecast points nearest it (OKC, TUL, FSM, SGF, CGI). 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 | 240° at 31 kt | −30 kt | 150 kt | 2 h 41 min | 9:04 am CDT (14:04 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 250° at 23 kt | −23 kt | 143 kt | 2 h 49 min | 9:12 am CDT (14:12 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 250° at 18 kt | −18 kt | 14 °C | 138 kt | 2 h 55 min | 9:18 am CDT (14:18 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 240° at 15 kt | −15 kt | 12 °C | 135 kt | 2 h 59 min | 9:22 am CDT (14:22 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 250° at 14 kt | −14 kt | 8 °C | 134 kt | 3 h | 9:23 am CDT (14:23 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 250° at 16 kt | −16 kt | 4 °C | 136 kt | 2 h 58 min | 9:21 am CDT (14:21 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 250° at 19 kt | −19 kt | -1 °C | 139 kt | 2 h 54 min | 9:17 am CDT (14:17 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 250° at 23 kt | −23 kt | -6 °C | 143 kt | 2 h 49 min | 9:12 am CDT (14:12 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 250° at 24 kt | −24 kt | -7 °C | 144 kt | 2 h 48 min | 9:11 am CDT (14:11 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 260° at 29 kt | −29 kt | -17 °C | 149 kt | 2 h 42 min | 9:05 am CDT (14:05 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 280° at 53 kt | −49 kt | -30 °C | 169 kt | 2 h 23 min | 8:46 am CDT (13:46 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 280° at 54 kt | −48 kt | -39 °C | 168 kt | 2 h 24 min | 8:47 am CDT (13:47 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 290° at 49 kt | −39 kt | -50 °C | 159 kt | 2 h 32 min | 8:55 am CDT (13:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKC | used from 0 nm out; 26 nm from the line | 220/43 | 230/31 17° | 260/13 16° | 270/11 7° | 240/20 -6° | 250/32 -17° | 260/60 -28° | 280/50 -37° | 290/45 -50° |
| TUL | used from 49 nm out; 24 nm from the line | 230/42 | 250/23 17° | 220/16 14° | 240/10 8° | 240/20 -6° | 260/28 -17° | 270/61 -29° | 280/52 -38° | 290/46 -50° |
| FSM | used from 148 nm out; 59 nm from the line | 230/33 | 260/23 15° | 240/23 11° | 230/18 8° | 230/20 -8° | 250/31 -17° | 280/51 -30° | 280/52 -39° | 300/47 -51° |
| SGF | used from 197 nm out; 44 nm from the line | 230/37 | 260/20 15° | 250/16 13° | 250/15 8° | 260/28 -7° | 250/31 -17° | 280/59 -31° | 280/59 -39° | 290/55 -50° |
| CGI | used from 295 nm out; 84 nm from the line | 260/22 | 250/15 15° | 250/13 11° | 250/16 6° | 270/29 -7° | 280/30 -18° | 290/40 -31° | 290/55 -40° | 300/51 -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PWA Oklahoma City, OK | departure | no report just now | 1,299 ft | ||||
| CQB Chandler, OK | 39 nm out, 3 nm east of the line | no report just now | 985 ft | ||||
| SUD Stroud, OK | 49 nm out, 2 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 900 ft | ||||
| RVS Tulsa, OK | 89 nm out, 7 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 638 ft | ||||
| SLG Siloam Springs, AR | 157 nm out, 5 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 1,191 ft | ||||
| XNA Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, AR | 167 nm out, 2 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,288 ft | ||||
| BBG Branson, MO | 226 nm out, 2 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,302 ft | ||||
| BPK Mountain Home, AR | 256 nm out, 19 nm south of the line | no report just now | 928 ft | ||||
| UNO West Plains, MO | 285 nm out, 6 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 1,228 ft | ||||
| PYN Piedmont, MO | 344 nm out, 7 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 466 ft | ||||
| POF Poplar Bluff, MO | 364 nm out, 19 nm south of the line | no report just now | 330 ft | ||||
| CGI Cape Girardeau, MO | destination | no report just now | 341 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,302 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At CGI when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 8:46 am CDT (13:46 UTC)
CGI 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 PWA 6:59 pm CDT (23:59 UTC), at CGI 6:25 pm CDT (23:25 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:51 pm CDT (23:51 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: Wiley Post Airport, Cape Girardeau Regional.