Chicago Executive to City Of Colorado Springs Municipal PWK → COS
791 nautical miles (911 statute miles) west on a straight line, true course 261°, about 263° magnetic at the departure end (variation 2W). At 120 knots that is 8 h 20 min at the quickest height in today's winds (8,500 ft, a 25-knot headwind), arriving about 4:24 pm MDT (22:24 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 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 297 to 445 nm out.
- AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) from 34,000 ft to 43,000 ft. Over the last 99 nm of the route.
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 22,000 ft. Over the last 20 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 PWK.
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 8 forecast points nearest it (JOT, DBQ, BRL, DSM, OMA, GRI, GLD, PUB). 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 | 250° at 34 kt | +33 kt | 23 °C | 87 kt | 9 h 06 min | 5:10 pm MDT (23:10 UTC) |
| 6,500 ft | 250° at 29 kt | +29 kt | 18 °C | 91 kt | 8 h 42 min | 4:46 pm MDT (22:46 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 250° at 26 kt | +25 kt | 13 °C | 95 kt | 8 h 20 min | 4:24 pm MDT (22:24 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 240° at 26 kt | +25 kt | 9 °C | 95 kt | 8 h 20 min | 4:24 pm MDT (22:24 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 240° at 27 kt | +26 kt | 5 °C | 94 kt | 8 h 25 min | 4:29 pm MDT (22:29 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 240° at 28 kt | +27 kt | 0 °C | 93 kt | 8 h 30 min | 4:34 pm MDT (22:34 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 240° at 29 kt | +29 kt | -5 °C | 91 kt | 8 h 42 min | 4:46 pm MDT (22:46 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 240° at 30 kt | +30 kt | -8 °C | 90 kt | 8 h 47 min | 4:51 pm MDT (22:51 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 250° at 41 kt | +41 kt | -21 °C | 79 kt | 10 h 01 min | 6:05 pm MDT (00:05 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 260° at 54 kt | +54 kt | -32 °C | 66 kt | 11 h 59 min | 8:03 pm MDT (02:03 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 260° at 64 kt | +64 kt | -37 °C | 56 kt | 14 h 08 min | 10:12 pm MDT (04:12 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 270° at 63 kt | +62 kt | -47 °C | 58 kt | 13 h 38 min | 9:42 pm MDT (03:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOT | used from 0 nm out; 34 nm from the line | 250/25 | 260/22 14° | 250/17 9° | 270/21 5° | 280/28 -8° | 280/36 -20° | 270/41 -35° | 280/57 -42° | 290/65 -50° |
| DBQ | used from 49 nm out; 60 nm from the line | 250/27 | 260/23 17° | 240/26 10° | 260/30 4° | 280/26 -9° | 280/36 -21° | 270/41 -36° | 280/52 -41° | 290/67 -48° |
| BRL | used from 148 nm out; 56 nm from the line | 250/32 | 250/19 17° | 260/15 11° | 270/16 3° | 290/23 -7° | 260/42 -20° | 270/52 -34° | 280/63 -39° | 290/64 -48° |
| DSM | used from 198 nm out; 40 nm from the line | 250/47 | 260/25 20° | 240/19 11° | 240/31 5° | 250/26 -9° | 260/38 -20° | 260/47 -34° | 270/58 -37° | 270/61 -47° |
| OMA | used from 297 nm out; 46 nm from the line | 230/47 | 240/33 21° | 230/22 13° | 220/27 5° | 240/35 -8° | 250/43 -21° | 260/47 -33° | 260/59 -36° | 270/58 -46° |
| GRI | used from 396 nm out; 61 nm from the line | 230/39 23° | 230/32 15° | 210/29 7° | 230/31 -8° | 230/43 -21° | 250/52 -31° | 260/59 -35° | 260/59 -46° | |
| GLD | used from 544 nm out; 80 nm from the line | 260/37 | 260/25 14° | 250/27 8° | 230/36 -8° | 230/49 -21° | 250/71 -30° | 260/82 -36° | 250/73 -48° | |
| PUB | used from 742 nm out; 42 nm from the line | 260/45 11° | 240/38 6° | 230/47 -8° | 230/51 -19° | 240/74 -29° | 240/82 -35° | 250/72 -48° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PWK Chicago/Prospect Heights/Wheeling, IL | departure | no report just now | 644 ft | ||||
| DPA Chicago/West Chicago, IL | 20 nm out, 10 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 758 ft | ||||
| MLI Moline, IL | 119 nm out, 20 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 589 ft | ||||
| CID Cedar Rapids, IA | 168 nm out, 17 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 869 ft | ||||
| DSM Des Moines, IA | 257 nm out, 15 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 957 ft | ||||
| OMA Omaha, NE | 356 nm out, 25 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 984 ft | ||||
| LNK Lincoln, NE | 406 nm out, 8 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,218 ft | ||||
| HSI Hastings, NE | 485 nm out, 14 nm north of the line | no report just now | 1,961 ft | ||||
| ADT Atwood, KS | 613 nm out, 5 nm north of the line | no report just now | 2,990 ft | ||||
| SYF St Francis, KS | 643 nm out, 10 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 3,429 ft | ||||
| LIC Limon, CO | 732 nm out, 11 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 5,374 ft | ||||
| COS Colorado Springs, CO | destination | no report just now | 6,187 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 6,187 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At COS when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 4:24 pm MDT (22:24 UTC)
COS 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 PWK 6:15 pm CDT (23:15 UTC), at COS 6:23 pm MDT (00:23 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:50 pm MDT (00:50 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: Chicago Executive, City Of Colorado Springs Municipal.