San Antonio International to Detroit Metro Wayne County SAT → DTW
1,055 nautical miles (1,214 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 040°, about 036° magnetic at the departure end (variation 4E). At 120 knots that is 7 h 42 min at the quickest height in today's winds (3,500 ft, a 17-knot tailwind), arriving about 3:09 pm EDT (19:09 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: 1,876 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 last 189 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 SAT.
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 11 forecast points nearest it (SAT, CLL, DAL, SHV, FSM, LIT, CGI, EVV, IND, FWA, CLE). 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 18 kt | −17 kt | 137 kt | 7 h 42 min | 3:09 pm EDT (19:09 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 240° at 15 kt | −14 kt | 134 kt | 7 h 52 min | 3:19 pm EDT (19:19 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 240° at 14 kt | −13 kt | 14 °C | 133 kt | 7 h 56 min | 3:23 pm EDT (19:23 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 240° at 14 kt | −13 kt | 10 °C | 133 kt | 7 h 56 min | 3:23 pm EDT (19:23 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 250° at 14 kt | −13 kt | 7 °C | 133 kt | 7 h 56 min | 3:23 pm EDT (19:23 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 260° at 16 kt | −14 kt | 3 °C | 134 kt | 7 h 52 min | 3:19 pm EDT (19:19 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 260° at 18 kt | −14 kt | -1 °C | 134 kt | 7 h 52 min | 3:19 pm EDT (19:19 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 270° at 20 kt | −15 kt | -6 °C | 135 kt | 7 h 49 min | 3:16 pm EDT (19:16 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 270° at 21 kt | −15 kt | -7 °C | 135 kt | 7 h 49 min | 3:16 pm EDT (19:16 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 270° at 25 kt | −17 kt | -17 °C | 137 kt | 7 h 42 min | 3:09 pm EDT (19:09 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 290° at 35 kt | −15 kt | -31 °C | 135 kt | 7 h 49 min | 3:16 pm EDT (19:16 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 300° at 42 kt | −12 kt | -41 °C | 132 kt | 8 h | 3:27 pm EDT (19:27 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 310° at 46 kt | −3 kt | -51 °C | 123 kt | 8 h 35 min | 4:02 pm EDT (20:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 160/18 | 180/22 17° | 190/16 14° | 210/16 9° | 220/16 -5° | 200/11 -14° | 250/8 -29° | 330/8 -40° | 020/26 -51° |
| CLL | used from 50 nm out; 61 nm from the line | 180/24 | 170/21 19° | 180/10 14° | 230/7 8° | 230/16 -6° | 260/20 -13° | 290/23 -29° | 320/21 -39° | 340/35 -51° |
| DAL | used from 199 nm out; 67 nm from the line | 190/30 | 200/28 18° | 220/18 13° | 250/13 8° | 240/24 -6° | 270/20 -14° | 270/35 -29° | 290/34 -39° | 310/41 -51° |
| SHV | used from 249 nm out; 67 nm from the line | 210/20 | 210/20 18° | 230/20 11° | 240/16 7° | 270/17 -7° | 250/11 -15° | 300/34 -30° | 310/34 -40° | 320/36 -51° |
| FSM | used from 348 nm out; 75 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° |
| LIT | used from 398 nm out; 38 nm from the line | 250/22 | 250/25 18° | 240/23 12° | 240/20 7° | 250/17 -6° | 260/25 -17° | 300/45 -29° | 300/49 -40° | 310/43 -51° |
| CGI | used from 548 nm out; 72 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° |
| EVV | used from 697 nm out; 59 nm from the line | 270/25 | 290/17 15° | 260/10 8° | 270/16 5° | 280/29 -6° | 280/33 -19° | 290/38 -33° | 300/53 -41° | 310/54 -51° |
| IND | used from 796 nm out; 40 nm from the line | 270/22 | 290/19 15° | 270/19 8° | 270/18 4° | 290/28 -7° | 280/35 -20° | 270/37 -34° | 300/51 -42° | 300/61 -51° |
| FWA | used from 896 nm out; 23 nm from the line | 270/20 | 300/16 15° | 290/14 10° | 280/17 3° | 290/25 -7° | 280/30 -19° | 280/34 -35° | 290/48 -44° | 300/64 -52° |
| CLE | used from 1045 nm out; 84 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° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT San Antonio, TX | departure | no report just now | 809 ft | ||||
| EDC Austin, TX | 70 nm out, 3 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 620 ft | ||||
| LXY Mexia, TX | 159 nm out, 5 nm north of the line | no report just now | 544 ft | ||||
| TYR Tyler, TX | 229 nm out, 10 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 543 ft | ||||
| TXK Texarkana, AR | 329 nm out, 19 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 389 ft | ||||
| BDQ Morrilton, AR | 448 nm out, 4 nm west of the line | no report just now | 321 ft | ||||
| CVK Ash Flat, AR | 538 nm out, 9 nm west of the line | no report just now | 717 ft | ||||
| MDH Carbondale/Murphysboro, IL | 677 nm out, 8 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 411 ft | ||||
| HUF Terre Haute, IN | 806 nm out, 5 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 589 ft | ||||
| FWA Fort Wayne, IN | 946 nm out, 2 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 814 ft | ||||
| TOL Toledo, OH | 1015 nm out, 15 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 683 ft | ||||
| DTW Detroit, MI | destination | no report just now | 645 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 814 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At DTW when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 3:09 pm EDT (19:09 UTC)
DTW has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/8926 Tyler, TX, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Local 5 nm from the route, 229 nm along the route · a VIP movement · starts tomorrow · ZFW
Daylight
Sunset at SAT 7:05 pm CDT (00:05 UTC), at DTW 6:56 pm EDT (22:56 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:24 pm EDT (23:24 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: San Antonio International, Detroit Metro Wayne County.