Seattle-Tacoma International to Santa Barbara Municipal SEA → SBA
790 nautical miles (909 statute miles) south on a straight line, true course 171°, about 155° magnetic at the departure end (variation 16E). At 120 knots that is 4 h 51 min at the quickest height in today's winds (24,000 ft, a 43-knot tailwind), arriving about 3:06 am PDT (10:06 UTC), after sunset at the destination. 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: 1,056 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 1W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 39,000 ft. Over the first 580 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 SEA.
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 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 9 forecast points nearest it (SEA, PDX, RDM, LKV, RBL, RNO, SAC, FAT, SBA). 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 | 100° at 5 kt | +2 kt | 118 kt | 6 h 42 min | 4:57 am PDT (11:57 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 090° at 4 kt | 0 | -1 °C | 120 kt | 6 h 35 min | 4:50 am PDT (11:50 UTC) |
| 7,500 ft | 050° at 3 kt | −2 kt | -2 °C | 122 kt | 6 h 29 min | 4:44 am PDT (11:44 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 010° at 4 kt | −4 kt | -5 °C | 124 kt | 6 h 22 min | 4:37 am PDT (11:37 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 350° at 7 kt | −7 kt | -7 °C | 127 kt | 6 h 13 min | 4:28 am PDT (11:28 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 350° at 12 kt | −12 kt | -11 °C | 132 kt | 5 h 59 min | 4:14 am PDT (11:14 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 350° at 18 kt | −18 kt | -13 °C | 138 kt | 5 h 43 min | 3:58 am PDT (10:58 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 350° at 24 kt | −24 kt | -16 °C | 144 kt | 5 h 29 min | 3:44 am PDT (10:44 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 350° at 26 kt | −26 kt | -17 °C | 146 kt | 5 h 25 min | 3:40 am PDT (10:40 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 350° at 43 kt | −43 kt | -25 °C | 163 kt | 4 h 51 min | 3:06 am PDT (10:06 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 340° at 32 kt | −31 kt | -33 °C | 151 kt | 5 h 14 min | 3:29 am PDT (10:29 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 310° at 20 kt | −14 kt | -38 °C | 134 kt | 5 h 54 min | 4:09 am PDT (11:09 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 250° at 23 kt | +4 kt | -42 °C | 116 kt | 6 h 49 min | 5:04 am PDT (12:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 050/7 | 050/11 1° | 050/12 -5° | 030/31 -7° | 010/61 -15° | 010/69 -26° | 360/73 -40° | 360/62 -47° | 330/21 -43° |
| PDX | used from 50 nm out; 44 nm from the line | L/V | 030/7 1° | 020/12 -6° | 020/29 -9° | 010/69 -16° | 010/81 -25° | 360/83 -40° | 360/67 -46° | 320/29 -42° |
| RDM | used from 150 nm out; 29 nm from the line | 040/17 -1° | 030/31 -8° | 010/29 -12° | 010/61 -19° | 360/95 -25° | 360/82 -36° | 360/40 -37° | 310/19 -40° | |
| LKV | used from 250 nm out; 62 nm from the line | 010/8 -8° | 350/13 -11° | 340/21 -21° | 360/60 -26° | 350/37 -32° | 310/26 -35° | 260/25 -39° | ||
| RBL | used from 400 nm out; 66 nm from the line | 020/16 | 360/6 5° | L/V -2° | 340/10 -8° | 360/59 -15° | 360/87 -23° | 360/68 -35° | 330/28 -37° | 260/26 -42° |
| RNO | used from 450 nm out; 44 nm from the line | 010/9 | 320/10 -2° | 210/23 -9° | 210/34 -19° | 220/36 -25° | 230/31 -29° | 230/41 -33° | 230/38 -42° | |
| SAC | used from 500 nm out; 47 nm from the line | 110/6 | L/V 4° | 010/11 -2° | 350/11 -7° | 340/24 -16° | 360/44 -23° | 330/24 -30° | 270/21 -35° | 230/23 -43° |
| FAT | used from 600 nm out; 35 nm from the line | 130/16 | 160/20 5° | 190/28 -1° | 210/25 -5° | 220/27 -15° | 230/21 -26° | 220/42 -29° | 220/44 -35° | 220/44 -44° |
| SBA | used from 700 nm out; 65 nm from the line | L/V | 190/13 5° | 210/20 2° | 220/22 -3° | 260/19 -13° | 230/35 -22° | 220/43 -28° | 220/46 -36° | 220/45 -44° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA Seattle, WA | departure | no report just now | 432 ft | ||||
| PLU Puyallup, WA | 20 nm out, 2 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 537 ft | ||||
| TTD Portland, OR | 110 nm out, 22 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 38 ft | ||||
| RDM Redmond, OR | 200 nm out, 20 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 3,081 ft | ||||
| LMT Klamath Falls, OR | 320 nm out, 24 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 4,095 ft | ||||
| SVE Susanville, CA | 430 nm out, 13 nm east of the line | no report just now | 4,149 ft | ||||
| TRK Truckee, CA | 500 nm out, 24 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 5,904 ft | ||||
| MER Atwater, CA | 610 nm out, 12 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 190 ft | ||||
| FAT Fresno, CA | 650 nm out, 24 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 335 ft | ||||
| SBA Santa Barbara, CA | destination | no report just now | 13 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 5,904 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At SBA when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 3:06 am PDT (10:06 UTC)
SBA 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 SEA 6:27 pm PDT (01:27 UTC), at SBA 6:28 pm PDT (01:28 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:54 pm PDT (01:54 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at SBA is before sunrise there (7:02 am PDT (14:02 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: Seattle-Tacoma International, Santa Barbara Municipal.