Shreveport Regional to Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport SHV → MSP
747 nautical miles (860 statute miles) north on a straight line, true course 002°, about 360° magnetic at the departure end (variation 2E). At 120 knots that is 5 h 22 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 19-knot tailwind), arriving about 5:58 am CDT (10:58 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: 5 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 3W: 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 289 to 687 nm out.
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 SHV.
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 7 forecast points nearest it (SHV, FSM, SGF, MKC, DSM, MCW, MSP). 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 | 230° at 30 kt | −19 kt | 139 kt | 5 h 22 min | 5:58 am CDT (10:58 UTC) | |
| 6,500 ft | 240° at 26 kt | −12 kt | 16 °C | 132 kt | 5 h 40 min | 6:16 am CDT (11:16 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 240° at 21 kt | −10 kt | 13 °C | 130 kt | 5 h 45 min | 6:21 am CDT (11:21 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 240° at 18 kt | −9 kt | 9 °C | 129 kt | 5 h 47 min | 6:23 am CDT (11:23 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 240° at 17 kt | −8 kt | 6 °C | 128 kt | 5 h 50 min | 6:26 am CDT (11:26 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 250° at 18 kt | −7 kt | 1 °C | 127 kt | 5 h 53 min | 6:29 am CDT (11:29 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 250° at 20 kt | −6 kt | -3 °C | 126 kt | 5 h 56 min | 6:32 am CDT (11:32 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 260° at 22 kt | −5 kt | -7 °C | 125 kt | 5 h 59 min | 6:35 am CDT (11:35 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 260° at 28 kt | −7 kt | -18 °C | 127 kt | 5 h 53 min | 6:29 am CDT (11:29 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 270° at 38 kt | −2 kt | -32 °C | 122 kt | 6 h 07 min | 6:43 am CDT (11:43 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 270° at 46 kt | −2 kt | -41 °C | 122 kt | 6 h 07 min | 6:43 am CDT (11:43 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 280° at 49 kt | +3 kt | -51 °C | 117 kt | 6 h 23 min | 6:59 am CDT (11:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHV | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 200/18 | 230/24 18° | 230/24 12° | 240/14 8° | 260/12 -4° | 240/11 -15° | 300/31 -29° | 300/32 -40° | 300/36 -52° |
| FSM | used from 100 nm out; 58 nm from the line | 210/27 | 250/23 16° | 250/20 13° | 240/17 8° | 250/18 -6° | 260/31 -16° | 280/42 -30° | 280/44 -40° | 290/38 -51° |
| SGF | used from 249 nm out; 18 nm from the line | 230/33 | 230/28 15° | 250/20 13° | 240/18 7° | 250/20 -6° | 250/24 -17° | 280/42 -31° | 280/49 -40° | 290/46 -51° |
| MKC | used from 349 nm out; 56 nm from the line | 220/44 | 250/28 18° | 250/18 13° | 240/12 6° | 280/24 -6° | 240/34 -18° | 260/47 -30° | 260/51 -40° | 270/58 -50° |
| DSM | used from 448 nm out; 73 nm from the line | 230/40 | 250/33 17° | 250/18 12° | 240/17 5° | 260/28 -8° | 270/34 -19° | 260/41 -33° | 260/55 -41° | 270/62 -51° |
| MCW | used from 598 nm out; 21 nm from the line | 220/44 | 250/30 17° | 230/14 12° | 240/17 6° | 250/22 -8° | 270/29 -20° | 250/34 -34° | 260/52 -43° | 260/59 -51° |
| MSP | used from 697 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 230/26 | 240/30 17° | 240/24 12° | 250/22 5° | 250/35 -10° | 260/36 -21° | 250/41 -36° | 250/49 -45° | 260/58 -52° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHV Shreveport, LA | departure | no report just now | 257 ft | ||||
| TXK Texarkana, AR | 60 nm out, 10 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 389 ft | ||||
| MEZ Mena, AR | 130 nm out, 23 nm west of the line | no report just now | 1,079 ft | ||||
| ASG Springdale, AR | 219 nm out, 22 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,352 ft | ||||
| SGF Springfield, MO | 289 nm out, 11 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,268 ft | ||||
| GLY Clinton, MO | 359 nm out, 7 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 822 ft | ||||
| CHT Chillicothe, MO | 438 nm out, 2 nm north of the line | no report just now | 783 ft | ||||
| CNC Chariton, IA | 518 nm out, 4 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 1,050 ft | ||||
| DSM Des Moines, IA | 548 nm out, 12 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 957 ft | ||||
| MCW Mason City, IA | 648 nm out, 4 nm south of the line | no report just now | 1,213 ft | ||||
| AEL Albert Lea, MN | 677 nm out, 4 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 1,261 ft | ||||
| MSP Minneapolis, MN | destination | no report just now | 841 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,352 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At MSP when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 5:58 am CDT (10:58 UTC)
MSP has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/6656 ANOKA, MN, Monday, October 5, 2026 through Monday, October 19, 2026 Local 19 nm from the route, at the destination end · security · until 19 October · ZMP
Daylight
Sunset at SHV 6:46 pm CDT (23:46 UTC), at MSP 6:33 pm CDT (23:33 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:03 pm CDT (00:03 UTC)). At 120 knots the arrival at MSP is before sunrise there (7:24 am CDT (12:24 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: Shreveport Regional, Minneapolis-St Paul Intl/Wold-Chamberlain Airport.