Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International SPI → BHM
402 nautical miles (463 statute miles) south on a straight line, true course 159°, about 160° magnetic at the departure end (variation 1W). At 120 knots that is 2 h 27 min at the quickest height in today's winds (39,000 ft, a 44-knot tailwind), arriving about 10:36 am CDT (15:36 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 SIERRA 1E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, mist, fog). Near the route, at the destination end.
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 SPI.
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 7 forecast points nearest it (SPI, STL, EVV, CGI, BNA, HSV, BHM). 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 | 280° at 20 kt | −10 kt | 130 kt | 3 h 06 min | 11:15 am CDT (16:15 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 280° at 16 kt | −7 kt | 127 kt | 3 h 10 min | 11:19 am CDT (16:19 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 280° at 14 kt | −7 kt | 13 °C | 127 kt | 3 h 10 min | 11:19 am CDT (16:19 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 280° at 14 kt | −7 kt | 9 °C | 127 kt | 3 h 10 min | 11:19 am CDT (16:19 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 280° at 15 kt | −7 kt | 6 °C | 127 kt | 3 h 10 min | 11:19 am CDT (16:19 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 280° at 17 kt | −9 kt | 2 °C | 129 kt | 3 h 07 min | 11:16 am CDT (16:16 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 290° at 19 kt | −12 kt | -1 °C | 132 kt | 3 h 03 min | 11:12 am CDT (16:12 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 290° at 22 kt | −15 kt | -5 °C | 135 kt | 2 h 59 min | 11:08 am CDT (16:08 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 290° at 23 kt | −16 kt | -6 °C | 136 kt | 2 h 57 min | 11:06 am CDT (16:06 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 280° at 25 kt | −13 kt | -18 °C | 133 kt | 3 h 01 min | 11:10 am CDT (16:10 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 300° at 39 kt | −29 kt | -32 °C | 149 kt | 2 h 42 min | 10:51 am CDT (15:51 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 300° at 50 kt | −39 kt | -41 °C | 159 kt | 2 h 32 min | 10:41 am CDT (15:41 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 310° at 49 kt | −44 kt | -50 °C | 164 kt | 2 h 27 min | 10:36 am CDT (15:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPI | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 260/28 | 250/22 15° | 250/14 9° | 260/20 6° | 280/27 -7° | 280/34 -19° | 280/48 -32° | 280/59 -41° | 300/60 -49° |
| STL | used from 49 nm out; 59 nm from the line | 250/26 | 240/21 15° | 240/22 11° | 250/23 6° | 270/28 -7° | 260/30 -19° | 280/52 -31° | 280/57 -40° | 300/57 -49° |
| EVV | used from 98 nm out; 57 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° |
| CGI | used from 147 nm out; 57 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° |
| BNA | used from 196 nm out; 67 nm from the line | 300/20 | 300/14 15° | 300/14 10° | 300/13 4° | 310/22 -5° | 280/24 -18° | 310/37 -33° | 310/50 -41° | 320/49 -51° |
| HSV | used from 294 nm out; 30 nm from the line | 300/20 | 310/14 16° | 310/18 10° | 310/15 4° | 320/19 -5° | 290/16 -18° | 320/36 -32° | 320/47 -41° | 330/42 -50° |
| BHM | used from 393 nm out; 5 nm from the line | 310/19 | 310/15 16° | 320/19 11° | 330/15 5° | 330/23 -5° | 320/14 -18° | 320/36 -32° | 330/44 -40° | 340/36 -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPI Springfield, IL | departure | no report just now | 597 ft | ||||
| TAZ Taylorville, IL | 20 nm out, 9 nm east of the line | no report just now | 622 ft | ||||
| VLA Vandalia, IL | 59 nm out, 4 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 537 ft | ||||
| MVN Mount Vernon, IL | 98 nm out, 3 nm east of the line | no report just now | 480 ft | ||||
| MWA Marion, IL | 128 nm out, 16 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 471 ft | ||||
| PAH Paducah, KY | 167 nm out, 21 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 410 ft | ||||
| PHT Paris, TN | 216 nm out, 18 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 580 ft | ||||
| GHM Centerville, TN | 265 nm out, 14 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 765 ft | ||||
| GZS Pulaski, TN | 304 nm out, 18 nm east of the line | no report just now | 688 ft | ||||
| HSV Huntsville, AL | 344 nm out, 21 nm northeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 628 ft | ||||
| CMD Cullman, AL | 363 nm out, 10 nm northeast of the line | no report just now | 969 ft | ||||
| BHM Birmingham, AL | destination | no report just now | 650 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 969 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At BHM when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 10:36 am CDT (15:36 UTC)
BHM 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 SPI 6:24 pm CDT (23:24 UTC), at BHM 6:17 pm CDT (23:17 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:42 pm CDT (23:42 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: Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International.