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Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport to Harry Reid International SPI → LAS

1,223 nautical miles (1,407 statute miles) west on a straight line, true course 267°, about 268° magnetic at the departure end (variation 1W). At 120 knots that is 12 h 29 min at the quickest height in today's winds (10,500 ft, a 22-knot headwind), arriving about 9:07 am PDT (16:07 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 return flight

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

  • SIGMET W11W: thunderstorms (a convective SIGMET) up to 34,000 ft, moving from the southwest at 40 knots, until 11:55 pm CDT (04:55 UTC). Over the route from 716 to 885 nm out.
    as issued
    WSUS33 KKCI 120255
    MKCW WST 120255
    CONVECTIVE SIGMET 11W
    VALID UNTIL 0455Z
    CO NM
    FROM 20WNW PUB-10ENE CIM-50WNW ABQ-30NNE DVC-20WNW PUB
    AREA TS MOV FROM 22040KT. TOPS TO FL340.
  • 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 209 to 626 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 18,000 ft to 36,000 ft. Over the route from 636 to 964 nm out.
  • AIRMET TANGO 4W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft up to 18,000 ft. Over the last 586 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 1W: 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 726 to 904 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 755 to 785 nm out.
  • AIRMET ZULU 2C: moderate icing up to 23,000 ft. Over the last 258 nm of the route.
  • AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 35,000 ft to 45,000 ft. Over the route from 984 to 1064 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 1E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 994 to 1213 nm out.
  • AIRMET SIERRA 2E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist). Over the route from 1073 to 1093 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 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 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 12 forecast points nearest it (SPI, BRL, COU, MKC, SLN, GCK, GLD, PUB, ALS, FMN, BCE, LAS). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
4,500 ft230° at 37 kt+30 kt14 °C90 kt13 h 35 min10:13 am PDT (17:13 UTC)
6,500 ft230° at 33 kt+29 kt16 °C91 kt13 h 26 min10:04 am PDT (17:04 UTC)
8,500 ft230° at 26 kt+24 kt12 °C96 kt12 h 44 min9:22 am PDT (16:22 UTC)
10,500 ft230° at 25 kt+22 kt7 °C98 kt12 h 29 min9:07 am PDT (16:07 UTC)
12,500 ft230° at 25 kt+22 kt3 °C98 kt12 h 29 min9:07 am PDT (16:07 UTC)
14,500 ft230° at 28 kt+24 kt-1 °C96 kt12 h 44 min9:22 am PDT (16:22 UTC)
16,500 ft230° at 31 kt+27 kt-5 °C93 kt13 h 09 min9:47 am PDT (16:47 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180230° at 33 kt+29 kt-9 °C91 kt13 h 26 min10:04 am PDT (17:04 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240230° at 43 kt+38 kt-20 °C82 kt14 h 55 min11:33 am PDT (18:33 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300240° at 59 kt+57 kt-30 °C63 kt19 h 25 min4:03 pm PDT (23:03 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340240° at 62 kt+61 kt-36 °C59 kt20 h 44 min5:22 pm PDT (00:22 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390250° at 54 kt+54 kt-47 °C66 kt18 h 32 min3:10 pm PDT (22:10 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
PointFrom3,0006,0009,00012,00018,00024,00030,00034,00039,000
SPIused from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line220/21250/23 16°260/27 9°270/14 6°270/23 -7°270/31 -19°270/28 -33°290/48 -42°300/55 -52°
BRLused from 50 nm out; 61 nm from the line230/24240/29 15°290/16 10°280/15 4°260/23 -7°260/32 -19°260/36 -33°280/48 -41°280/59 -52°
COUused from 99 nm out; 55 nm from the line230/31230/30 15°260/16 11°270/14 6°260/24 -6°270/27 -18°270/37 -32°280/49 -41°290/56 -51°
MKCused from 149 nm out; 62 nm from the line220/44250/28 18°250/18 13°240/12 6°280/24 -6°240/34 -18°260/47 -30°260/51 -40°270/58 -50°
SLNused from 298 nm out; 60 nm from the line210/53230/41 20°240/26 14°230/16 8°240/25 -7°240/35 -19°250/61 -30°260/65 -38°260/56 -49°
GCKused from 447 nm out; 80 nm from the line220/48 21°230/37 14°250/30 8°230/37 -6°240/37 -20°240/69 -28°250/67 -37°260/58 -48°
GLDused from 497 nm out; 47 nm from the line230/49230/42 15°220/26 8°240/18 -7°230/27 -21°240/62 -30°240/61 -35°250/57 -47°
PUBused from 646 nm out; 26 nm from the line230/25 13°230/32 6°220/44 -8°230/49 -21°240/70 -28°240/67 -34°240/58 -46°
ALSused from 745 nm out; 42 nm from the line230/37 4°220/54 -9°230/62 -22°240/77 -26°240/74 -33°230/59 -45°
FMNused from 845 nm out; 59 nm from the line220/28 9°220/40 2°220/53 -10°220/62 -22°230/79 -28°240/91 -34°230/71 -45°
BCEused from 994 nm out; 62 nm from the line220/27 -1°210/40 -13°220/54 -21°220/64 -30°220/64 -34°220/52 -44°
LASused from 1143 nm out; 55 nm from the line210/21 10°200/18 5°200/23 -2°210/49 -14°210/63 -21°220/58 -30°220/61 -35°210/56 -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

AirportWhereConditionsWindVisibilityCeilingElevationReported
SPI Springfield, IL departure no report just now 597 ft
HAE Hannibal, MO 80 nm out, 4 nm southwest of the line no report just now 768 ft
STJ St Joseph, MO 239 nm out, 14 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 826 ft
MHK Manhattan, KS 328 nm out, 15 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 1,066 ft
RCP Stockton, KS 447 nm out, 14 nm north of the line no report just now 1,999 ft
OEL Oakley, KS 517 nm out, 11 nm north of the line no report just now 3,045 ft
PUB Pueblo, CO 696 nm out, 5 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 4,729 ft
TEX Telluride, CO 855 nm out, 11 nm northwest of the line no report just now 9,069 ft
BDG Blanding, UT 934 nm out, 8 nm northwest of the line no report just now 5,867 ft
PGA Page, AZ 1034 nm out, 6 nm south of the line no report just now 4,316 ft
AZC Colorado City, AZ 1103 nm out, 20 nm northwest of the line no report just now 4,873 ft
LAS Las Vegas, NV destination no report just now 2,183 ft

The highest airport on this list sits at 9,069 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At LAS when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 9:07 am PDT (16:07 UTC)

LAS has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.

Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it

  • 6/8890 LAS VEGAS, NV, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Local on the route, at the destination end · a VIP movement · starts tomorrow · ZLA
  • 6/8808 Las Vegas, NV, Tuesday, October 13, 2026 Local on the route, at the destination end · security · starts tomorrow · ZLA

Daylight

Sunset at SPI 6:24 pm CDT (23:24 UTC), at LAS 6:08 pm PDT (01:08 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:34 pm PDT (01:34 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

Radar now, the upper Mississippi valley
Radar now, the upper Mississippi valley · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the southern Plains
Radar now, the southern Plains · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the southern Rockies
Radar now, the southern Rockies · loop National Weather Service
Radar, the whole country
Radar, the whole country · loop National Weather Service
Surface analysis now
Surface analysis now Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 12 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead
Forecast chart, 24 hours ahead Weather Prediction Center

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, Harry Reid International.