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Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional to Henry E Rohlsen Airport TPL → STX

1,947 nautical miles (2,240 statute miles) east on a straight line, true course 107°, about 104° magnetic at the departure end (variation 3E). At 120 knots that is 15 h 06 min at the quickest height in today's winds (24,000 ft, a 9-knot tailwind), arriving about 1:45 pm AST (17:45 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

  • AIRMET TANGO 6W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 28,000 ft to 40,000 ft. Over the route from 549 to 609 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 TPL.

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 7 forecast points nearest it (CLL, HOU, LCH, MSY, MOB, PIE, MIA). A plus sign is a headwind, a minus sign a tailwind.

HeightAverage windHead- or tailwindTemperatureGround speedTime en routeArrival
3,500 ft150° at 7 kt+5 kt115 kt16 h 56 min3:35 pm AST (19:35 UTC)
5,500 ft150° at 6 kt+5 kt115 kt16 h 56 min3:35 pm AST (19:35 UTC)
7,500 ft160° at 5 kt+3 kt16 °C117 kt16 h 38 min3:17 pm AST (19:17 UTC)
9,500 ft190° at 4 kt+1 kt12 °C119 kt16 h 22 min3:01 pm AST (19:01 UTC)
11,500 ft260° at 2 kt−2 kt10 °C122 kt15 h 58 min2:37 pm AST (18:37 UTC)
13,500 ft260° at 4 kt−4 kt5 °C124 kt15 h 42 min2:21 pm AST (18:21 UTC)
15,500 ft260° at 7 kt−5 kt1 °C125 kt15 h 35 min2:14 pm AST (18:14 UTC)
17,500 ft260° at 9 kt−7 kt-4 °C127 kt15 h 20 min1:59 pm AST (17:59 UTC)
18,000 ft FL180250° at 9 kt−7 kt-5 °C127 kt15 h 20 min1:59 pm AST (17:59 UTC)
24,000 ft FL240260° at 12 kt−9 kt-16 °C129 kt15 h 06 min1:45 pm AST (17:45 UTC)
30,000 ft FL300270° at 6 kt−5 kt-31 °C125 kt15 h 35 min2:14 pm AST (18:14 UTC)
34,000 ft FL340190° at 7 kt+2 kt-41 °C118 kt16 h 30 min3:09 pm AST (19:09 UTC)
39,000 ft FL390220° at 11 kt−1 kt-51 °C121 kt16 h 05 min2:44 pm AST (18:44 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
CLLused from 0 nm out; 40 nm from the line170/22170/26 18°200/15 14°240/13 8°240/15 -5°260/17 -13°290/27 -29°290/22 -40°320/30 -51°
HOUused from 100 nm out; 54 nm from the line160/22150/27 19°180/16 14°250/7 9°270/10 -5°270/16 -13°310/23 -29°310/26 -40°330/20 -52°
LCHused from 150 nm out; 50 nm from the line160/21160/18 18°180/13 12°230/6 8°280/10 -4°260/13 -14°310/29 -30°320/32 -40°330/33 -53°
MSYused from 300 nm out; 71 nm from the line110/5150/6 19°L/V 12°310/5 7°310/13 -4°290/20 -16°330/36 -31°330/37 -41°350/43 -52°
MOBused from 499 nm out; 146 nm from the line330/5330/6 19°340/6 11°330/10 7°320/16 -5°310/26 -16°340/40 -32°340/47 -42°350/51 -52°
PIEused from 599 nm out; 185 nm from the line350/6L/V 18°290/6 14°280/9 9°250/18 -6°250/23 -17°240/30 -31°220/31 -41°220/30 -52°
MIAused from 849 nm out; 87 nm from the line150/7140/5 17°160/5 14°L/V 9°230/8 -5°230/8 -17°150/11 -32°150/25 -41°180/29 -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

AirportWhereConditionsWindVisibilityCeilingElevationReported
TPL Temple, TX departure no report just now 682 ft
CXO Houston, TX 110 nm out, 15 nm south of the line, tower no report just now 244 ft
LCH Lake Charles, LA 220 nm out, 9 nm northeast of the line, tower no report just now 14 ft
APF Naples, FL 879 nm out, 10 nm north of the line, tower no report just now 8 ft
MYAK Congo Town, 1128 nm out, 4 nm southeast of the line no report just now 20 ft
MYAP Spring Point, 1358 nm out, 4 nm southwest of the line no report just now 12 ft
MBPV Providenciales, 1458 nm out, 6 nm northeast of the line, tower no report just now 13 ft
SIG San Juan, PR 1857 nm out, 3 nm east of the line, tower no report just now 9 ft
STX Christiansted, VI destination no report just now 73 ft

The highest airport on this list sits at 682 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.

At STX when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 1:45 pm AST (17:45 UTC)

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

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

  • 6/0543 MCGREGOR, TX 14 nm from the route, at the departure end · security · ZFW
  • 6/4508 CEIBA, PR 2 nm from the route, at the destination end · security · ZSU
  • 6/2698 VIEQUES, PR, Monday, January 19, 2026 through Friday, December 18, 2026 UTC 3 nm from the route, at the destination end · a hazard on the ground (fire-fighting, a chemical spill, rescue work) · until 18 December · ZSU

Daylight

Sunset at TPL 7:01 pm CDT (00:01 UTC), at STX 5:59 pm AST (21:59 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:21 pm AST (22:21 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 southern Plains
Radar now, the southern Plains · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the lower Mississippi valley
Radar now, the lower Mississippi valley · loop National Weather Service
Radar now, the Southeast
Radar now, the Southeast · 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: Draughon-Miller Central Texas Regional, Henry E Rohlsen Airport.