Tucson International to Kahului Airport TUS → OGG
2,516 nautical miles (2,895 statute miles) west on a straight line, true course 266°, about 257° magnetic at the departure end (variation 9E). At 120 knots that is 20 h 17 min at the quickest height in today's winds (4,500 ft, a 4-knot tailwind), arriving about 5:45 pm HST (03:45 UTC). Right now TUS is VFR, wind calm; OGG is VFR, wind from the northeast (050°) at 6 knots. 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
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers any part of this route right now.
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 TUS.
Pilot reports along the route within 50 nm of the line, last three hours, the serious ones first
- C408 at 4,700 ft, 35 nm west, 10:00 pm MST (05:00 UTC): light chop turbulence, clear from 4,700 ft to 60,000 ft. At the destination end, 35 nm west of the line.
as filed, and in English
LNY UA /OV LNY312008/TM 0500/FL047/TP C408/SK SKC/TB LGT CHP
- Report
- a routine report filed through LNY
- Where
- 8 nm northwest (312°) of LNY
- Time
- 05:00 UTC
- Height
- at 4,700 ft
- Aircraft
- C408
- Sky
- clear
- Turbulence
- light chp
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 (TUS, PHX, BLH, SAN, SBA, SFO, FOT). 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 | 140° at 7 kt | −4 kt | 13 °C | 124 kt | 20 h 17 min | 5:45 pm HST (03:45 UTC) |
| 6,500 ft | 150° at 7 kt | −3 kt | 5 °C | 123 kt | 20 h 27 min | 5:55 pm HST (03:55 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 170° at 3 kt | −1 kt | 2 °C | 121 kt | 20 h 48 min | 6:16 pm HST (04:16 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 260° at 4 kt | +2 kt | -1 °C | 118 kt | 21 h 19 min | 6:47 pm HST (04:47 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 290° at 8 kt | +5 kt | -4 °C | 115 kt | 21 h 53 min | 7:21 pm HST (05:21 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 310° at 12 kt | +4 kt | -7 °C | 116 kt | 21 h 41 min | 7:09 pm HST (05:09 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 320° at 16 kt | +4 kt | -10 °C | 116 kt | 21 h 41 min | 7:09 pm HST (05:09 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 320° at 20 kt | +4 kt | -13 °C | 116 kt | 21 h 41 min | 7:09 pm HST (05:09 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 330° at 26 kt | +4 kt | -22 °C | 116 kt | 21 h 41 min | 7:09 pm HST (05:09 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 290° at 20 kt | +12 kt | -31 °C | 108 kt | 23 h 18 min | 8:46 pm HST (06:46 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 250° at 27 kt | +24 kt | -37 °C | 96 kt | 26 h 12 min | 11:40 pm HST (09:40 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 230° at 33 kt | +29 kt | -44 °C | 91 kt | 27 h 39 min | 1:07 am HST (11:07 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS | used from 0 nm out; 25 nm from the line | 210/13 13° | 200/35 9° | 210/40 5° | 220/50 -7° | 220/59 -18° | 230/79 -26° | 230/84 -35° | 230/84 -48° | |
| PHX | used from 100 nm out; 113 nm from the line | 150/5 | 200/21 12° | 200/27 6° | 200/35 3° | 220/58 -8° | 220/69 -19° | 220/87 -26° | 230/93 -35° | 230/79 -47° |
| BLH | used from 150 nm out; 107 nm from the line | 210/13 | 200/21 11° | 200/22 5° | 210/25 -1° | 210/51 -10° | 220/61 -20° | 220/81 -29° | 220/92 -34° | 220/79 -45° |
| SAN | used from 200 nm out; 110 nm from the line | 200/11 | 200/23 7° | 210/27 4° | 210/31 -3° | 220/56 -10° | 220/56 -19° | 220/52 -30° | 220/64 -37° | 220/67 -44° |
| SBA | used from 499 nm out; 210 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° |
| SFO | used from 1148 nm out; 763 nm from the line | 120/13 | 090/14 5° | 040/14 -1° | 350/17 -5° | 360/42 -14° | 360/64 -23° | 350/38 -32° | 300/19 -37° | 250/18 -44° |
| FOT | used from 2296 nm out; 1839 nm from the line | 040/18 | 020/10 5° | 020/22 0° | 010/38 -3° | 360/70 -12° | 360/81 -23° | 360/88 -39° | 360/52 -44° | 330/31 -43° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUS Tucson, AZ | departure | VFR Sky: a few clouds at 5,500 feet, a broken layer at 7,500 feet | calm | 10+ mi | 7,500 ft | 2,643 ft | 11:53 pm MST (06:53 UTC) |
| MZJ Marana, AZ | 20 nm out, 25 nm north of the line | VFR Sky: scattered clouds at 3,600 feet, a broken layer at 4,200 feet, a broken layer at 5,000 feet | calm | 10+ mi | 4,200 ft | 1,893 ft | 07:15 UTC |
| HNM Hana, HI | 2496 nm out, 16 nm south of the line | no report just now | 77 ft | ||||
| OGG Kahului, HI | destination | VFR | from the northeast (050°) at 6 knots | 10+ mi | none | 55 ft | 8:54 pm HST (06:54 UTC) |
The highest airport on this list sits at 2,643 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At OGG when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 5:45 pm HST (03:45 UTC)
Wind from the north-northeast at 16 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 3,500 feet, scattered clouds at 4,500 feet VFR
The whole forecast for OGG
- From Sun 8:00 pm HST (06:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 4,000 feet
- From Mon 10:00 am HST (20:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 16 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 3,500 feet, scattered clouds at 4,500 feet
- From Mon 7:00 pm HST (05:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 3,000 feet
The forecast for TUS, the departure
- From Sun 11:00 pm MST (06:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 8,000 feet
- From Mon 1:00 am MST (08:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet
- From Mon 10:00 am MST (17:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 14 knots, gusting to 22, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 6,000 feet
- From Mon 8:00 pm MST (03:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 6,000 feet
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 TUS 5:53 pm MST (00:53 UTC), at OGG 6:03 pm HST (04:03 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:26 pm HST (04:26 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: Tucson International, Kahului Airport.