Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport to Austin-Bergstrom International VPS → AUS
577 nautical miles (665 statute miles) west on a straight line, true course 271°, about 274° magnetic at the departure end (variation 3W). At 120 knots that is 4 h 41 min at the quickest height in today's winds (6,500 ft, a 3-knot tailwind), arriving about 9:43 am CDT (14:43 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: 2 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). Over the route from 139 to 348 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 VPS.
Pilot reports along the route within 50 nm of the line, last three hours, the serious ones first
- SF30 at 21,000 ft, 23 nm south, 4:35 am CDT (09:35 UTC): light rime icing, -10 °C, remarks: zhu. 458 nm along the route, 23 nm south of the line.
as filed, and in English
IAH UA /OV DAS02002/TM 0935/FL210/TP SF30/TA M10/IC LGT RIME/RM ZHU
- Report
- a routine report filed through IAH
- Where
- DAS02002
- Time
- 09:35 UTC
- Height
- at 21,000 ft
- Aircraft
- SF30
- Temperature
- −10 °C
- Icing
- light rime
- Remarks
- zhu
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 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 5 forecast points nearest it (MOB, MSY, LCH, HOU, CLL). 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 | 170° at 14 kt | −2 kt | 122 kt | 4 h 44 min | 9:46 am CDT (14:46 UTC) | |
| 6,500 ft | 160° at 12 kt | −3 kt | 17 °C | 123 kt | 4 h 41 min | 9:43 am CDT (14:43 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 160° at 6 kt | −1 kt | 14 °C | 121 kt | 4 h 46 min | 9:48 am CDT (14:48 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 180° at 3 kt | 0 | 10 °C | 120 kt | 4 h 48 min | 9:50 am CDT (14:50 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 220° at 3 kt | +2 kt | 6 °C | 118 kt | 4 h 53 min | 9:55 am CDT (14:55 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 270° at 4 kt | +5 kt | 2 °C | 115 kt | 5 h 01 min | 10:03 am CDT (15:03 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 280° at 7 kt | +7 kt | -2 °C | 113 kt | 5 h 06 min | 10:08 am CDT (15:08 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 290° at 10 kt | +9 kt | -6 °C | 111 kt | 5 h 12 min | 10:14 am CDT (15:14 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 290° at 16 kt | +15 kt | -15 °C | 105 kt | 5 h 30 min | 10:32 am CDT (15:32 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 320° at 26 kt | +18 kt | -30 °C | 102 kt | 5 h 39 min | 10:41 am CDT (15:41 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 340° at 28 kt | +11 kt | -40 °C | 109 kt | 5 h 18 min | 10:20 am CDT (15:20 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 340° at 37 kt | +10 kt | -52 °C | 110 kt | 5 h 15 min | 10:17 am CDT (15:17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOB | used from 0 nm out; 65 nm from the line | L/V | L/V 18° | 020/8 11° | L/V 6° | 330/12 -5° | 330/23 -17° | 330/30 -32° | 350/39 -41° | 340/40 -53° |
| MSY | used from 149 nm out; 36 nm from the line | 150/9 | 140/8 18° | L/V 13° | L/V 6° | 320/15 -5° | 310/16 -16° | 320/32 -31° | 340/35 -40° | 350/34 -52° |
| LCH | used from 249 nm out; 76 nm from the line | 170/21 | 160/23 18° | 170/13 13° | 170/6 8° | 300/12 -7° | 280/16 -14° | 320/27 -30° | 330/23 -41° | 340/38 -51° |
| HOU | used from 398 nm out; 53 nm from the line | 180/22 | 180/20 16° | 170/7 15° | L/V 8° | 220/11 -6° | 260/15 -13° | 310/20 -30° | 320/20 -40° | 350/32 -51° |
| CLL | used from 448 nm out; 40 nm from the line | 180/24 | 170/21 19° | 180/10 14° | 230/7 8° | 230/16 -6° | 260/20 -13° | 290/23 -29° | 320/21 -39° | 340/35 -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VPS Valparaiso/Destin-Ft Walton Beach, FL | departure | no report just now | 84 ft | ||||
| PNS Pensacola, FL | 30 nm out, 4 nm west of the line, tower | no report just now | 120 ft | ||||
| PQL Pascagoula, MS | 100 nm out, 5 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 16 ft | ||||
| GPT Gulfport, MS | 129 nm out, 6 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 28 ft | ||||
| HDC Hammond, LA | 199 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 46 ft | ||||
| BTR Baton Rouge, LA | 239 nm out, 3 nm north of the line, tower | no report just now | 69 ft | ||||
| CWF Lake Charles, LA | 339 nm out, 14 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 16 ft | ||||
| LCH Lake Charles, LA | 348 nm out, 18 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 14 ft | ||||
| CXO Houston, TX | 458 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 244 ft | ||||
| DWH Houston, TX | 468 nm out, 16 nm south of the line, tower | no report just now | 152 ft | ||||
| GYB Giddings, TX | 538 nm out, 6 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 484 ft | ||||
| AUS Austin, TX | destination | no report just now | 541 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 541 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At AUS when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 9:43 am CDT (14:43 UTC)
AUS 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 VPS 6:18 pm CDT (23:18 UTC), at AUS 7:02 pm CDT (00:02 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:26 pm CDT (00:26 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: Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport, Austin-Bergstrom International.