Eglin Afb/Destin-Ft Walton Beach Airport to Raleigh-Durham International VPS → RDU
506 nautical miles (582 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 048°, about 051° magnetic at the departure end (variation 3W). At 120 knots that is 4 h 17 min at the quickest height in today's winds (11,500 ft, a 2-knot headwind), arriving about 11:15 am EDT (15:15 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 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 426 to 426 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
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 6 forecast points nearest it (MGM, CSG, ATL, CAE, FLO, RDU). 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 | 330° at 22 kt | +4 kt | 116 kt | 4 h 22 min | 11:20 am EDT (15:20 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 330° at 21 kt | +5 kt | 115 kt | 4 h 24 min | 11:22 am EDT (15:22 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 340° at 22 kt | +6 kt | 12 °C | 114 kt | 4 h 26 min | 11:24 am EDT (15:24 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 330° at 24 kt | +5 kt | 9 °C | 115 kt | 4 h 24 min | 11:22 am EDT (15:22 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 330° at 23 kt | +2 kt | 6 °C | 118 kt | 4 h 17 min | 11:15 am EDT (15:15 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 330° at 25 kt | +2 kt | 2 °C | 118 kt | 4 h 17 min | 11:15 am EDT (15:15 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 330° at 28 kt | +3 kt | -2 °C | 117 kt | 4 h 19 min | 11:17 am EDT (15:17 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 330° at 30 kt | +5 kt | -6 °C | 115 kt | 4 h 24 min | 11:22 am EDT (15:22 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 330° at 31 kt | +5 kt | -7 °C | 115 kt | 4 h 24 min | 11:22 am EDT (15:22 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 330° at 29 kt | +4 kt | -18 °C | 116 kt | 4 h 22 min | 11:20 am EDT (15:20 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 330° at 39 kt | +5 kt | -32 °C | 115 kt | 4 h 24 min | 11:22 am EDT (15:22 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 340° at 40 kt | +12 kt | -40 °C | 108 kt | 4 h 41 min | 11:39 am EDT (15:39 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 330° at 31 kt | +6 kt | -50 °C | 114 kt | 4 h 26 min | 11:24 am EDT (15:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MGM | used from 0 nm out; 93 nm from the line | 320/19 | 330/16 17° | 340/21 11° | 330/11 5° | 330/27 -6° | 330/21 -17° | 330/37 -32° | 340/44 -40° | 360/30 -52° |
| CSG | used from 99 nm out; 42 nm from the line | 330/27 | 340/28 16° | 350/28 11° | 330/17 6° | 340/25 -6° | 350/33 -18° | 330/46 -32° | 340/45 -41° | 350/31 -52° |
| ATL | used from 198 nm out; 74 nm from the line | 330/32 | 340/36 17° | 350/34 10° | 340/25 6° | 330/27 -6° | 350/35 -18° | 330/49 -32° | 340/47 -41° | 340/27 -51° |
| CAE | used from 248 nm out; 74 nm from the line | 340/17 | 330/15 12° | 320/22 9° | 320/31 5° | 330/35 -7° | 320/33 -19° | 340/40 -32° | 350/43 -39° | 320/35 -49° |
| FLO | used from 397 nm out; 54 nm from the line | 330/17 | 330/17 12° | 320/21 9° | 310/29 4° | 310/36 -8° | 300/36 -19° | 290/34 -32° | 300/29 -40° | 310/34 -48° |
| RDU | used from 446 nm out; 35 nm from the line | 330/30 | 340/24 12° | 330/26 7° | 320/30 3° | 330/39 -8° | 310/30 -20° | 300/33 -33° | 310/34 -39° | 310/41 -47° |
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 | ||||
| BCR Bonifay, FL | 50 nm out, 16 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 86 ft | ||||
| DHN Dothan, AL | 79 nm out, 5 nm southwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 400 ft | ||||
| EUF Eufaula, AL | 109 nm out, 19 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 285 ft | ||||
| MCN Macon, GA | 198 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 354 ft | ||||
| MAC Macon, GA | 208 nm out, 7 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 436 ft | ||||
| AGS Augusta, GA | 288 nm out, 20 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 145 ft | ||||
| CAE Columbia, SC | 347 nm out, 21 nm southeast of the line, tower | no report just now | 235 ft | ||||
| FDW Winnsboro, SC | 357 nm out, 3 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 577 ft | ||||
| VUJ Albemarle, NC | 436 nm out, 19 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 609 ft | ||||
| TTA Sanford, NC | 486 nm out, 6 nm south of the line | no report just now | 246 ft | ||||
| RDU Raleigh/Durham, NC | destination | no report just now | 435 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 609 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At RDU when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 11:15 am EDT (15:15 UTC)
RDU has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/6783 Perry, GA, Friday, October 9, 2026 through Monday, October 19, 2026 UTC 5 nm from the route, 188 nm along the route · drones kept away from a public gathering · until 19 October · ZTL
Daylight
Sunset at VPS 6:18 pm CDT (23:18 UTC), at RDU 6:43 pm EDT (22:43 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:09 pm EDT (23:09 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, Raleigh-Durham International.