Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport to Dane County Rgnl/Truax Field XNA → MSN
471 nautical miles (542 statute miles) northeast on a straight line, true course 028°, about 027° magnetic at the departure end (variation 1E). At 120 knots that is 3 h 15 min at the quickest height in today's winds (3,500 ft, a 25-knot tailwind), arriving about 8:17 am CDT (13:17 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 2W: 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 whole route.
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 XNA.
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 4 forecast points nearest it (SGF, COU, BRL, DBQ). 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 | 240° at 30 kt | −25 kt | 145 kt | 3 h 15 min | 8:17 am CDT (13:17 UTC) | |
| 5,500 ft | 250° at 21 kt | −15 kt | 135 kt | 3 h 29 min | 8:31 am CDT (13:31 UTC) | |
| 7,500 ft | 250° at 18 kt | −13 kt | 14 °C | 133 kt | 3 h 32 min | 8:34 am CDT (13:34 UTC) |
| 9,500 ft | 250° at 16 kt | −12 kt | 11 °C | 132 kt | 3 h 34 min | 8:36 am CDT (13:36 UTC) |
| 11,500 ft | 260° at 18 kt | −12 kt | 6 °C | 132 kt | 3 h 34 min | 8:36 am CDT (13:36 UTC) |
| 13,500 ft | 260° at 20 kt | −12 kt | 2 °C | 132 kt | 3 h 34 min | 8:36 am CDT (13:36 UTC) |
| 15,500 ft | 270° at 22 kt | −12 kt | -2 °C | 132 kt | 3 h 34 min | 8:36 am CDT (13:36 UTC) |
| 17,500 ft | 270° at 24 kt | −12 kt | -7 °C | 132 kt | 3 h 34 min | 8:36 am CDT (13:36 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 270° at 25 kt | −12 kt | -8 °C | 132 kt | 3 h 34 min | 8:36 am CDT (13:36 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 260° at 35 kt | −21 kt | -19 °C | 141 kt | 3 h 20 min | 8:22 am CDT (13:22 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 280° at 52 kt | −20 kt | -33 °C | 140 kt | 3 h 22 min | 8:24 am CDT (13:24 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 280° at 59 kt | −19 kt | -40 °C | 139 kt | 3 h 23 min | 8:25 am CDT (13:25 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 290° at 61 kt | −10 kt | -49 °C | 130 kt | 3 h 37 min | 8:39 am CDT (13:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SGF | used from 0 nm out; 49 nm from the line | 230/37 | 260/20 15° | 250/16 13° | 250/15 8° | 260/28 -7° | 250/31 -17° | 280/59 -31° | 280/59 -39° | 290/55 -50° |
| COU | used from 147 nm out; 18 nm from the line | 250/36 | 260/14 16° | 250/5 12° | 260/12 6° | 260/24 -7° | 260/35 -19° | 280/58 -31° | 280/62 -40° | 290/60 -49° |
| BRL | used from 245 nm out; 39 nm from the line | 250/32 | 250/19 17° | 260/15 11° | 270/16 3° | 290/23 -7° | 260/42 -20° | 270/52 -34° | 280/63 -39° | 290/64 -48° |
| DBQ | used from 344 nm out; 46 nm from the line | 250/27 | 260/23 17° | 240/26 10° | 260/30 4° | 280/26 -9° | 280/36 -21° | 270/41 -36° | 280/52 -41° | 290/67 -48° |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XNA Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, AR | departure | no report just now | 1,288 ft | ||||
| HFJ Monett, MO | 39 nm out, 5 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 1,316 ft | ||||
| SGF Springfield, MO | 69 nm out, 12 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,268 ft | ||||
| RAW Warsaw, MO | 128 nm out, 18 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 936 ft | ||||
| COU Columbia, MO | 177 nm out, 16 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 889 ft | ||||
| MBY Moberly, MO | 206 nm out, 12 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 866 ft | ||||
| HAE Hannibal, MO | 245 nm out, 21 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 768 ft | ||||
| EOK Keokuk, IA | 285 nm out, 1 nm north of the line | no report just now | 671 ft | ||||
| MLI Moline, IL | 353 nm out, 8 nm east of the line, tower | no report just now | 589 ft | ||||
| CWI Clinton, IA | 383 nm out, 3 nm south of the line | no report just now | 707 ft | ||||
| EFT Monroe, WI | 442 nm out, 7 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 1,085 ft | ||||
| MSN Madison, WI | destination | no report just now | 886 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,316 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At MSN when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 8:17 am CDT (13:17 UTC)
MSN has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/7634 CENTRALIA, MO, Monday, October 12, 2026 UTC 9 nm from the route, 196 nm along the route · a hazard on the ground (fire-fighting, a chemical spill, rescue work) · today · ZKC
Daylight
Sunset at XNA 6:45 pm CDT (23:45 UTC), at MSN 6:19 pm CDT (23:19 UTC) (civil twilight ends 6:48 pm CDT (23:48 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: Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport, Dane County Rgnl/Truax Field.