Northwest Arkansas Ntl Airport to San Angelo Rgnl/Mathis Field XNA → SJT
427 nautical miles (492 statute miles) southwest on a straight line, true course 228°, about 227° magnetic at the departure end (variation 1E). At 120 knots that is 3 h 55 min at the quickest height in today's winds (12,500 ft, a 11-knot headwind), arriving about 11:16 am CDT (16:16 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 first 119 nm of the 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
No pilot reports within 50 nautical miles of the line in the last three hours.
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 (FSM, TUL, OKC, SPS, ABI). 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 | 220° at 31 kt | +31 kt | 19 °C | 89 kt | 4 h 48 min | 12:09 pm CDT (17:09 UTC) |
| 6,500 ft | 220° at 25 kt | +25 kt | 17 °C | 95 kt | 4 h 30 min | 11:51 am CDT (16:51 UTC) |
| 8,500 ft | 230° at 16 kt | +16 kt | 15 °C | 104 kt | 4 h 06 min | 11:27 am CDT (16:27 UTC) |
| 10,500 ft | 240° at 13 kt | +13 kt | 11 °C | 107 kt | 3 h 59 min | 11:20 am CDT (16:20 UTC) |
| 12,500 ft | 240° at 11 kt | +11 kt | 7 °C | 109 kt | 3 h 55 min | 11:16 am CDT (16:16 UTC) |
| 14,500 ft | 240° at 14 kt | +14 kt | 2 °C | 106 kt | 4 h 02 min | 11:23 am CDT (16:23 UTC) |
| 16,500 ft | 240° at 16 kt | +16 kt | -2 °C | 104 kt | 4 h 06 min | 11:27 am CDT (16:27 UTC) |
| 18,000 ft FL180 | 240° at 18 kt | +17 kt | -6 °C | 103 kt | 4 h 09 min | 11:30 am CDT (16:30 UTC) |
| 24,000 ft FL240 | 250° at 30 kt | +27 kt | -16 °C | 93 kt | 4 h 35 min | 11:56 am CDT (16:56 UTC) |
| 30,000 ft FL300 | 260° at 50 kt | +41 kt | -28 °C | 79 kt | 5 h 24 min | 12:45 pm CDT (17:45 UTC) |
| 34,000 ft FL340 | 280° at 45 kt | +28 kt | -38 °C | 92 kt | 4 h 38 min | 11:59 am CDT (16:59 UTC) |
| 39,000 ft FL390 | 290° at 42 kt | +17 kt | -50 °C | 103 kt | 4 h 09 min | 11:30 am CDT (16:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSM | used from 0 nm out; 43 nm from the line | 230/33 | 260/23 15° | 240/23 11° | 230/18 8° | 230/20 -8° | 250/31 -17° | 280/51 -30° | 280/52 -39° | 300/47 -51° |
| TUL | used from 50 nm out; 50 nm from the line | 230/42 | 250/23 17° | 220/16 14° | 240/10 8° | 240/20 -6° | 260/28 -17° | 270/61 -29° | 280/52 -38° | 290/46 -50° |
| OKC | used from 99 nm out; 76 nm from the line | 220/43 | 230/31 17° | 260/13 16° | 270/11 7° | 240/20 -6° | 250/32 -17° | 260/60 -28° | 280/50 -37° | 290/45 -50° |
| SPS | used from 199 nm out; 45 nm from the line | 220/35 | 220/31 18° | 230/16 14° | 230/10 8° | 250/18 -5° | 250/32 -16° | 260/51 -28° | 280/46 -38° | 300/50 -50° |
| ABI | used from 298 nm out; 34 nm from the line | 200/30 19° | 220/12 16° | 220/11 9° | 230/15 -5° | 250/26 -15° | 250/39 -28° | 270/36 -38° | 280/30 -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XNA Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers, AR | departure | no report just now | 1,288 ft | ||||
| TQH Tahlequah, OK | 40 nm out, 7 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 874 ft | ||||
| MKO Muskogee, OK | 60 nm out, 8 nm west of the line | no report just now | 611 ft | ||||
| MLC Mc Alester, OK | 109 nm out, 13 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 770 ft | ||||
| ADH Ada, OK | 149 nm out, 14 nm northwest of the line | no report just now | 1,015 ft | ||||
| ADM Ardmore, OK | 179 nm out, 3 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 776 ft | ||||
| LUD Decatur, TX | 238 nm out, 23 nm southeast of the line | no report just now | 1,046 ft | ||||
| RPH Graham, TX | 278 nm out, 7 nm west of the line | no report just now | 1,122 ft | ||||
| BKD Breckenridge, TX | 308 nm out, 4 nm southwest of the line | no report just now | 1,284 ft | ||||
| ABI Abilene, TX | 358 nm out, 16 nm northwest of the line, tower | no report just now | 1,790 ft | ||||
| SJT San Angelo, TX | destination | no report just now | 1,918 ft |
The highest airport on this list sits at 1,918 ft; the ground between airports is higher still. Check the sectional chart for the terrain and the minimum safe heights along the line.
At SJT when you get there the forecast at the estimated arrival, 11:16 am CDT (16:16 UTC)
SJT has no terminal forecast; use the nearest airport that does.
Temporary flight restrictions on the line or within 25 nm of it
- 6/4240 SAN ANGELO, TX, Sunday, March 8, 2026 through Sunday, November 1, 2026 Local 3 nm from the route, at the destination end · security · until 1 November · ZFW
Daylight
Sunset at XNA 6:45 pm CDT (23:45 UTC), at SJT 7:12 pm CDT (00:12 UTC) (civil twilight ends 7:37 pm CDT (00:37 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, San Angelo Rgnl/Mathis Field.