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Route turbulence forecast
Turbulence forecast for flights from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS).
Get a segment-by-segment turbulence forecast for any scheduled flight from DFW to AUS, with live wind and pilot reports.
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Southbound · Great-circle bearing -169°
This is a short or low-latitude sector, so clear-air turbulence from upper-level jets is rare.
Seasonal turbulence on this route is modest — most variation comes from day-to-day weather rather than strong seasonal cycles.
Most of the 306 km route sits in the subtropical band with minimal jet-stream exposure. Historically that means most flights cruise in smooth air, with turbulence limited to short sectors near weather systems.
Statistically, Late spring and early autumn sees the calmest conditions for this corridor. Within any season, morning departures see less convective (thunderstorm-driven) turbulence than afternoon flights.
Block time is usually around 48m direct, cruising at approximately FL300 (30,000 ft). Actual duration varies with winds — tailwinds can shave 15–30 minutes, headwinds can add 30+ minutes on this southbound sector.
We use live NOAA Aviation Weather Center pilot reports (PIREPs), SIGMETs and AIRMETs, layered with physics-based Ellrod and Richardson-number calculations from Open-Meteo pressure-level wind and temperature data. If a source is unavailable for a waypoint we show an em dash rather than invent a value.
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