US Flying Weather Regions
ATIS Alerts groups U.S. airports into 32regions of shared aviation-weather climate — so “South Florida” and “the Front Range” mean something specific, not a vague “Southeast.” Each region ranks its airports across 2006–2025 of observed weather.
See the regions ranked by VFR weather →
South Florida
FL
- VFR
- 92.5%
- Airports
- 14
- VFR days/yr
- 296
Central Florida
FL
- VFR
- 89.3%
- Airports
- 21
- VFR days/yr
- 293
North Florida
FL
- VFR
- 83.3%
- Airports
- 11
- VFR days/yr
- 268
Central Gulf Coast
LA · MS · AL · FL
- VFR
- 80.7%
- Airports
- 60
- VFR days/yr
- 264
Southern Appalachians
GA · SC · NC · TN
- VFR
- 81.3%
- Airports
- 117
- VFR days/yr
- 272
Mid-Atlantic
NY · NJ · PA · DE · MD · DC · VA · WV
- VFR
- 79.8%
- Airports
- 108
- VFR days/yr
- 269
New England
ME · NH · VT · MA · RI · CT
- VFR
- 76.3%
- Airports
- 64
- VFR days/yr
- 252
Great Lakes
MI · WI · OH · IN · IL · PA · NY
- VFR
- 74.3%
- Airports
- 161
- VFR days/yr
- 232
Ohio Valley
OH · IN · IL · KY · TN · WV · PA
- VFR
- 77.7%
- Airports
- 96
- VFR days/yr
- 250
Northern Plains
ND · SD · MN · WI
- VFR
- 77.3%
- Airports
- 116
- VFR days/yr
- 250
Central Plains
NE · KS · IA · MO
- VFR
- 81.8%
- Airports
- 135
- VFR days/yr
- 274
Southern Plains
OK · AR · TX
- VFR
- 82.7%
- Airports
- 110
- VFR days/yr
- 281
Texas Hill Country
TX
- VFR
- 78.2%
- Airports
- 15
- VFR days/yr
- 273
Texas Gulf Coast
TX
- VFR
- 79.0%
- Airports
- 29
- VFR days/yr
- 260
Front Range
CO · WY
- VFR
- 90.0%
- Airports
- 19
- VFR days/yr
- 314
Northern Rockies
MT · WY · ID
- VFR
- 87.8%
- Airports
- 39
- VFR days/yr
- 302
Southern Rockies
CO
- VFR
- 93.9%
- Airports
- 14
- VFR days/yr
- 322
Southern Arizona
AZ
- VFR
- 98.4%
- Airports
- 9
- VFR days/yr
- 351
Northern Arizona
AZ
- VFR
- 95.6%
- Airports
- 8
- VFR days/yr
- 336
Southern California Coast
CA
- VFR
- 79.2%
- Airports
- 25
- VFR days/yr
- 284
Southern California Inland & Deserts
CA
- VFR
- 93.9%
- Airports
- 11
- VFR days/yr
- 336
California Central Valley
CA
- VFR
- 88.7%
- Airports
- 14
- VFR days/yr
- 296
Northern California
CA
- VFR
- 82.2%
- Airports
- 24
- VFR days/yr
- 283
Pacific Northwest Coast
WA · OR
- VFR
- 74.4%
- Airports
- 31
- VFR days/yr
- 225
Inland Northwest
WA · OR · ID
- VFR
- 88.2%
- Airports
- 24
- VFR days/yr
- 291
Desert Southwest
NM · TX
- VFR
- 95.4%
- Airports
- 22
- VFR days/yr
- 338
Great Basin
NV · UT · ID · OR
- VFR
- 91.6%
- Airports
- 37
- VFR days/yr
- 322
Alaska Southeast
AK
- VFR
- 71.2%
- Airports
- 10
- VFR days/yr
- 203
Alaska Interior & Southcentral
AK
- VFR
- 82.8%
- Airports
- 27
- VFR days/yr
- 228
Alaska Arctic
AK
- VFR
- 60.1%
- Airports
- 9
- VFR days/yr
- 142
Alaska Southwest & Aleutians
AK
- VFR
- 61.2%
- Airports
- 12
- VFR days/yr
- 161
Hawaii
HI
- VFR
- 91.5%
- Airports
- 8
- VFR days/yr
- 292
Educational use only. Historical weather rankings from ATIS Alerts are educational summaries of past observations — not a forecast, flight-planning tool, or safety rating. They do not replace current METARs, TAFs, NOTAMs, ATIS, or a weather briefing, and favorable history does not make any airport safe. Always check current conditions and use your own judgment before flight.