🇦🇫 Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
Mazar-i-Sharif is a mid-sized city in Afghanistan. Real-Earth coordinates 36.700°, 67.100°, population 458,151. Quiet airspace and open terrain a couple of minutes out — a forgiving place to learn the sticks before you take them somewhere tighter. Skydex flies the real Earth here — the elevation, coastline and city layout under the aircraft come from the same data the map does, and the sky is shared with everyone else flying it.
Airports near Mazar-i-Sharif within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Mazar-i-Sharif Airport (MZR) · 10 km · 3 flights in 30 days
- Termez Airport (TMJ) · 68 km · 2 flights in 30 days
Flights are airline flight numbers our receivers heard heading to or from the airport, once a day each — not runway movements. All airports
Activity in Mazar-i-Sharif
Flying conditions in Mazar-i-Sharif
Sunrise 06:35 · Sunset 16:55 · 10 h 21 m of daylight (local time)
Verdict weighs gusts, precipitation and cold — the things that actually decide whether a drone or a bird has a good time up there. Sunrise and sunset are computed from the city's coordinates, not forecast. Forecast issued 2026-11-11 03:03 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Mazar-i-Sharif through the year
November in Mazar-i-Sharif averages 11°C with winds around 11 km/h, and roughly 90% of days are good for flying — about 4 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: June, August, July; March is the most restricted at 73% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C | 13 km/h | 6 | 81% |
| February | 8.7°C | 16 km/h | 7 | 77% |
| March | 12.8°C | 17 km/h | 9 | 73% |
| April | 21.4°C | 17 km/h | 6 | 87% |
| May | 28.7°C | 17 km/h | 1 | 95% |
| June | 32.6°C | 17 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| July | 35.4°C | 19 km/h | 0 | 98% |
| August | 32.6°C | 18 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| September | 25.7°C | 15 km/h | 1 | 97% |
| October | 19°C | 14 km/h | 3 | 92% |
| November | 11°C | 11 km/h | 4 | 90% |
| December | 5.1°C | 13 km/h | 5 | 84% |
Based on ERA5 reanalysis. “Good to fly” counts days without strong wind, real rain or hard frost — the conditions that actually ground a drone.
Recent activity in Mazar-i-Sharif
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What you can do here
- Fly Mazar-i-Sharif in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 36.700°, 67.100° — keyboard and mouse, a gamepad, or a real RC transmitter over USB.
- Check the weather first: live wind, gusts and cloud over the city, plus the month-by-month flyable-days table above.
- Watch real traffic — aircraft overhead and ships on the water come from live ADS-B and AIS feeds, not from a script.
- Meet other pilots in the same sky: city chat room, radio, and the walkie-talkie frequency for Mazar-i-Sharif.