🇦🇺 Brisbane, Australia
Brisbane is a major city of Australia. Real-Earth coordinates -27.453°, 153.033°, population 1,860,000. A river or a coast to follow, tall enough buildings to make a proximity line interesting, and open airspace once you clear the centre. 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.
Live over Brisbane heard by the Skydex receiver network
4 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- VOZ388 · Boeing 737-800 · Virgin Blue Airlines · 5,575 ft · 24 km
- QLK1944 · Embraer E190 · 23,450 ft · 33 km
- VOZ466 · Boeing 737-800 · Virgin Blue Airlines · 11,725 ft · 36 km
- UTY8609 · Fokker 70 · Alliance Airlines · 7,475 ft · 40 km
As of 03:04 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Brisbane →
Heard over Brisbane last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
1,089 aircraft on 31 days · 8,487 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 1,079 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Seen on the water near Brisbane last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
213 vessels on 31 days · 693 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 174 of them.
Counted from the AIS positions the Skydex feed received here — sampled once a day in local daytime, plus whenever pilots fly here — not a port register. Ship tracking
Airports near Brisbane within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Brisbane International Airport (BNE) · 11 km · 10,829 flights in 30 days
- Gold Coast Airport (OOL) · 92 km · 1,918 flights in 30 days
- Sunshine Coast Airport (MCY) · 95 km · 646 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 Brisbane
Flying conditions in Brisbane
Sunrise 04:50 · Sunset 18:13 · 13 h 23 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 Brisbane through the year
November in Brisbane averages 23.1°C with winds around 15 km/h, and roughly 50% of days are good for flying — about 18 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: September, July, August; November is the most restricted at 50% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C | 15 km/h | 15 | 69% |
| February | 24.6°C | 16 km/h | 12 | 70% |
| March | 23°C | 16 km/h | 16 | 55% |
| April | 20.8°C | 14 km/h | 11 | 75% |
| May | 18.4°C | 14 km/h | 14 | 68% |
| June | 15.3°C | 13 km/h | 8 | 82% |
| July | 14.9°C | 15 km/h | 6 | 86% |
| August | 16.5°C | 14 km/h | 7 | 84% |
| September | 18.7°C | 16 km/h | 4 | 90% |
| October | 21.6°C | 16 km/h | 10 | 73% |
| November | 23.1°C | 15 km/h | 18 | 50% |
| December | 24.1°C | 15 km/h | 13 | 61% |
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 Brisbane
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What you can do here
- Fly Brisbane in an FPV drone or as a gull, from -27.453°, 153.033° — 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 Brisbane.