🇦🇺 Gold Coast, Australia
Gold Coast is a mid-sized city in Australia. Real-Earth coordinates -28.082°, 153.448°, population 527,660. 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.
Live over Gold Coast heard by the Skydex receiver network
3 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- QLK1256 · Airbus A220-300 · 7,425 ft · 36 km
- QLK1577 · Airbus A220-300 · 31,350 ft · 50 km
- LR667 · Saab 340 · 9,225 ft · 60 km
As of 01:46 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Gold Coast →
Heard over Gold Coast last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
1,037 aircraft on 31 days · 8,655 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 1,033 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 Gold Coast last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
212 vessels on 31 days · 691 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 173 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 Gold Coast within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Gold Coast Airport (OOL) · 11 km · 1,912 flights in 30 days
- Brisbane International Airport (BNE) · 84 km · 10,780 flights in 30 days
- Ballina Byron Gateway Airport (BNK) · 84 km · 303 flights in 30 days
- Lismore Airport (LSY) · 85 km · 7 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 Gold Coast
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in Gold Coast
Sunrise 04:47 · Sunset 18:12 · 13 h 25 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 01:44 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Gold Coast through the year
November in Gold Coast averages 23.1°C with winds around 19 km/h, and roughly 53% of days are good for flying — about 17 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: September, July, August; March is the most restricted at 45% 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 | 20 km/h | 15 | 74% |
| February | 24.5°C | 19 km/h | 14 | 66% |
| March | 23.3°C | 21 km/h | 17 | 45% |
| April | 21.3°C | 19 km/h | 13 | 68% |
| May | 19.1°C | 19 km/h | 15 | 58% |
| June | 16.3°C | 16 km/h | 9 | 77% |
| July | 15.7°C | 18 km/h | 7 | 81% |
| August | 17.3°C | 18 km/h | 8 | 81% |
| September | 19.3°C | 20 km/h | 6 | 83% |
| October | 21.6°C | 20 km/h | 10 | 73% |
| November | 23.1°C | 19 km/h | 17 | 53% |
| December | 24.3°C | 20 km/h | 10 | 74% |
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 Gold Coast
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Where to fly a drone near Gold Coast
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What you can do here
- Fly Gold Coast in an FPV drone or as a gull, from -28.082°, 153.448° — 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 Gold Coast.