🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia
Melbourne is a major city of Australia. Real-Earth coordinates -37.818°, 144.973°, population 4,170,000. 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 Melbourne heard by the Skydex receiver network
12 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- SH107 · SW4 · 2,875 ft · 13 km
- HM1 · Leonardo AW139 · 1,950 ft · 15 km
- JST7 · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner · JUST - Japan Universal System Transport · 5,775 ft · 21 km
- NXC · Bell 206 JetRanger · 1,300 ft · 24 km
- VOZ1592 · Boeing 737-700 · Virgin Blue Airlines · 1,325 ft · 28 km
- RXA3468 · Saab 340 · Arax Airlines · 10,300 ft · 34 km
- QFA446 · Boeing 737-800 · Qantas · 13,525 ft · 38 km
- JST774 · Airbus A320 · JUST - Japan Universal System Transport · 10,875 ft · 39 km
As of 03:04 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Melbourne →
Heard over Melbourne last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
1,339 aircraft on 31 days · 9,295 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 1,330 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 Melbourne last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
184 vessels on 31 days · 475 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 160 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 Melbourne within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Melbourne International Airport (MEL) · 20 km · 13,565 flights in 30 days
- Avalon Airport (AVV) · 51 km · 310 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 Melbourne
Flying conditions in Melbourne
Sunrise 06:03 · Sunset 20:05 · 14 h 02 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 Melbourne through the year
November in Melbourne averages 16.7°C with winds around 21 km/h, and roughly 57% of days are good for flying — about 15 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: January, April, December; September is the most restricted at 48% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.3°C | 20 km/h | 6 | 84% |
| February | 20.7°C | 19 km/h | 8 | 75% |
| March | 19.1°C | 17 km/h | 8 | 77% |
| April | 16.9°C | 17 km/h | 8 | 80% |
| May | 13.4°C | 15 km/h | 9 | 77% |
| June | 11°C | 17 km/h | 11 | 63% |
| July | 9.7°C | 18 km/h | 12 | 60% |
| August | 11.3°C | 21 km/h | 7 | 68% |
| September | 12.9°C | 25 km/h | 16 | 48% |
| October | 14.8°C | 23 km/h | 9 | 68% |
| November | 16.7°C | 21 km/h | 15 | 57% |
| December | 18.8°C | 19 km/h | 8 | 79% |
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 Melbourne
Where to fly a drone near Melbourne
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What you can do here
- Fly Melbourne in an FPV drone or as a gull, from -37.818°, 144.973° — 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 Melbourne.