🇦🇺 Newcastle, Australia
Newcastle is a mid-sized city in Australia. Real-Earth coordinates -32.930°, 151.770°, population 540,796. 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 Newcastle heard by the Skydex receiver network
2 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- QFA524 · Boeing 737-800 · Qantas · 25,200 ft · 20 km
- QFA593 · Robinson R22 · Qantas · 17,400 ft · 60 km
As of 01:46 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Newcastle →
Heard over Newcastle last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
1,769 aircraft on 31 days · 13,509 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 1,642 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
On the water near Newcastle live AIS, via the Skydex feed
4 vessels within 60 km right now.
📡 4 of them are being heard by a Skydex volunteer receiver. Run one
- 🇱🇷 MMSI 636019684 · Cargo · 299 m · 0.9 kn · 44 km
- 🇵🇦 MMSI 356227000 · Cargo · 229 m · 9.2 kn · 53 km
- 🇯🇵 MMSI 431226000 · Cargo · 235 m · 1.1 kn · 53 km
- 🇵🇦 MMSI 374964000 · Cargo · 229 m · 1.1 kn · 59 km
As of 01:46 UTC · updates live · ship tracking · see them in 3D over Newcastle →
Seen on the water near Newcastle last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
706 vessels on 31 days · 5,769 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 554 of them.
📡 654 of them were heard by a Skydex volunteer receiver rather than by the upstream feed. Run one here
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 Newcastle within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Newcastle Airport (NTL) · 16 km · 586 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 Newcastle
Flying conditions in Newcastle
Sunrise 05:46 · Sunset 19:28 · 13 h 42 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 Newcastle through the year
November in Newcastle averages 21.5°C with winds around 23 km/h, and roughly 60% of days are good for flying — about 12 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: December, February, September; May 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 | 22.8°C | 25 km/h | 13 | 53% |
| February | 23.4°C | 22 km/h | 12 | 71% |
| March | 22.5°C | 22 km/h | 13 | 56% |
| April | 19.7°C | 20 km/h | 11 | 68% |
| May | 17.5°C | 20 km/h | 17 | 48% |
| June | 14°C | 19 km/h | 8 | 68% |
| July | 13.3°C | 24 km/h | 12 | 54% |
| August | 14.8°C | 22 km/h | 13 | 50% |
| September | 17.2°C | 25 km/h | 8 | 70% |
| October | 19.4°C | 24 km/h | 12 | 58% |
| November | 21.5°C | 23 km/h | 12 | 60% |
| December | 22.8°C | 23 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 Newcastle
Where to fly a drone near Newcastle
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What you can do here
- Fly Newcastle in an FPV drone or as a gull, from -32.930°, 151.770° — 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 Newcastle.