🇦🇺 Sydney, Australia
Sydney is a major city of Australia. Real-Earth coordinates -33.871°, 151.213°, population 4,630,000. 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.
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Live over Sydney heard by the Skydex receiver network
21 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- QFA439 · Boeing 737-800 · Qantas · on the ground · 7 km
- QLK222D · De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 · on the ground · 7 km
- IQR · Bombardier Global Express · on the ground · 8 km
- QLK24D · De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400 · on the ground · 8 km
- LAN810 · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner · LATAM Airlines Chile · on the ground · 8 km
- VOZ932 · Boeing 737-800 · Virgin Blue Airlines · on the ground · 8 km
- PAL212 · Airbus A330-300 · Philippine Airlines · on the ground · 8 km
- TGW40 · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner · Scoot Private Limited · on the ground · 9 km
As of 00:44 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Sydney →
Heard over Sydney last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
1,807 aircraft on 31 days · 13,449 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 1,675 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
On the water near Sydney live AIS, via the Skydex feed
86 vessels within 60 km right now, plus 52 private craft shown anonymously.
📡 86 of them are being heard by a Skydex volunteer receiver. Run one
- 🇦🇺 MMSI 503009760 · Passenger · 24 m · 0 kn · 1 km
- 🇦🇺 MMSI 503000080 · Tanker · 63 m · 1 km
- 🇦🇺 SPIRIT OF MIGLOO · Passenger · 24 m · 0 kn · 1 km
- 🇦🇺 MMSI 503161930 · Passenger · 24 m · 0 kn · 1 km
- 🇦🇺 MMSI 503057290 · Passenger · 35 m · 0 kn · 1 km
- 🇦🇺 MMSI 503106810 · Passenger · 35 m · 0 kn · 1 km
- 🇦🇺 MMSI 503106720 · Passenger · 25 m · 0 kn · 1 km
- 🇦🇺 TELOPEA · Tug · 24 m · 0.1 kn · 1 km
As of 00:44 UTC · updates live · ship tracking · see them in 3D over Sydney →
Seen on the water near Sydney last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
660 vessels on 31 days · 5,565 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 516 of them.
📡 648 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 Sydney within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD) · 9 km · 16,625 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 Sydney
Visitors came from 4 countries this month.
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in Sydney
Sunrise 05:46 · Sunset 19:32 · 13 h 46 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 00:41 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Sydney through the year
November in Sydney averages 20.9°C with winds around 22 km/h, and roughly 65% of days are good for flying — about 13 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: June, December, April; January is the most restricted at 53% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.2°C | 21 km/h | 14 | 53% |
| February | 22.8°C | 19 km/h | 15 | 57% |
| March | 21.8°C | 18 km/h | 16 | 56% |
| April | 18.6°C | 17 km/h | 10 | 75% |
| May | 16.3°C | 16 km/h | 18 | 55% |
| June | 12.9°C | 16 km/h | 8 | 78% |
| July | 12.4°C | 20 km/h | 9 | 71% |
| August | 13.7°C | 19 km/h | 11 | 63% |
| September | 16.5°C | 22 km/h | 6 | 75% |
| October | 18.6°C | 22 km/h | 10 | 65% |
| November | 20.9°C | 22 km/h | 13 | 65% |
| December | 22.3°C | 21 km/h | 9 | 77% |
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 Sydney
Where to fly a drone near Sydney
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What you can do here
- Fly Sydney in an FPV drone or as a gull, from -33.871°, 151.213° — 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 Sydney.