🇧🇯 Porto-Novo, Benin
Porto-Novo is the capital of Benin. Real-Earth coordinates 6.483°, 2.617°, population 300,000. The busiest sky in the country — monuments to circle, other pilots in the air and the city's own tower frequency on the radio. 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.
Airports near Porto-Novo within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Cadjehoun Airport (COO) · 29 km · 33 flights in 30 days
- Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS) · 78 km · 451 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 Porto-Novo
Flying conditions in Porto-Novo
Sunrise 06:38 · Sunset 18:28 · 11 h 51 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 Porto-Novo through the year
November in Porto-Novo averages 27.1°C with winds around 12 km/h, and roughly 65% of days are good for flying — about 18 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: January, December, February; October is the most restricted at 23% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C | 14 km/h | 13 | 82% |
| February | 28.1°C | 14 km/h | 18 | 70% |
| March | 28.5°C | 16 km/h | 19 | 60% |
| April | 28.2°C | 15 km/h | 20 | 53% |
| May | 27.5°C | 14 km/h | 26 | 32% |
| June | 26.3°C | 13 km/h | 28 | 23% |
| July | 25.5°C | 17 km/h | 19 | 56% |
| August | 25°C | 17 km/h | 20 | 65% |
| September | 25.5°C | 14 km/h | 24 | 42% |
| October | 25.9°C | 11 km/h | 29 | 23% |
| November | 27.1°C | 12 km/h | 18 | 65% |
| December | 27.5°C | 13 km/h | 13 | 82% |
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 Porto-Novo
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What you can do here
- Fly Porto-Novo in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 6.483°, 2.617° — 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 Porto-Novo.