🇧🇬 Sofia, Bulgaria
Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria. Real-Earth coordinates 42.685°, 23.315°, population 1,185,000. 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.
Live over Sofia heard by the Skydex receiver network
2 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- SEU7114 · Boeing 737-800 · Scottish European Airways · 36,000 ft · 38 km
- SXS6ZV · Boeing 737-800 · SunExpress · 41,000 ft · 40 km
As of 03:05 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Sofia →
Heard over Sofia last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
3,730 aircraft on 17 days · 10,576 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 3,722 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Airports near Sofia within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Sofia Airport (SOF) · 8 km · 1,964 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 Sofia
Flying conditions in Sofia
Sunrise 07:13 · Sunset 17:07 · 9 h 55 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 Sofia through the year
November in Sofia averages 6.7°C with winds around 10 km/h, and roughly 68% of days are good for flying — about 12 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: August, September, March; February is the most restricted at 63% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C | 10 km/h | 8 | 63% |
| February | 1.7°C | 11 km/h | 6 | 63% |
| March | 7.5°C | 12 km/h | 8 | 82% |
| April | 10.6°C | 14 km/h | 11 | 68% |
| May | 14.8°C | 14 km/h | 11 | 76% |
| June | 21.7°C | 11 km/h | 7 | 82% |
| July | 23.2°C | 14 km/h | 9 | 76% |
| August | 23.2°C | 13 km/h | 5 | 87% |
| September | 18.6°C | 13 km/h | 5 | 85% |
| October | 11.5°C | 12 km/h | 8 | 77% |
| November | 6.7°C | 10 km/h | 12 | 68% |
| December | 3°C | 11 km/h | 9 | 73% |
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 Sofia
- SilentBear80 visited Wings
- CrimsonBear97 visited Wings
- CosmicCat53 visited Wings
ESSO visited Globe
Where to fly a drone near Sofia
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What you can do here
- Fly Sofia in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 42.685°, 23.315° — 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 Sofia.