🇨🇦 Calgary, Canada
Calgary is a major city of Canada. Real-Earth coordinates 51.085°, -114.082°, population 1,110,000. 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 Calgary heard by the Skydex receiver network
1 aircraft within 60 km right now, plus 1 private shown anonymously.
- c05214 · De Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 · 5,750 ft · 20 km
As of 03:04 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Calgary →
Heard over Calgary last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
1,588 aircraft on 29 days · 6,882 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 1,578 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Airports near Calgary within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Calgary International Airport (YYC) · 5 km · 8,972 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 Calgary
Flying conditions in Calgary
Sunrise 07:44 · Sunset 16:55 · 9 h 10 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 Calgary through the year
November in Calgary averages -2.6°C with winds around 16 km/h, and roughly 45% of days are good for flying — about 7 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: September, October, August; December is the most restricted at 21% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C | 20 km/h | 4 | 27% |
| February | -8.7°C | 16 km/h | 4 | 39% |
| March | -1.5°C | 17 km/h | 8 | 40% |
| April | 3.3°C | 17 km/h | 9 | 62% |
| May | 12.7°C | 18 km/h | 9 | 77% |
| June | 13.9°C | 18 km/h | 18 | 60% |
| July | 17.6°C | 16 km/h | 12 | 70% |
| August | 17°C | 16 km/h | 8 | 79% |
| September | 15.1°C | 16 km/h | 3 | 92% |
| October | 6.3°C | 17 km/h | 4 | 92% |
| November | -2.6°C | 16 km/h | 7 | 45% |
| December | -6.7°C | 19 km/h | 7 | 21% |
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 Calgary
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What you can do here
- Fly Calgary in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 51.085°, -114.082° — 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 Calgary.