🇨🇦 Edmonton, Canada
Edmonton is a major city of Canada. Real-Earth coordinates 53.552°, -113.502°, population 1,058,000. 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 Edmonton heard by the Skydex receiver network
1 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- AKT1741 · Boeing 737-300 · Karat · 31,925 ft · 22 km
As of 03:04 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Edmonton →
Heard over Edmonton last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
966 aircraft on 16 days · 2,096 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 965 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Airports near Edmonton within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Edmonton International Airport (YEG) · 27 km · 2,960 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 Edmonton
Flying conditions in Edmonton
Sunrise 07:50 · Sunset 16:44 · 8 h 53 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 Edmonton through the year
November in Edmonton averages -3.5°C with winds around 14 km/h, and roughly 48% of days are good for flying — about 8 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: September, October, May; December is the most restricted at 10% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.5°C | 20 km/h | 9 | 18% |
| February | -12°C | 15 km/h | 6 | 23% |
| March | -5.4°C | 15 km/h | 11 | 18% |
| April | 3°C | 17 km/h | 8 | 63% |
| May | 13.5°C | 18 km/h | 10 | 76% |
| June | 14.8°C | 18 km/h | 17 | 53% |
| July | 18.2°C | 16 km/h | 12 | 67% |
| August | 17.8°C | 17 km/h | 13 | 66% |
| September | 15.4°C | 17 km/h | 7 | 88% |
| October | 5.9°C | 19 km/h | 9 | 84% |
| November | -3.5°C | 14 km/h | 8 | 48% |
| December | -11.9°C | 15 km/h | 13 | 10% |
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 Edmonton
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What you can do here
- Fly Edmonton in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 53.552°, -113.502° — 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 Edmonton.