🇨🇦 Ottawa, Canada
Ottawa is the capital of Canada. Real-Earth coordinates 45.419°, -75.702°, population 1,145,000. 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 Ottawa heard by the Skydex receiver network
3 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- ACA842 · Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner · Air Canada · 36,975 ft · 40 km
- FDX5174 · Boeing 777-200LR · Federal Express · 36,000 ft · 43 km
- ROU1961 · Boeing 737 MAX 8 · Air Canada rouge · 38,000 ft · 54 km
As of 03:04 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Ottawa →
Heard over Ottawa last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
3,063 aircraft on 31 days · 12,037 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 3,049 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Airports near Ottawa within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW) · 11 km · 2,956 flights in 30 days
- Ottawa / Gatineau Airport (YND) · 16 km · 5 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 Ottawa
Flying conditions in Ottawa
Sunrise 06:54 · Sunset 16:38 · 9 h 43 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 Ottawa through the year
November in Ottawa averages 2.6°C with winds around 17 km/h, and roughly 62% of days are good for flying — about 14 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: September, October, July; February is the most restricted at 4% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.1°C | 18 km/h | 12 | 5% |
| February | -9.6°C | 17 km/h | 11 | 4% |
| March | -1.9°C | 19 km/h | 15 | 21% |
| April | 5.5°C | 18 km/h | 17 | 48% |
| May | 12.7°C | 17 km/h | 12 | 65% |
| June | 19.6°C | 16 km/h | 12 | 65% |
| July | 22.4°C | 15 km/h | 9 | 73% |
| August | 20.5°C | 14 km/h | 10 | 71% |
| September | 17°C | 13 km/h | 6 | 83% |
| October | 10.4°C | 15 km/h | 7 | 81% |
| November | 2.6°C | 17 km/h | 14 | 62% |
| December | -6.8°C | 18 km/h | 14 | 6% |
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 Ottawa
- BraveBear0 visited Globe
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What you can do here
- Fly Ottawa in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 45.419°, -75.702° — 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 Ottawa.