🇨🇦 Toronto, Canada
Toronto is one of the largest population centres on Earth. Real-Earth coordinates 43.665°, -79.389°, population 5,213,000. Skyline in every direction and an approach that never quite ends — one of the more demanding places to fly low and fast. 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.
Seen on the water near Toronto last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
127 vessels on 30 days · 603 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 93 of them.
Counted from the AIS positions the Skydex feed received here — sampled once a day in local daytime, plus whenever pilots fly here — not a port register. Ship tracking
Airports near Toronto within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Centre Airport (YTZ) · 4 km · 2,056 flights in 30 days
- Lester B. Pearson International Airport (YYZ) · 19 km · 20,259 flights in 30 days
- John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM) · 70 km · 622 flights in 30 days
- Niagara Falls International Airport (IAG) · 72 km · 42 flights in 30 days
- Waterloo Airport (YKF) · 83 km · 51 flights in 30 days
- Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) · 97 km · 2,482 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 Toronto
Flying conditions in Toronto
Sunrise 07:05 · Sunset 16:57 · 9 h 52 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 Toronto through the year
November in Toronto averages 5.4°C with winds around 21 km/h, and roughly 78% of days are good for flying — about 9 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: August, November, September; February is the most restricted at 16% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.8°C | 22 km/h | 11 | 18% |
| February | -5.5°C | 20 km/h | 11 | 16% |
| March | 1.5°C | 21 km/h | 12 | 47% |
| April | 7°C | 20 km/h | 14 | 67% |
| May | 12.5°C | 19 km/h | 13 | 68% |
| June | 20.1°C | 18 km/h | 11 | 73% |
| July | 23.6°C | 16 km/h | 10 | 75% |
| August | 21.1°C | 16 km/h | 7 | 79% |
| September | 18.3°C | 15 km/h | 7 | 77% |
| October | 12°C | 19 km/h | 7 | 76% |
| November | 5.4°C | 21 km/h | 9 | 78% |
| December | -1.7°C | 22 km/h | 14 | 31% |
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 Toronto
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What you can do here
- Fly Toronto in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 43.665°, -79.389° — 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 Toronto.