🇹🇩 N'Djamena, Chad
N'Djamena is the capital of Chad. Real-Earth coordinates 12.115°, 15.047°, population 989,000. 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.
Airports near N'Djamena within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- N'Djamena International Airport (NDJ) · 3 km · 2 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 N'Djamena
Flying conditions in N'Djamena
Sunrise 05:55 · Sunset 17:31 · 11 h 36 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 01:44 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in N'Djamena through the year
November in N'Djamena averages 27.6°C with winds around 16 km/h, and roughly 100% of days are good for flying — about 0 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: January, February, March; August is the most restricted at 23% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C | 16 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| February | 28.6°C | 17 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| March | 31.8°C | 18 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| April | 34.7°C | 17 km/h | 1 | 100% |
| May | 35.1°C | 17 km/h | 1 | 97% |
| June | 32°C | 16 km/h | 7 | 87% |
| July | 28.2°C | 15 km/h | 16 | 56% |
| August | 25.6°C | 16 km/h | 25 | 23% |
| September | 26.9°C | 13 km/h | 17 | 57% |
| October | 28.7°C | 14 km/h | 7 | 84% |
| November | 27.6°C | 16 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| December | 25.9°C | 16 km/h | 0 | 100% |
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 N'Djamena
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What you can do here
- Fly N'Djamena in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 12.115°, 15.047° — 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 N'Djamena.