🇨🇳 Xian, China
Xian is a major city of China. Real-Earth coordinates 34.277°, 108.893°, population 4,009,000. 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.
Airports near Xian within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Xi'an Xianyang International Airport (XIY) · 23 km · 108 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 Xian
Flying conditions in Xian
Sunrise 07:13 · Sunset 17:43 · 10 h 30 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 Xian through the year
November in Xian averages 9.2°C with winds around 11 km/h, and roughly 87% of days are good for flying — about 5 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: December, February, April; September is the most restricted at 62% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C | 10 km/h | 3 | 77% |
| February | 4.9°C | 10 km/h | 3 | 88% |
| March | 10.3°C | 13 km/h | 6 | 84% |
| April | 19.2°C | 14 km/h | 6 | 87% |
| May | 22.3°C | 13 km/h | 9 | 77% |
| June | 26.2°C | 13 km/h | 10 | 75% |
| July | 30.3°C | 13 km/h | 5 | 87% |
| August | 28.9°C | 14 km/h | 10 | 77% |
| September | 23°C | 16 km/h | 13 | 62% |
| October | 15°C | 12 km/h | 11 | 65% |
| November | 9.2°C | 11 km/h | 5 | 87% |
| December | 2.3°C | 10 km/h | 1 | 89% |
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 Xian
- CrimsonCat44 visited Wings
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What you can do here
- Fly Xian in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 34.277°, 108.893° — 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 Xian.