🇨🇬 Pointe-Noire, Congo (Brazzaville)
Pointe-Noire is a mid-sized city in Congo (Brazzaville). Real-Earth coordinates -4.770°, 11.880°, population 659,084. Quiet airspace and open terrain a couple of minutes out — a forgiving place to learn the sticks before you take them somewhere tighter. 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 Pointe-Noire within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Pointe Noire Airport (PNR) · 5 km · 4 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 Pointe-Noire
Flying conditions in Pointe-Noire
Sunrise 05:46 · Sunset 18:06 · 12 h 19 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 Pointe-Noire through the year
November in Pointe-Noire averages 25.3°C with winds around 14 km/h, and roughly 5% of days are good for flying — about 30 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: July, August, June; November is the most restricted at 5% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C | 14 km/h | 26 | 27% |
| February | 26.3°C | 14 km/h | 24 | 34% |
| March | 26.5°C | 13 km/h | 25 | 29% |
| April | 26.4°C | 13 km/h | 24 | 37% |
| May | 25.3°C | 13 km/h | 15 | 66% |
| June | 23.7°C | 14 km/h | 8 | 87% |
| July | 21.7°C | 14 km/h | 1 | 97% |
| August | 22.1°C | 15 km/h | 3 | 97% |
| September | 23.5°C | 16 km/h | 12 | 83% |
| October | 25°C | 18 km/h | 26 | 34% |
| November | 25.3°C | 14 km/h | 30 | 5% |
| December | 25.5°C | 13 km/h | 24 | 29% |
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 Pointe-Noire
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What you can do here
- Fly Pointe-Noire in an FPV drone or as a gull, from -4.770°, 11.880° — 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 Pointe-Noire.