🇨🇺 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Santiago de Cuba is a mid-sized city in Cuba. Real-Earth coordinates 20.025°, -75.821°, population 555,865. 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 Santiago de Cuba within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Antonio Maceo International Airport (SCU) · 6 km · 4 flights in 30 days
- Leeward Point Field (NBW) · 65 km · 3 flights in 30 days
- Frank Pais International Airport (HOG) · 99 km · 10 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 Santiago de Cuba
Flying conditions in Santiago de Cuba
Sunrise 06:09 · Sunset 17:24 · 11 h 15 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 Santiago de Cuba through the year
November in Santiago de Cuba averages 25.1°C with winds around 14 km/h, and roughly 67% of days are good for flying — about 14 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: December, January, February; October is the most restricted at 42% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C | 16 km/h | 7 | 85% |
| February | 23.4°C | 17 km/h | 8 | 80% |
| March | 24.3°C | 16 km/h | 13 | 66% |
| April | 24.8°C | 15 km/h | 19 | 48% |
| May | 26.2°C | 14 km/h | 18 | 66% |
| June | 27°C | 13 km/h | 17 | 65% |
| July | 27.6°C | 14 km/h | 16 | 71% |
| August | 27.5°C | 13 km/h | 17 | 58% |
| September | 27.1°C | 13 km/h | 18 | 50% |
| October | 26.2°C | 16 km/h | 24 | 42% |
| November | 25.1°C | 14 km/h | 14 | 67% |
| December | 24.4°C | 16 km/h | 7 | 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 Santiago de Cuba
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What you can do here
- Fly Santiago de Cuba in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 20.025°, -75.821° — 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 Santiago de Cuba.