🇪🇬 Luxor, Egypt
Luxor is a mid-sized city in Egypt. Real-Earth coordinates 25.700°, 32.650°, population 609,248. 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 Luxor within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Luxor International Airport (LXR) · 7 km · 65 flights in 30 days
- Sohag International Airport (HMB) · 115 km · 16 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 Luxor
Flying conditions in Luxor
Sunrise 06:04 · Sunset 17:02 · 10 h 58 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 Luxor through the year
November in Luxor averages 22.6°C with winds around 13 km/h, and roughly 100% of days are good for flying — about 0 days see rain.
Conditions stay fairly even here — usable flying days range from 93% in April to 100% in January, so the season matters less than the day.
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.8°C | 12 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| February | 18.5°C | 14 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| March | 22.1°C | 17 km/h | 0 | 95% |
| April | 27.1°C | 18 km/h | 1 | 93% |
| May | 30.9°C | 17 km/h | 0 | 98% |
| June | 33.8°C | 18 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| July | 35.4°C | 17 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| August | 36.3°C | 19 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| September | 32.5°C | 17 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| October | 28.1°C | 14 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| November | 22.6°C | 13 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| December | 17.1°C | 11 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 Luxor
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What you can do here
- Fly Luxor in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 25.700°, 32.650° — 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 Luxor.