🇫🇷 Fort-de-France, France
Fort-de-France is a mid-sized city in France. Real-Earth coordinates 14.610°, -61.080°, population 253,995. 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 Fort-de-France within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport (FDF) · 9 km · 170 flights in 30 days
- Hewanorra International Airport (UVF) · 98 km · 166 flights in 30 days
- Melville Hall Airport (DOM) · 107 km · 11 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 Fort-de-France
Flying conditions in Fort-de-France
Sunrise 06:03 · Sunset 17:33 · 11 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 Fort-de-France through the year
November in Fort-de-France averages 26.1°C with winds around 17 km/h, and roughly 38% of days are good for flying — about 22 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: March, October, January; May is the most restricted at 31% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C | 19 km/h | 19 | 55% |
| February | 25°C | 20 km/h | 19 | 45% |
| March | 25.5°C | 20 km/h | 20 | 60% |
| April | 26°C | 18 km/h | 22 | 48% |
| May | 26.5°C | 20 km/h | 24 | 31% |
| June | 26.9°C | 23 km/h | 23 | 50% |
| July | 27.1°C | 21 km/h | 24 | 44% |
| August | 27.3°C | 18 km/h | 25 | 37% |
| September | 27.3°C | 15 km/h | 21 | 43% |
| October | 27.3°C | 15 km/h | 19 | 58% |
| November | 26.1°C | 17 km/h | 22 | 38% |
| December | 25.2°C | 18 km/h | 19 | 53% |
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 Fort-de-France
- CosmicBear62 visited Terra
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What you can do here
- Fly Fort-de-France in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 14.610°, -61.080° — 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 Fort-de-France.