🇬🇷 Athens, Greece
Athens is the capital of Greece. Real-Earth coordinates 37.985°, 23.731°, population 3,242,000. The busiest sky in the country — monuments to circle, other pilots in the air and the city's own tower frequency on the radio. 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.
Live over Athens heard by the Skydex receiver network
1 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- AFR509 · Airbus A350-900 · Air France · 40,000 ft · 55 km
As of 03:05 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Athens →
Heard over Athens last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
3,182 aircraft on 20 days · 9,749 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 3,160 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Seen on the water near Athens last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
1,177 vessels on 30 days · 9,115 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 695 of them.
Counted from the AIS positions the Skydex feed received here — sampled once a day in local daytime, plus whenever pilots fly here — not a port register. Ship tracking
Airports near Athens within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH) · 19 km · 7,756 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 Athens
Flying conditions in Athens
Sunrise 07:01 · Sunset 17:16 · 10 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 Athens through the year
November in Athens averages 15.2°C with winds around 13 km/h, and roughly 73% of days are good for flying — about 9 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: June, August, October; December is the most restricted at 71% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.8°C | 13 km/h | 7 | 84% |
| February | 10°C | 13 km/h | 10 | 71% |
| March | 12.6°C | 12 km/h | 6 | 85% |
| April | 15.5°C | 12 km/h | 11 | 75% |
| May | 20.3°C | 13 km/h | 8 | 81% |
| June | 27.3°C | 13 km/h | 3 | 95% |
| July | 29.9°C | 14 km/h | 4 | 89% |
| August | 28.5°C | 15 km/h | 3 | 95% |
| September | 24.4°C | 15 km/h | 3 | 93% |
| October | 18.9°C | 12 km/h | 3 | 94% |
| November | 15.2°C | 13 km/h | 9 | 73% |
| December | 11.5°C | 11 km/h | 10 | 71% |
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 Athens
Where to fly a drone near Athens
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What you can do here
- Fly Athens in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 37.985°, 23.731° — 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 Athens.