🇬🇷 Thessaloniki, Greece
Thessaloniki is a mid-sized city in Greece. Real-Earth coordinates 40.698°, 22.883°, population 828,000. 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.
Live over Thessaloniki heard by the Skydex receiver network
2 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- TVS44T · Boeing 737 MAX 8 · SmartWings · 37,000 ft · 36 km
- THY6115 · Airbus A310 · Turkish Airlines · 35,000 ft · 54 km
As of 01:46 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Thessaloniki →
Heard over Thessaloniki last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
3,681 aircraft on 17 days · 10,239 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 3,662 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Airports near Thessaloniki within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Thessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG) · 21 km · 1,867 flights in 30 days
- Filippos Airport (KZI) · 99 km · 3 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 Thessaloniki
Visitors came from 2 countries this month.
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in Thessaloniki
Sunrise 07:10 · Sunset 17:14 · 10 h 04 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 Thessaloniki through the year
November in Thessaloniki averages 10.7°C with winds around 14 km/h, and roughly 70% of days are good for flying — about 10 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: July, August, October; May is the most restricted at 61% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | 12 km/h | 7 | 79% |
| February | 7.2°C | 15 km/h | 12 | 68% |
| March | 10.2°C | 13 km/h | 9 | 77% |
| April | 13.1°C | 15 km/h | 14 | 63% |
| May | 17.9°C | 16 km/h | 13 | 61% |
| June | 24.9°C | 14 km/h | 8 | 82% |
| July | 27.4°C | 17 km/h | 3 | 92% |
| August | 25.9°C | 14 km/h | 4 | 90% |
| September | 21.7°C | 13 km/h | 7 | 82% |
| October | 15.4°C | 14 km/h | 4 | 85% |
| November | 10.7°C | 14 km/h | 10 | 70% |
| December | 7.2°C | 16 km/h | 11 | 63% |
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 Thessaloniki
Andy visited Wings
Kostas Lampakis visited Wings
Where to fly a drone near Thessaloniki
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What you can do here
- Fly Thessaloniki in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 40.698°, 22.883° — 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 Thessaloniki.