🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R.
Hong Kong is one of the largest population centres on Earth. Real-Earth coordinates 22.307°, 114.183°, population 7,206,000. Skyline in every direction and an approach that never quite ends — one of the more demanding places to fly low and fast. 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.
Heard over Hong Kong last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
13 aircraft on 1 day.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
On the water near Hong Kong live AIS, via the Skydex feed
45 vessels within 60 km right now.
- 🇭🇰 PEARL RIVER · Tug · 14 m · 0.1 kn · 2 km
- 🇭🇰 FIRST FERRY V · Hsc · 36 m · 0.1 kn · 2 km
- 🇭🇰 CHALLENGER 1 · Cargo · 46 m · 0 kn · 2 km
- 🇨🇳 HAI JING · Hsc · 42 m · 0.3 kn · 2 km
- 🇭🇰 PILOT20 · Other · 14 m · 2 km
- 🇭🇰 HONGKONGWATERTAXI26 · Passenger · 25 m · 0.6 kn · 2 km
- 🇭🇰 PILOT91 · Other · 14 m · 0.2 kn · 2 km
- 🇨🇳 BAOFENG2 · Cargo · 49 m · 2 km
As of 03:04 UTC · updates live · ship tracking · see them in 3D over Hong Kong →
Seen on the water near Hong Kong last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
1,671 vessels on 31 days · 7,517 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 1,192 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 Hong Kong within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Chek Lap Kok International Airport (HKG) · 28 km · 7,954 flights in 30 days
- Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport (SZX) · 53 km · 1,402 flights in 30 days
- Macau International Airport (MFM) · 63 km · 339 flights in 30 days
- Zhuhai Airport (ZUH) · 90 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 Hong Kong
Flying conditions in Hong Kong
Sunrise 06:32 · Sunset 17:41 · 11 h 09 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 Hong Kong through the year
November in Hong Kong averages 20.8°C with winds around 18 km/h, and roughly 83% of days are good for flying — about 8 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: January, December, February; July is the most restricted at 21% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C | 16 km/h | 3 | 97% |
| February | 17.4°C | 16 km/h | 5 | 88% |
| March | 19.2°C | 15 km/h | 10 | 73% |
| April | 22.9°C | 16 km/h | 19 | 58% |
| May | 25.5°C | 15 km/h | 21 | 40% |
| June | 27°C | 16 km/h | 26 | 23% |
| July | 27.7°C | 17 km/h | 25 | 21% |
| August | 27.3°C | 16 km/h | 25 | 27% |
| September | 26.9°C | 18 km/h | 24 | 32% |
| October | 25°C | 18 km/h | 11 | 82% |
| November | 20.8°C | 18 km/h | 8 | 83% |
| December | 17.4°C | 16 km/h | 2 | 97% |
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 Hong Kong
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What you can do here
- Fly Hong Kong in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 22.307°, 114.183° — 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 Hong Kong.