🇯🇵 Nagano, Japan
Nagano is a mid-sized city in Japan. Real-Earth coordinates 36.650°, 138.170°, population 594,311. 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 Nagano heard by the Skydex receiver network
7 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- CSN629 · Airbus A321neo · China Southern Airlines · 34,950 ft · 19 km
- JNA719 · Boeing 737-800 · Jin Air Co. Ltd · 35,000 ft · 32 km
- ANA315 · Boeing 737-800 · All Nippon Airways · 24,000 ft · 35 km
- ANA1659 · Boeing 737-800 · All Nippon Airways · 31,000 ft · 36 km
- AAR102 · Airbus A350-900 · Americ Air · 33,000 ft · 52 km
- APJ491 · Airbus A320neo · Air Print · 28,525 ft · 57 km
- ANA733 · Airbus A321neo · All Nippon Airways · 31,000 ft · 58 km
As of 01:44 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Nagano →
Heard over Nagano last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
2,440 aircraft on 31 days · 15,790 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 2,435 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Airports near Nagano within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Matsumoto Airport (MMJ) · 58 km · 112 flights in 30 days
- Toyama Airport (TOY) · 88 km · 227 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 Nagano
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in Nagano
Sunrise 06:20 · Sunset 16:41 · 10 h 21 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 Nagano through the year
November in Nagano averages 6.5°C with winds around 11 km/h, and roughly 65% of days are good for flying — about 12 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: October, May, September; January 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 | -2.4°C | 11 km/h | 13 | 31% |
| February | -0.7°C | 12 km/h | 12 | 41% |
| March | 3.8°C | 14 km/h | 13 | 61% |
| April | 10.3°C | 14 km/h | 13 | 62% |
| May | 15°C | 13 km/h | 12 | 66% |
| June | 19.2°C | 11 km/h | 18 | 62% |
| July | 24.3°C | 11 km/h | 18 | 51% |
| August | 24.4°C | 12 km/h | 16 | 56% |
| September | 21.3°C | 11 km/h | 16 | 65% |
| October | 14.3°C | 11 km/h | 11 | 68% |
| November | 6.5°C | 11 km/h | 12 | 65% |
| December | 0.2°C | 10 km/h | 15 | 42% |
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 Nagano
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Where to fly a drone near Nagano
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What you can do here
- Fly Nagano in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 36.650°, 138.170° — 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 Nagano.