🇰🇬 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek is the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Real-Earth coordinates 42.875°, 74.583°, population 837,000. 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.
Airports near Bishkek within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Manas International Airport (BSZ) · 22 km · 136 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 Bishkek
Flying conditions in Bishkek
Sunrise 07:48 · Sunset 17:42 · 9 h 54 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 Bishkek through the year
November in Bishkek averages 4.5°C with winds around 10 km/h, and roughly 73% of days are good for flying — about 7 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: August, July, June; December is the most restricted at 29% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.2°C | 10 km/h | 6 | 29% |
| February | 0.4°C | 12 km/h | 11 | 36% |
| March | 5.5°C | 12 km/h | 9 | 66% |
| April | 14.5°C | 13 km/h | 9 | 77% |
| May | 19°C | 14 km/h | 9 | 73% |
| June | 24.7°C | 15 km/h | 6 | 85% |
| July | 27.4°C | 15 km/h | 5 | 89% |
| August | 25°C | 16 km/h | 4 | 94% |
| September | 17.4°C | 14 km/h | 5 | 85% |
| October | 10.8°C | 13 km/h | 11 | 71% |
| November | 4.5°C | 10 km/h | 7 | 73% |
| December | -2.4°C | 10 km/h | 10 | 29% |
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 Bishkek
- BraveFalcon13 visited Terra
- BraveFalcon13 visited Terra
- PixelBear53 visited Terra
- PixelBear53 visited Globe
- PixelBear53 visited Globe
- CrimsonBear31 visited Globe
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What you can do here
- Fly Bishkek in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 42.875°, 74.583° — 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 Bishkek.