🇲🇽 Tampico, Mexico
Tampico is a mid-sized city in Mexico. Real-Earth coordinates 22.300°, -97.870°, population 859,419. 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.
Activity in Tampico
Flying conditions in Tampico
Flying weather in Tampico through the year
November in Tampico averages 24.4°C with winds around 16 km/h, and roughly 83% of days are good for flying — about 7 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: March, April, January; June is the most restricted at 28% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.7°C | 16 km/h | 3 | 90% |
| February | 20.9°C | 17 km/h | 5 | 89% |
| March | 23.6°C | 18 km/h | 4 | 95% |
| April | 25.4°C | 17 km/h | 7 | 93% |
| May | 27.9°C | 17 km/h | 11 | 71% |
| June | 28°C | 15 km/h | 25 | 28% |
| July | 27.8°C | 14 km/h | 23 | 44% |
| August | 28.6°C | 14 km/h | 19 | 53% |
| September | 27.7°C | 15 km/h | 23 | 42% |
| October | 26°C | 15 km/h | 13 | 71% |
| November | 24.4°C | 16 km/h | 7 | 83% |
| December | 22.1°C | 14 km/h | 10 | 74% |
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 Tampico
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What you can do here
- Fly Tampico in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 22.300°, -97.870° — 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 Tampico.