🇳🇿 Manukau, New Zealand
Manukau is a mid-sized city in New Zealand. Real-Earth coordinates -37.000°, 174.885°, population 375,600. 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 Manukau heard by the Skydex receiver network
1 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- CES779 · Airbus A330-200 · China Eastern · 10,125 ft · 31 km
As of 03:05 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Manukau →
Heard over Manukau last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
335 aircraft on 17 days · 998 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 332 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Seen on the water near Manukau last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
117 vessels on 30 days · 651 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 88 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 Manukau within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Auckland International Airport (AKL) · 8 km · 2,596 flights in 30 days
- Great Barrier Aerodrome (GBZ) · 99 km · 2 flights in 30 days
- Hamilton International Airport (HLZ) · 104 km · 22 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 Manukau
Flying conditions in Manukau
Sunrise 06:05 · Sunset 20:03 · 13 h 58 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 Manukau through the year
November in Manukau averages 17.3°C with winds around 21 km/h, and roughly 68% of days are good for flying — about 12 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: May, February, March; October is the most restricted at 47% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19.6°C | 23 km/h | 13 | 65% |
| February | 20.4°C | 19 km/h | 12 | 77% |
| March | 18.5°C | 20 km/h | 7 | 76% |
| April | 16.9°C | 22 km/h | 17 | 50% |
| May | 14.2°C | 18 km/h | 6 | 81% |
| June | 12.8°C | 21 km/h | 13 | 58% |
| July | 11.5°C | 21 km/h | 12 | 60% |
| August | 11.3°C | 23 km/h | 14 | 60% |
| September | 13.3°C | 28 km/h | 13 | 47% |
| October | 14.9°C | 27 km/h | 14 | 47% |
| November | 17.3°C | 21 km/h | 12 | 68% |
| December | 19.2°C | 23 km/h | 13 | 58% |
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 Manukau
🛩 Where to fly a drone in New Zealand →
What you can do here
- Fly Manukau in an FPV drone or as a gull, from -37.000°, 174.885° — 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 Manukau.