🇴🇲 Muscat, Oman
Muscat is the capital of Oman. Real-Earth coordinates 23.585°, 58.378°, population 734,697. 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.
Heard over Muscat last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
1,351 aircraft on 31 days · 3,037 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 1,346 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Airports near Muscat within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Muscat International Airport (MCT) · 10 km · 1,691 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 Muscat
Flying conditions in Muscat
Sunrise 06:18 · Sunset 17:22 · 11 h 05 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 Muscat through the year
November in Muscat averages 26.1°C with winds around 15 km/h, and roughly 100% of days are good for flying — about 0 days see rain.
Conditions stay fairly even here — usable flying days range from 92% in March to 100% in February, so the season matters less than the day.
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20.9°C | 17 km/h | 0 | 98% |
| February | 23.3°C | 18 km/h | 1 | 100% |
| March | 25.8°C | 19 km/h | 2 | 92% |
| April | 30.9°C | 18 km/h | 1 | 95% |
| May | 35.2°C | 19 km/h | 0 | 98% |
| June | 35.8°C | 17 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| July | 35.4°C | 18 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| August | 32.9°C | 19 km/h | 0 | 97% |
| September | 32.3°C | 18 km/h | 1 | 100% |
| October | 30.1°C | 18 km/h | 1 | 97% |
| November | 26.1°C | 15 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| December | 22.7°C | 17 km/h | 0 | 95% |
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 Muscat
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What you can do here
- Fly Muscat in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 23.585°, 58.378° — 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 Muscat.