🇵🇭 Manila, Philippines
Manila is the capital of Philippines. Real-Earth coordinates 14.606°, 120.980°, population 11,100,000. 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.
Heard over Manila last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
2,144 aircraft on 31 days · 11,004 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 2,113 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
On the water near Manila live AIS, via the Skydex feed
1 vessel within 60 km right now.
- 🇵🇭 SPAN ASIA 51 · Other · 12.6 kn · 24 km
As of 03:04 UTC · updates live · ship tracking · see them in 3D over Manila →
Seen on the water near Manila last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
61 vessels on 20 days · 84 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 22 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 Manila within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) · 12 km · 12,715 flights in 30 days
- Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (CRK) · 79 km · 895 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 Manila
Flying conditions in Manila
Sunrise 05:55 · Sunset 17:24 · 11 h 30 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 Manila through the year
November in Manila averages 27.9°C with winds around 14 km/h, and roughly 53% of days are good for flying — about 21 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: April, March, January; September is the most restricted at 10% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C | 12 km/h | 15 | 73% |
| February | 26.8°C | 13 km/h | 10 | 73% |
| March | 28.2°C | 15 km/h | 7 | 90% |
| April | 30.4°C | 15 km/h | 6 | 97% |
| May | 30.6°C | 14 km/h | 16 | 61% |
| June | 28.5°C | 15 km/h | 27 | 22% |
| July | 28°C | 21 km/h | 27 | 21% |
| August | 27.7°C | 14 km/h | 24 | 26% |
| September | 26.9°C | 17 km/h | 28 | 10% |
| October | 27.3°C | 13 km/h | 26 | 31% |
| November | 27.9°C | 14 km/h | 21 | 53% |
| December | 26.9°C | 11 km/h | 18 | 56% |
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 Manila
- SilentOwl40 visited Wings
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What you can do here
- Fly Manila in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 14.606°, 120.980° — 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 Manila.