🇿🇦 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Port Elizabeth is a major city of South Africa. Real-Earth coordinates -33.968°, 25.598°, population 1,021,000. A river or a coast to follow, tall enough buildings to make a proximity line interesting, and open airspace once you clear the centre. 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 Port Elizabeth within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Port Elizabeth Airport (PLZ) · 3 km · 222 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 Port Elizabeth
Flying conditions in Port Elizabeth
Sunrise 05:08 · Sunset 18:55 · 13 h 47 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 Port Elizabeth through the year
November in Port Elizabeth averages 19.1°C with winds around 26 km/h, and roughly 58% of days are good for flying — about 11 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: June, January, March; October is the most restricted at 34% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.9°C | 26 km/h | 8 | 68% |
| February | 22°C | 26 km/h | 10 | 48% |
| March | 20.9°C | 25 km/h | 8 | 68% |
| April | 19.1°C | 25 km/h | 8 | 63% |
| May | 17.1°C | 25 km/h | 7 | 66% |
| June | 16°C | 23 km/h | 8 | 70% |
| July | 14.8°C | 26 km/h | 10 | 59% |
| August | 15.6°C | 29 km/h | 4 | 60% |
| September | 16.4°C | 29 km/h | 9 | 43% |
| October | 17.6°C | 30 km/h | 9 | 34% |
| November | 19.1°C | 26 km/h | 11 | 58% |
| December | 20.9°C | 27 km/h | 8 | 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 Port Elizabeth
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What you can do here
- Fly Port Elizabeth in an FPV drone or as a gull, from -33.968°, 25.598° — 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 Port Elizabeth.