🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain
Madrid is the capital of Spain. Real-Earth coordinates 40.402°, -3.685°, population 5,567,000. 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.
Live over Madrid heard by the Skydex receiver network
2 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- AVA047 · Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner · AVIANCA · 12,325 ft · 22 km
- PUE501 · Airbus A330-200 · Plus Ultra Lineas Aereas, S. A. · 16,225 ft · 36 km
As of 00:44 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Madrid →
Heard over Madrid last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
5,236 aircraft on 31 days · 29,337 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 5,216 of them.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
Airports near Madrid within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Getafe Air Base (LEGT) · 12 km · 17 flights in 30 days
- Madrid Barajas International Airport (MAD) · 14 km · 12,318 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 Madrid
Visitors came from 5 countries this month.
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in Madrid
Sunrise 07:55 · Sunset 18:01 · 10 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 00:41 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Madrid through the year
November in Madrid averages 10.2°C with winds around 13 km/h, and roughly 82% of days are good for flying — about 6 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: June, July, August; March is the most restricted at 56% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | 15 km/h | 13 | 63% |
| February | 8.6°C | 14 km/h | 10 | 70% |
| March | 9.5°C | 15 km/h | 15 | 56% |
| April | 15.3°C | 14 km/h | 10 | 68% |
| May | 18.4°C | 13 km/h | 10 | 74% |
| June | 27.2°C | 15 km/h | 2 | 97% |
| July | 28.8°C | 16 km/h | 1 | 97% |
| August | 28.6°C | 17 km/h | 2 | 97% |
| September | 21°C | 16 km/h | 2 | 93% |
| October | 16.7°C | 16 km/h | 9 | 76% |
| November | 10.2°C | 13 km/h | 6 | 82% |
| December | 6.5°C | 11 km/h | 5 | 89% |
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 Madrid
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What you can do here
- Fly Madrid in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 40.402°, -3.685° — 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 Madrid.