🇬🇧 Belfast, United Kingdom
Belfast is a mid-sized city in United Kingdom. Real-Earth coordinates 54.594°, -5.928°, population 450,406. 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 Belfast heard by the Skydex receiver network
1 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- NPT2L · Boeing 737-800 · West Atlantic · 5,250 ft · 10 km
As of 01:46 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Belfast →
Heard over Belfast last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
4,254 aircraft on 31 days · 19,078 sightings (one aircraft on one day) · type known for 4,248 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 Belfast last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
177 vessels on 30 days · 772 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 143 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 Belfast within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) · 4 km · 1,384 flights in 30 days
- Belfast International Airport (BFS) · 20 km · 1,983 flights in 30 days
- City of Derry Airport (LDY) · 93 km · 179 flights in 30 days
- Isle of Man Airport (IOM) · 102 km · 388 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 Belfast
Visitors came from 2 countries this month.
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in Belfast
Sunrise 07:46 · Sunset 16:28 · 8 h 43 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 01:44 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in Belfast through the year
November in Belfast averages 7.8°C with winds around 22 km/h, and roughly 57% of days are good for flying — about 15 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: July, September, March; June is the most restricted at 38% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C | 24 km/h | 15 | 55% |
| February | 5.9°C | 25 km/h | 19 | 45% |
| March | 7.5°C | 23 km/h | 10 | 66% |
| April | 9.2°C | 21 km/h | 14 | 65% |
| May | 12.2°C | 18 km/h | 13 | 66% |
| June | 14.5°C | 21 km/h | 22 | 38% |
| July | 16.7°C | 18 km/h | 10 | 75% |
| August | 15.3°C | 22 km/h | 18 | 50% |
| September | 12.4°C | 21 km/h | 13 | 68% |
| October | 10.8°C | 23 km/h | 13 | 60% |
| November | 7.8°C | 22 km/h | 15 | 57% |
| December | 6.9°C | 25 km/h | 14 | 55% |
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 Belfast
Ralf Tracz visited Wings
- BraveBear54 visited Wings
ESSO visited WingsICRAZYBRUFFY visited Wings
- CosmicBear32 visited Wings
- CosmicFox46 visited Wings
Where to fly a drone near Belfast
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What you can do here
- Fly Belfast in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 54.594°, -5.928° — 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 Belfast.