🇬🇧 Birmingham, United Kingdom
Birmingham is a major city of United Kingdom. Real-Earth coordinates 52.477°, -1.922°, population 2,285,000. 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.
Live over Birmingham heard by the Skydex receiver network
2 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- JIGSW97 · Airbus A400M Atlas · 19,975 ft · 52 km
- BCS8VJ · Boeing 737-400 · European Air Transport · 1,500 ft · 58 km
As of 01:46 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Birmingham →
Seen on the water near Birmingham last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
225 vessels on 28 days · 657 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 188 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 Birmingham within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Birmingham International Airport (BHX) · 12 km · 4,130 flights in 30 days
- East Midlands Airport (EMA) · 56 km · 2,327 flights in 30 days
- RAF Brize Norton (BZZ) · 84 km · 10 flights in 30 days
- Manchester Airport (MAN) · 100 km · 9,012 flights in 30 days
- Hawarden Airport (CEG) · 105 km · 31 flights in 30 days
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) · 114 km · 1,825 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 Birmingham
Visitors came from 3 countries this month.
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in Birmingham
Sunrise 07:22 · Sunset 16:20 · 8 h 59 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 Birmingham through the year
November in Birmingham averages 7.4°C with winds around 19 km/h, and roughly 63% of days are good for flying — about 13 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: July, March, April; September is the most restricted at 53% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.3°C | 20 km/h | 14 | 60% |
| February | 5.4°C | 20 km/h | 19 | 54% |
| March | 7.6°C | 18 km/h | 7 | 85% |
| April | 10.6°C | 18 km/h | 7 | 80% |
| May | 14.1°C | 17 km/h | 8 | 76% |
| June | 17.8°C | 20 km/h | 13 | 72% |
| July | 19.2°C | 16 km/h | 5 | 86% |
| August | 17.3°C | 21 km/h | 10 | 73% |
| September | 13.2°C | 20 km/h | 15 | 53% |
| October | 10.9°C | 20 km/h | 13 | 69% |
| November | 7.4°C | 19 km/h | 13 | 63% |
| December | 6.6°C | 22 km/h | 12 | 68% |
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 Birmingham
- PixelBear28 visited Wings
- PixelFox83 visited Wings
David Plant visited Wings
Lee Hall visited Wings- Lee Hall visited Globe
Where to fly a drone near Birmingham
🛩 Where to fly a drone in United Kingdom →
What you can do here
- Fly Birmingham in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 52.477°, -1.922° — 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 Birmingham.