🇬🇧 London, United Kingdom
London is the capital of United Kingdom. Real-Earth coordinates 51.502°, -0.119°, population 8,567,000. 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.
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Live over London heard by the Skydex receiver network
2 aircraft within 60 km right now.
As of 00:44 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over London →
Seen on the water near London last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
1,130 vessels on 30 days · 6,065 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 860 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 London within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- London City Airport (LCY) · 12 km · 2,520 flights in 30 days
- London Heathrow Airport (LHR) · 24 km · 26,006 flights in 30 days
- London Gatwick Airport (LGW) · 40 km · 11,109 flights in 30 days
- London Luton Airport (LTN) · 45 km · 4,359 flights in 30 days
- London Stansted Airport (STN) · 49 km · 7,876 flights in 30 days
- Farnborough Airport (FAB) · 52 km · 2 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 London
Visitors came from 11 countries this month.
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in London
Sunrise 07:11 · Sunset 16:16 · 9 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 London through the year
November in London averages 8.8°C with winds around 16 km/h, and roughly 77% of days are good for flying — about 12 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: April, March, July; February is the most restricted at 52% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C | 16 km/h | 15 | 55% |
| February | 6.7°C | 16 km/h | 16 | 52% |
| March | 8.6°C | 15 km/h | 5 | 89% |
| April | 12.2°C | 16 km/h | 3 | 95% |
| May | 15.7°C | 16 km/h | 9 | 84% |
| June | 19.4°C | 17 km/h | 11 | 72% |
| July | 21°C | 15 km/h | 5 | 87% |
| August | 18.8°C | 19 km/h | 6 | 79% |
| September | 15°C | 20 km/h | 15 | 57% |
| October | 12.2°C | 18 km/h | 12 | 68% |
| November | 8.8°C | 16 km/h | 12 | 77% |
| December | 7.7°C | 18 km/h | 9 | 74% |
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 London
Where to fly a drone near London
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What you can do here
- Fly London in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 51.502°, -0.119° — 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 London.