🇺🇸 Austin, United States of America

Austin is a major city of United States of America. Real-Earth coordinates 30.269°, -97.745°, population 1,161,000. 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.

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Activity in Austin

Flying conditions in Austin

Flying weather in Austin through the year

November in Austin averages 18.7°C with winds around 17 km/h, and roughly 78% of days are good for flying — about 6 days see rain.

Fewest weather restrictions: October, February, September; July is the most restricted at 62% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)

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 Austin

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What you can do here

• Fly Austin in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 30.269°, -97.745° — 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 Austin.

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