🇺🇸 Des Moines, United States of America
Des Moines is a mid-sized city in United States of America. Real-Earth coordinates 41.580°, -93.620°, population 380,655. 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.
Activity in Des Moines
Flying conditions in Des Moines
Flying weather in Des Moines through the year
November in Des Moines averages 5.8°C with winds around 18 km/h, and roughly 62% of days are good for flying — about 8 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: September, August, October; January is the most restricted at 29% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C | 18 km/h | 2 | 29% |
| February | -1.7°C | 17 km/h | 3 | 48% |
| March | 7.3°C | 21 km/h | 8 | 65% |
| April | 12°C | 21 km/h | 15 | 55% |
| May | 17.4°C | 18 km/h | 10 | 76% |
| June | 23.2°C | 18 km/h | 15 | 62% |
| July | 25.3°C | 15 km/h | 15 | 59% |
| August | 23.1°C | 16 km/h | 8 | 77% |
| September | 20.5°C | 16 km/h | 7 | 82% |
| October | 15.2°C | 20 km/h | 6 | 77% |
| November | 5.8°C | 18 km/h | 8 | 62% |
| December | -1.6°C | 18 km/h | 6 | 42% |
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 Des Moines
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What you can do here
- Fly Des Moines in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 41.580°, -93.620° — 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 Des Moines.