🇺🇸 Detroit, United States of America
Detroit is a major city of United States of America. Real-Earth coordinates 42.334°, -83.051°, population 4,101,000. 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.
Activity in Detroit
Flying conditions in Detroit
Flying weather in Detroit through the year
November in Detroit averages 6.4°C with winds around 21 km/h, and roughly 70% of days are good for flying — about 9 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: August, September, October; January is the most restricted at 16% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C | 21 km/h | 11 | 16% |
| February | -3.9°C | 19 km/h | 10 | 23% |
| March | 5°C | 22 km/h | 12 | 48% |
| April | 10.2°C | 21 km/h | 14 | 57% |
| May | 14.6°C | 20 km/h | 11 | 68% |
| June | 22°C | 18 km/h | 13 | 67% |
| July | 24.8°C | 17 km/h | 13 | 65% |
| August | 21.9°C | 17 km/h | 8 | 82% |
| September | 19.4°C | 16 km/h | 7 | 82% |
| October | 13.2°C | 20 km/h | 6 | 77% |
| November | 6.4°C | 21 km/h | 9 | 70% |
| December | -1°C | 21 km/h | 12 | 34% |
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 Detroit
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What you can do here
- Fly Detroit in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 42.334°, -83.051° — 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 Detroit.