🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United States of America
Los Angeles is one of the largest population centres on Earth. Real-Earth coordinates 34.049°, -118.232°, population 12,500,000. Skyline in every direction and an approach that never quite ends — one of the more demanding places to fly low and fast. 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 Los Angeles heard by the Skydex receiver network
19 aircraft within 60 km right now, plus 13 private shown anonymously.
- DAL1897 · Boeing 737-800 · Delta Air Lines · 20,125 ft · 9 km
- a2f111 · Embraer E175 (long wing) · 2,850 ft · 11 km
- ASA1316 · Boeing 737 MAX 9 · Alaska Airlines · 34,350 ft · 20 km
- ASA1320 · Boeing 737-900 · Alaska Airlines · 35,125 ft · 20 km
- VOI1716 · Airbus A320neo · Volaris · 5,825 ft · 22 km
- 7809a9 · Boeing 777-300ER · 7,600 ft · 26 km
- ad7404 · Airbus Helicopters AS350 Écureuil · 1,025 ft · 30 km
- ASA773 · Boeing 737-800 · Alaska Airlines · 28,100 ft · 33 km
As of 00:42 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over Los Angeles →
Seen on the water near Los Angeles last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
580 vessels on 30 days · 3,899 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 439 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 Los Angeles within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) · 20 km · 26,162 flights in 30 days
- Bob Hope Airport (BUR) · 21 km · 3,541 flights in 30 days
- Long Beach /Daugherty Field/ Airport (LGB) · 27 km · 1,283 flights in 30 days
- John Wayne Airport-Orange County Airport (SNA) · 53 km · 4,761 flights in 30 days
- Ontario International Airport (ONT) · 58 km · 3,946 flights in 30 days
- San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) · 92 km · 556 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 Los Angeles
Visitors came from 5 countries this month.
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in Los Angeles
Sunrise 06:20 · Sunset 16:52 · 10 h 31 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 Los Angeles through the year
November in Los Angeles averages 15.7°C with winds around 11 km/h, and roughly 88% of days are good for flying — about 4 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: May, August, June; February is the most restricted at 80% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.1°C | 9 km/h | 5 | 85% |
| February | 14.4°C | 10 km/h | 6 | 80% |
| March | 17°C | 13 km/h | 4 | 89% |
| April | 17.3°C | 13 km/h | 3 | 95% |
| May | 19.4°C | 13 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| June | 21°C | 13 km/h | 1 | 98% |
| July | 22.9°C | 13 km/h | 1 | 98% |
| August | 24°C | 17 km/h | 0 | 100% |
| September | 23.2°C | 16 km/h | 1 | 97% |
| October | 19.7°C | 14 km/h | 2 | 95% |
| November | 15.7°C | 11 km/h | 4 | 88% |
| December | 13.9°C | 8 km/h | 3 | 89% |
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 Los Angeles
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What you can do here
- Fly Los Angeles in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 34.049°, -118.232° — 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 Los Angeles.