🇺🇸 Minneapolis, United States of America
Minneapolis is a major city of United States of America. Real-Earth coordinates 44.982°, -93.254°, population 2,616,000. 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.
Airports near Minneapolis within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (MSP) · 11 km · 14,393 flights in 30 days
- St Cloud Regional Airport (STC) · 89 km · 20 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 Minneapolis
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in Minneapolis
Sunrise 07:04 · Sunset 16:49 · 9 h 45 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 Minneapolis through the year
November in Minneapolis averages 3.1°C with winds around 17 km/h, and roughly 67% of days are good for flying — about 8 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: September, October, May; 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 | -10.6°C | 18 km/h | 4 | 16% |
| February | -6.8°C | 18 km/h | 6 | 30% |
| March | 2.5°C | 19 km/h | 7 | 56% |
| April | 7.9°C | 19 km/h | 15 | 62% |
| May | 15.6°C | 18 km/h | 8 | 76% |
| June | 20.6°C | 18 km/h | 17 | 55% |
| July | 24.4°C | 16 km/h | 10 | 76% |
| August | 21.3°C | 16 km/h | 10 | 71% |
| September | 19.4°C | 15 km/h | 8 | 82% |
| October | 12.8°C | 18 km/h | 8 | 81% |
| November | 3.1°C | 17 km/h | 8 | 67% |
| December | -6.4°C | 18 km/h | 8 | 27% |
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 Minneapolis
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What you can do here
- Fly Minneapolis in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 44.982°, -93.254° — 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 Minneapolis.