🇺🇸 New York, United States of America
New York is one of the largest population centres on Earth. Real-Earth coordinates 40.722°, -73.996°, population 19,040,000. 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.
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Live over New York heard by the Skydex receiver network
28 aircraft within 60 km right now.
- SWA921 · Boeing 737 MAX 8 · Southwest Airlines Co. · 4,050 ft · 6 km
- DAL671 · Boeing 767-300 · Delta Air Lines · 14,825 ft · 6 km
- RPA5786 · Embraer E175 (long wing) · Republic Airlines · 4,050 ft · 7 km
- PDT5840 · Embraer ERJ 145 · Piedmont Airlines, Inc. (U S Airways Express) · 23,000 ft · 13 km
- a08714 · Embraer E175 (long wing) · 4,050 ft · 17 km
- RPA4373 · Embraer E175 (long wing) · Republic Airlines · 14,400 ft · 17 km
- EDV5507 · Bombardier CRJ900 · Endeavor Air · 19,025 ft · 21 km
- RPA5662 · Embraer E175 (long wing) · Republic Airlines · 12,675 ft · 22 km
As of 00:42 UTC · updates live · about the network · see them in 3D over New York →
Seen on the water near New York last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
885 vessels on 31 days · 7,309 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 628 of them.
📡 529 of them were heard by a Skydex volunteer receiver rather than by the upstream feed. Run one here
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 New York within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- La Guardia Airport (LGA) · 12 km · 18,313 flights in 30 days
- Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) · 15 km · 19,278 flights in 30 days
- Teterboro Airport (TEB) · 15 km · 109 flights in 30 days
- John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) · 20 km · 22,847 flights in 30 days
- Westchester County Airport (HPN) · 45 km · 1,473 flights in 30 days
- Republic Airport (KFRG) · 49 km · 3 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 New York
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in New York
Sunrise 06:37 · Sunset 16:42 · 10 h 05 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 New York through the year
November in New York averages 8.7°C with winds around 18 km/h, and roughly 77% of days are good for flying — about 8 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: October, September, November; February is the most restricted at 34% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.3°C | 18 km/h | 8 | 37% |
| February | -1.4°C | 16 km/h | 9 | 34% |
| March | 7°C | 18 km/h | 10 | 65% |
| April | 12.5°C | 18 km/h | 11 | 73% |
| May | 17.2°C | 17 km/h | 14 | 58% |
| June | 23.7°C | 15 km/h | 13 | 62% |
| July | 26.2°C | 15 km/h | 15 | 59% |
| August | 23.2°C | 17 km/h | 9 | 74% |
| September | 20.1°C | 15 km/h | 7 | 78% |
| October | 14.4°C | 18 km/h | 5 | 85% |
| November | 8.7°C | 18 km/h | 8 | 77% |
| December | 0.7°C | 16 km/h | 10 | 48% |
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 New York
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What you can do here
- Fly New York in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 40.722°, -73.996° — 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 New York.