🇺🇸 Tucson, United States of America
Tucson is a mid-sized city in United States of America. Real-Earth coordinates 32.207°, -110.892°, population 823,000. 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 Tucson
Flying conditions in Tucson
Flying weather in Tucson through the year
November in Tucson averages 16.3°C with winds around 11 km/h, and roughly 88% of days are good for flying — about 4 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: April, June, August; July is the most restricted at 83% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C | 11 km/h | 5 | 84% |
| February | 16.4°C | 11 km/h | 3 | 91% |
| March | 19.9°C | 14 km/h | 3 | 89% |
| April | 22.4°C | 15 km/h | 2 | 98% |
| May | 26.1°C | 15 km/h | 1 | 95% |
| June | 32.4°C | 14 km/h | 2 | 97% |
| July | 32°C | 14 km/h | 9 | 83% |
| August | 32.2°C | 15 km/h | 1 | 97% |
| September | 29.4°C | 16 km/h | 6 | 90% |
| October | 24.6°C | 16 km/h | 2 | 92% |
| November | 16.3°C | 11 km/h | 4 | 88% |
| December | 14.9°C | 9 km/h | 1 | 97% |
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 Tucson
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What you can do here
- Fly Tucson in an FPV drone or as a gull, from 32.207°, -110.892° — 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 Tucson.