Wind in der Höhe

Why altitude matters

Wind measured at your feet is not a reliable predictor of wind at 100+ meters — surface friction from terrain and buildings slows near-ground wind, so it's common for wind to be noticeably stronger (and from a different direction) once you climb. This matters most for return-to-home battery margin and for any flight that spends real time above 10m.

Data

This is real modeled data at each of the 4 heights Open-Meteo distinctly represents — not an estimate or interpolation. Gusts are only published at 10m by the underlying model, so no gust figure is shown for the higher bands.