Western Sweden sees lighter interference than the Baltic side, but conditions shift with electronic-warfare activity to the east.
Check the live reading above and open the map. FLYAWAY reads GPS accuracy from the aircraft over Gothenburg and refreshes every few minutes.
When the reading is high, treat GPS near Gothenburg as unreliable: keep the drone in sight, be ready to fly manually, and do not rely on return-to-home. When it is severe, do not fly.
Western Sweden sees lighter interference than the Baltic side, but conditions shift with electronic-warfare activity to the east.
Gothenburg sits on Sweden's west coast at the mouth of the Göta river, facing the Kattegat and North Sea rather than the open Baltic. It lies around 620 km from Kaliningrad, the most frequently cited regional source, and this westward position generally leaves it more sheltered, with lighter and less frequent interference than the exposed eastern Baltic coast experiences.
Baltic GPS interference has been publicly reported since 2022 and intensified through 2023 and 2024, with Swedish authorities among those raising concerns alongside Poland, Finland and the Baltic states; Kaliningrad is the source most often named. Gothenburg's location on the western seaboard places it at the milder margin of this documented pattern rather than in its core.
Home to Scandinavia's largest port and Sweden's automotive industry around Volvo, Gothenburg relies on GNSS for container shipping and for the air traffic through Landvetter. Even where interference is lighter than on the eastern coast, precise positioning underpins port logistics and aviation, so operators here still benefit from watching regional conditions.
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