The Hel peninsula and the Bay of Gdańsk sit close to Kaliningrad and record frequent GPS loss.
Check the live reading above and open the map. FLYAWAY reads GPS accuracy from the aircraft over Hel and refreshes every few minutes.
When the reading is high, treat GPS near Hel 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.
The Hel peninsula and the Bay of Gdańsk sit close to Kaliningrad and record frequent GPS loss.
Hel occupies the tip of a long, narrow sand peninsula reaching into the Bay of Gdańsk, its town of fishing quays and naval facilities pointing out toward the open Baltic and, beyond it, Kaliningrad. At about 110 km from that most-cited interference source, and ringed by water on three sides, Hel ranks among the more exposed points on Poland's coast.
Reports of GPS interference across the Baltic have circulated publicly since 2022 and grew through 2023 and 2024, with maritime and aviation authorities in Poland and neighbouring states repeatedly raising the alarm and Kaliningrad cited most often. Jutting into the sea toward that source, the Hel peninsula lies squarely within the coastal waters those authorities have flagged.
Life on the Hel peninsula turns on the sea — fishing fleets, naval facilities and a summer tourism trade, all working from a thin strip of land in the Bay of Gdańsk. Marine GNSS guides vessels through the bay and along the exposed coast, so any weakening of satellite positioning bears directly on safe navigation, harbour movements and the small craft that sustain the local economy.
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