Makhachkala and the Dagestan coast of the Caspian read as heavily degraded, part of the same interference belt that reaches the Black Sea.
Check the live reading above and open the map. FLYAWAY reads GPS accuracy from the aircraft over Makhachkala and refreshes every few minutes.
When the reading is high, treat GPS near Makhachkala 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.
Makhachkala and the Dagestan coast of the Caspian read as heavily degraded, part of the same interference belt that reaches the Black Sea.
Makhachkala lies on the Caspian's western shore in the Russian republic of Dagestan and is the country's main ice-free port on that sea. Its harbour and the shipping lanes leading from it sit within the Caspian basin, over which aircraft increasingly report degraded satellite positioning.
Since 2023, aircraft crossing the Caspian have increasingly reported lost or spoofed GPS amid regional military activity, a pattern tracked through open flight-monitoring data. Makhachkala's coastal position places its traffic within that basin, where degraded fixes have become a recurring characteristic and where reliance on satellite navigation alone is best avoided.
The largest city in Dagestan, Makhachkala serves as Russia's main ice-free Caspian port and a fishing, oil-transit and rail hub, with marine GNSS underpinning its operations. Cargo handling, oil transit and fishing fleets all lean on accurate positioning, so interference across the sea complicates the movements that keep the port working.
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