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Is it jumpable today?

Pick a drop zone and who is jumping. See whether the nearest airport's latest weather is within the FAA's cloud and visibility rule and USPA's wind, altitude and daylight rules, now and for the rest of today.

Jumpable Today?Skydive OC, Berlin, MD

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Who is jumping?

Tandem · Skydive OC

Reading the latest airport report near Skydive OC.

The rules, not a forecast you can bet a jump on. Airport reports describe the airport, not the landing area, and rain, storms and turbulence are the drop zone's call: the rules here cover clouds, visibility, ground wind and daylight. Drop zones set their own limits, often stricter.

Rules from 14 CFR 105.17 and USPA's Basic Safety Requirements, checked November 2026. Weather from the NWS Aviation Weather Center.

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FAA and USPA rules, quoted
Hour by hour for the rest of today

The rules

Skydiving weather minimums by jumper

The FAA's cloud and visibility rule applies to every jump in the US; USPA's Basic Safety Requirements add the rest. A drop zone can be stricter.

Jumper	Open by	Lowest solid cloud for a jump	Ground wind limit	Daylight
Tandem	5,000 ft	About 5,500 ft	None set by USPA	Civil twilight to civil twilight
Solo student	3,000 ft	About 3,500 ft	14 mph	Sunrise to sunset
A license	3,000 ft	About 3,500 ft	None set by USPA	Night jumps with the S&TA's advice
B, C or D license	2,500 ft	About 3,000 ft	None set by USPA	Night jumps with the S&TA's advice

Heights above the ground. Every jump also needs 3 miles of visibility (5 at or above 10,000 ft above sea level). C- and D-license holders may open as low as 2,000 ft with a waiver. Sources: 14 CFR 105.17, USPA Basic Safety Requirements.

Common questions

Skydiving weather questions

Yes, but never into or through a cloud. Under 10,000 ft above sea level the FAA requires 3 miles of visibility and a jump that stays 500 ft below, 1,000 ft above and 2,000 ft sideways from any cloud; at or above 10,000 ft it is 5 miles and 1,000 ft below. So a low deck caps how high the plane can let jumpers out.

A tandem must open by 5,000 ft above the ground, and the exit must stay 500 ft under a solid cloud layer. So a broken or overcast layer lower than about 5,500 ft rules a tandem out, and a higher one still limits the jump to below it.

USPA limits ground winds to 14 mph for solo students on ram-air canopies (10 mph on round reserves). It sets no ground wind limit for licensed skydivers or for tandems, so the drop zone decides, and most set their own.

Student jumps must be made between sunrise and sunset. Tandems may go from the start of civil twilight in the morning to its end in the evening. A licensed night jump is made only with the advice of the drop zone's USPA Safety and Training Advisor.

From the nearest airport's latest report (a METAR) and its forecast (a TAF), published by the National Weather Service's Aviation Weather Center. The tool covers the 248 drop zones listed here. An airport can be miles from the landing area, so the tool says how far, and the drop zone has the last word.

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