GPS jamming in Albania today

Last updated: 9 November 2026, 04:51 UTC

Albania today: 7.1% of monitored areas are affected.

Nearby

Pages near Albania: Balkans, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Bulgaria.

Cities and airports

Latest data: flights on 8 November 2026. Source: GPSInterference.com.
Place	Share affected	Aircraft affected
Shkodër	1.6%	60 of 3,712
Tirana Nënë Tereza (TIA)	1.5%	48 of 3,142
Vlorë	0.9%	17 of 1,943

Aircraft within 100 km of each city that reported low GPS accuracy. A row opens the live map over that city.

By altitude

Albania: mostly low altitude, which points to local, low-power jammers. How this is read.

Aircraft observations by barometric altitude, latest update. Source: GPSInterference.com.
Altitude	Aircraft	Share affected
Below 5,000 ft	80	20.0%
5,000 to 15,000 ft	197	4.6%
15,000 to 30,000 ft	229	5.7%
Above 30,000 ft	2,475	0.6%

Albania: an aircraft is counted in each layer it crosses, so the rows do not add up.

Background

Albania's civil aviation authority has issued safety information on GNSS interference based on the bulletins of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency. Its July 2024 revision notes an increase in jamming and spoofing since February 2022 and recommends DME and inertial back-ups (ACAA, July 2024). A September 2024 bulletin tells operators to check interference maps rather than rely on NOTAMs alone (ACAA, September 2024). For the reporting on interference in Albania, and who it is attributed to, see the Balkans.

Ndërhyrje në GPS e avionit të Von Der Leyen, Komisioni Evropian konfirmon incidentin (“Interference with the GPS of von der Leyen's plane; the European Commission confirms the incident”, in Albanian), from RTSH. Watch on YouTube.

Only hexagons whose centre lies inside the borders of Albania are counted, so hexagons in neighbouring countries and out at sea are left out. The map is framed on 39.6° N to 42.7° N and 19.2° E to 21.1° E.

Albania is counted under the Balkans.

Worst and best days on record

The worst day on record for Albania was 15 April 2026, when 42.9% of its monitored areas were affected (6 of 14).
The best day on record for Albania was 12 October 2026, when 0.0% of its monitored areas were affected (0 of 14).

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Albania: low reported accuracy points to interference but does not prove it, and the map cannot locate a transmitter or say who is responsible. How the map is made.

This page records reported GNSS interference events from publicly available sources. It makes no claim about the source, intent or attribution of any event. Place names and boundaries follow the underlying data provider and do not imply any position on sovereignty or territorial status.