GPS jamming in Western Europe today

Last updated: 9 November 2026, 04:51 UTC

Western Europe today: 2.6% of monitored areas are affected.

By country

Belgium 0.0%
France 0.6%
Ireland 3.8%
Italy 3.5%
Netherlands 4.0%
Portugal 0.0%
Spain 3.4%
Switzerland 14.8%

Each country links to its own page. The figure is today's share of its monitored areas affected, where enough were measured.

Nearby

Pages near Western Europe: France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland.

Regions. Methodology.

By altitude

Western Europe: 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	12,944	2.8%
5,000 to 15,000 ft	25,212	0.9%
15,000 to 30,000 ft	45,747	0.4%
Above 30,000 ft	152,207	0.3%

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

Background

This page counts only the countries listed under it: France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland. Germany and the United Kingdom are counted under the Baltic Sea, and Austria under Eastern Europe.

GPS jamming: What alternative satellite systems is the EU developing to circumvent it?, from DW News. Watch on YouTube.

Worst and best days on record

The worst day on record for Western Europe was 6 April 2026, when 7.5% of its monitored areas were affected (64 of 853).
The best day on record for Western Europe was 25 October 2026, when 0.9% of its monitored areas were affected (8 of 855).

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Western Europe: 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.