diff --git a/src/Airmap/AirMapTelemetry.cc b/src/Airmap/AirMapTelemetry.cc
index 8550d323b61f9e7e78592453e8030bd54ca189b6..02b455b1c676bea567fd6c0b7044328e49b465e1 100644
--- a/src/Airmap/AirMapTelemetry.cc
+++ b/src/Airmap/AirMapTelemetry.cc
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ AirMapTelemetry::_handleGlobalPositionInt(const mavlink_message_t& message)
     if (!isTelemetryStreaming()) {
         return;
     }
+    // rate-limit updates to 5 Hz
+    if (!_timerLastSent.hasExpired(200)) {
+        return;
+    }
+    _timerLastSent.restart();
+
     mavlink_global_position_int_t globalPosition;
     mavlink_msg_global_position_int_decode(&message, &globalPosition);
     Telemetry::Position position{
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ AirMapTelemetry::startTelemetryStream(const QString& flightID)
                     QString::fromStdString(result.error().message()), description);
         }
     });
+    _timerLastSent.start();
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/Airmap/AirMapTelemetry.h b/src/Airmap/AirMapTelemetry.h
index 8b67ae03962a65e4fc905488df3a1591cf8caf90..707a1dc4ac5465d9d33101eac0ebbd5321b52cd1 100644
--- a/src/Airmap/AirMapTelemetry.h
+++ b/src/Airmap/AirMapTelemetry.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <QGCMAVLink.h>
 
 #include <QObject>
+#include <QElapsedTimer>
 
 /// Class to send telemetry data to AirMap
 class AirMapTelemetry : public QObject, public LifetimeChecker
@@ -51,5 +52,6 @@ private:
     std::string             _key; ///< key for AES encryption (16 bytes)
     QString                 _flightID;
     float                   _lastHdop = 1.f;
+    QElapsedTimer           _timerLastSent;
 };