I've had my Mavic Air 2 for a little over three months and regularly would fly it around my house, usually around sunset or right before work to get some sunrise pictures. I live in close proximity to a military base, but the DJI app said I was good to fly just needed to be cautious of aircraft flying in the area, but didn't require any unlocking or anything. I had no issues until an incident where I was informed I was in a no fly zone. I did some more research and realized the issue of just relying on the DJI app, I checked out Aloft and realized there was no where near me that I could fly due to controlled airspace and no LAANC interface. I contacted the FAA via phone and received a lot of good information from the agent and he suggested I put in a request on dronezone to get a blank authorization to fly in the area so I don't need to submit individual requests to fly.
Maybe I misunderstood what this authorization was for, because after it was approved there was even more restrictions imposed on flying and states I need to contact the base days in advance each time I want to fly. The authorization was approved for 1 year in class D airspace, but even outside of the class D airspace I'm supposed to request approval due to flight restrictions that seem to only apply to aircraft, not a SUAS under 400 feet. Maybe I'm just out of luck and need to drive 20 minutes to get out of the restrictions but it didn't seem that way when I talked to the FAA, it seems like the base is not on the same page as the FAA and is being a little unreasonable.
If anyone has any guidance, suggestions, or experience I would appreciate it, I'm trying my best to comply with the rules and understand more about flying responsibly.
The restrictions are around NAS Pax River, R-4005, R-4006, and R-4007
Maybe I misunderstood what this authorization was for, because after it was approved there was even more restrictions imposed on flying and states I need to contact the base days in advance each time I want to fly. The authorization was approved for 1 year in class D airspace, but even outside of the class D airspace I'm supposed to request approval due to flight restrictions that seem to only apply to aircraft, not a SUAS under 400 feet. Maybe I'm just out of luck and need to drive 20 minutes to get out of the restrictions but it didn't seem that way when I talked to the FAA, it seems like the base is not on the same page as the FAA and is being a little unreasonable.
If anyone has any guidance, suggestions, or experience I would appreciate it, I'm trying my best to comply with the rules and understand more about flying responsibly.
The restrictions are around NAS Pax River, R-4005, R-4006, and R-4007