Override 500 m altitude restriction around an airport

[lomposlapos]

I am on an tiny Pacific island with an airport that has once a week scheduled commercial flight in and out.

How can I go above the 500m altitude limit (Mavic 3) on days/times when there are zero air traffic? is this eligible for self-unlock or whatever it is called?

 

[Vic Moss]

What country's aviation authority has control of the airspace? Depending on who that is, you may need their permission first.

 

[msinger]

is this eligible for self-unlock or whatever it is called?

We're discussing the process to request an unlock in this thread:

How to get papers to remove limits?

Sure, DJI could do whatever they want. That feature does not exist today, so only a hack could make it so. I'm confused... which feature – an altitude limit stored on the drone that can be set to a value and is changeable? Yes there is, and you can change it yourself in DJI Fly and GO4. The...

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[JavaJack]

I am on an tiny Pacific island with an airport that has once a week scheduled commercial flight in and out.

How can I go above the 500m altitude limit (Mavic 3) on days/times when there are zero air traffic? is this eligible for self-unlock or whatever it is called?

I assume you meant 500 feet and not meters as that would be 1,640 feet. I fly quite often fly near the airport where I live and I first make the request to NavCan and then to the city for approval first. Once I have those approvals I send these to DJI and they unlock that zone for a certain number of days, but it is a custom unlock not a self unlock. Usually airports like you to keep your ceiling below the 400 foot maximum, especially if you are operating near a runway.

 

[lomposlapos]

assume you meant 500 feet

I meant what I wrote, 500 m.

 

[lomposlapos]

DJI answer:

The self-unlock does not support unlocking the 500m altitude limit.

To unlock the 500m altitude limit for your aircraft, please kindly visit this link and submit a Custom-Unlocking request:
DJI FlySafe. Our audit department will review the request in 1 hour at any time.