Part 107 pilots by state

[ballerhe75]

Just passing this on.

U.S. FAA Part 107 Certificate Holders by Location (With Maps)

Where are drone pilots located across the United States? A new study mapped all FAA Part 107 Certification holders in the U.S., which uncovered interesting trends about where the drone industry is most active. View the maps and read about the study in this article.

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[brettbrandon]

Thanks, very interesting.

 

[Kneebeard]

Thank you. I found Figure 5 - Top 15 Counties really interesting. It makes me wonder what drives that density of pilots in those specific counties.

 

[BigAl07]

Thank you. I found Figure 5 - Top 15 Counties really interesting. It makes me wonder what drives that density of pilots in those specific counties.

One of those counties is Wake County NC. While comparing to the majority of the counties on that list Wake is near the bottom it's a very high ranking county in many other respects. At one point if was the 9th fastest growing county in the USA. Within Wake County (at least a portion of it) is what's known as the Research Triangle. In that small area we have 3 large and significant Universities majoring in Research & Technology. In addition to those Universities, there are MANY Technology businesses in that area. I'd say that has a LOT to do with why Wake County is even in the top 15 in the country for Licensed sUAS operators.

 

[uavcoach]

Thanks for posting our resource here — we're be running a survey over the next few weeks to gather more data like this and will be sharing over the summer.

 

[Drone on]

Thank you. I found Figure 5 - Top 15 Counties really interesting. It makes me wonder what drives that density of pilots in those specific counties.

Possibly opportunity. My state is in the low end of count - Arkansas. I suspect the county is in the top 5 of the state though.
Arkansas is fairly tolerable toward drones, in part because the states population is only 3M, so we have a lot of undeveloped property.

 

[thefrozenhawaiian]

less than 1000 in my state, that really kind of surprises me.