Quick question on airspace near Mojave Air and Spaceport

[BardockObama]

For anyone close to that area, would anyone be able to tell me what NFZ might interfere with a potential flight I have going on? Or post a screenshot of the airspace around the airport. I have attached a screenshot of my own with a red dot showing the approximate area I may be flying. I know that DJI's online map exists but it isn't showing me NFZ's around the airport like one might see if they were physically near there and looking at the map that displays in the app while you're flying. It doesn't seem like there would be an NFZ on that spot but I have to make sure before I make the trip out there. I'd hate to go and not be able to do anything.

Any help is lovely, thanks in advance.

 

[Cafguy]

Howdy From a Former Texan living in Bakersfield!
You need to get daily updates for that area and when you get there its best to get hourly updates and plan your Flight VERY carefully.
You seem to be very close to the Hyundia Track Facility and on some testing days you don't want to be caught near that track especially with a Drone! They have tons of security in SUVs on those days to chase you away.
Mojave air and spaceport will be your biggest problem but only if they are testing a plane. I would call them for Details and a possible schedule (if any) To be sure.
If you move a little east from your point you won't have a problem (unless there is testing going on).
DO NOT Fly south of Highway 58!!! That area belongs to Edwards and they are kinda picky about whats flying around there. They don't play at Edwards stay away.
As long as nothing "cool" is going on and you keep 5 miles away from Mojave S.P. You will have a great time........BRING WATER!!!

 

[BardockObama]

Howdy From a Former Texan living in Bakersfield!
You need to get daily updates for that area and when you get there its best to get hourly updates and plan your Flight VERY carefully.
You seem to be very close to the Hyundia Track Facility and on some testing days you don't want to be caught near that track especially with a Drone! They have tons of security in SUVs on those days to chase you away.
Mojave air and spaceport will be your biggest problem but only if they are testing a plane. I would call them for Details and a possible schedule (if any) To be sure.
If you move a little east from your point you won't have a problem (unless there is testing going on).
DO NOT Fly south of Highway 58!!! That area belongs to Edwards and they are kinda picky about whats flying around there. They don't play at Edwards stay away.
As long as nothing "cool" is going on and you keep 5 miles away from Mojave S.P. You will have a great time........BRING WATER!!!

Gotcha. I'll basically be sticking to a single area because it's for a commercial job at an energy company. I'm not sure if this changes much about what you were saying, but here's the exact location.

Rosendin · 3W59+VX, California City, CA

Solar energy company

maps.app.goo.gl

Luckily I won't be going anywhere *near* that AFB.

I'll be sure to keep in touch with the airport to make sure nothing will be tested that day. I shouldn't need to do a DJI self-unlock, right? The airspace itself seems to start at 400 ft AGL in that area, so I wouldn't think I'd need to self unlock

 

[Cafguy]

Gotcha. I'll basically be sticking to a single area because it's for a commercial job at an energy company.

If you mean the solar place, You wont have a problem there......Water! lol no unlock just make sure your good.

 

[MS Coast]

For anyone close to that area, would anyone be able to tell me what NFZ might interfere with a potential flight?

Rather than trust we folks on a forum, look up the official word directly from the FAA for the specific location, using the B4YouFly service. It's provided by several commercial apps that are approved by the FAA. Aloft is my preferred app.

https://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/b4ufly

 

[BardockObama]

Rather than trust we folks on a forum, look up the official word directly from the FAA for the specific location, using the B4YouFly service. It's provided by several commercial apps that are approved by the FAA. Aloft is my preferred app.

https://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/b4ufly

I'm aware of and already looked at these maps. I'm just concerned about a specific NFZ from DJI, which they also don't have in their online map tool

 

[BardockObama]

If you mean the solar place, You wont have a problem there......Water! lol no unlock just make sure your good.

Excellent. Really happy to hear that. But yeah I'll bring water! I'm also from a Texas desert, it's never not hot here. Thanks so much!

 

[GadgetGuy]

I'm aware of and already looked at these maps. I'm just concerned about a specific NFZ from DJI, which they also don't have in their online map tool

There are no more DJI NFZ's, so update your FlySafe database at home before leaving to remove all of them.

 

[BardockObama]

There are no more DJI NFZ's, so update your FlySafe database at home before leaving to remove all of them.

This is what happens when the device you use as a screen never sees an internet connection. Just updated it, thanks so much for letting me know!

 

[DJ Wes]

For anyone close to that area, would anyone be able to tell me what NFZ might interfere with a potential flight I have going on? Or post a screenshot of the airspace around the airport.

There are several concerns about the area you mention. Whether or not DJI has a GeoZone should not be an issue since those have been relaxed. You are at the edge of Class D airspace but LAANC does not appear to be available there.

The two biggest issues are that you would be flying at the border of two military zones (see below):
RESTRICTED R-2515 is to the south (blue combed area)
ISABELLA MOA is to the north (magenta combed area)

R-2515 is a restricted military firing range from the surface and up.
The MOA (Military Operating Area) starts at 200 AGL and is less of a concern (but you should still be aware of the potential of military aircraft in that area).

You would need to contact the R-2515 authority before attempting to fly there.

 

[BardockObama]

There are several concerns about the area you mention. Whether or not DJI has a GeoZone should not be an issue since those have been relaxed. You are at the edge of Class D airspace but LAANC does not appear to be available there.

The two biggest issues are that you would be flying at the border of two military zones (see below):
RESTRICTED R-2515 is to the south (blue combed area)
ISABELLA MOA is to the north (magenta combed area)
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R-2515 is a restricted military firing range from the surface and up.
The MOA (Military Operating Area) starts at 200 AGL and is less of a concern (but you should still be aware of the potential of military aircraft in that area).

You would need to contact the R-2515 authority before attempting to fly there.

Luckily I'm flying just outside of the R-2515 area. So I shouldn't have to contact them.