Will drone be allowed to fly?

[809UmUm]

I'm a newbie and have been doing a lot of research on the Mavic Air 2 and it looks like a great drone for the money. I'm ready to pull the trigger, but the only concern I have is with the the geofencing preventing flight.

I live out in the country and have checked theB4UFly app for my primary learning area. I get a warning but am not sure exactly what is telling me. Is this telling me that the drone will only fly on Sunday, or that it will fly any day just at low altitude?



I guess a follow up question would be what is "low altitude"?

Thanks in advance for your help, I can't wait to start flying!

 

[Dbez1]

Apparently you’ve got an airport near you and, even if it’s a small airport, there are restrictions noted. You might notice small planes at low altitude flying near your house. I personally don’t like to fly where there is a chance of choppers or small planes flying at low altitude. It looks like you may be one of those people that have to drive to fly, however, there are many pilots in your same situation. Enjoy the sport.

 

[Blume TMS]

I've started getting something like that when I start up my Mini in certain areas and it gave me a above ground limit of 60 meters which is still way above the level I need to fly for my work. I suspect you will be okay to at least practice at a low altitude in your area..... the 60 meter limit I was restricted to comes out to 300ft and the maximum I could fly anyway is 400 feet anyway unless I am near a tall building.... ?

 

[Cw4bray]

The SUA is for an "alert area". which means it's not prohibited or restricted. there are other types of special use airspace that are restricted or prohibited you should know what types they are. As you probably already know, That region has extremely high traffic volume, the Army does all initial training for student pilots there. Tactical training is conducted at, less than 50 feet of altitude. I'm not sure you'd be able to "see and avoid" a helicopter at low-level NOE nap of Earth or contour flight altitude. To answer your question, look on the LAANC providers site and zoom in on your specific area. The map will have grid squares with altitude included in the middle of the grid. That will be the highest altitude you can fly at.

 

[itsneedtokno]

I fly in "special use airspace" almost every day.

Mine is because I live near two flight academy's. (A-294)

 

[809UmUm]

The SUA is for an "alert area". which means it's not prohibited or restricted. there are other types of special use airspace that are restricted or prohibited you should know what types they are. As you probably already know, That region has extremely high traffic volume, the Army does all initial training for student pilots there. Tactical training is conducted at, less than 50 feet of altitude. I'm not sure you'd be able to "see and avoid" a helicopter at low-level NOE nap of Earth or contour flight altitude. To answer your question, look on the LAANC providers site and zoom in on your specific area. The map will have grid squares with altitude included in the middle of the grid. That will be the highest altitude you can fly at.

Thanks for the tip! I wound up at https://faa.maps.arcgis.com/ checking LAANC maps for my area & while local airports had the green & red grid squares you mentioned my area was completely clear, which I take as a very good sign .

 

[809UmUm]

Thanks to everyone for your help. Based on all your replies & after finding what I believe to be local LAANC maps it looks like I'm clear to fly. Can't wait to get started !