B4UFLY Privacy Policy

B4UFLY is the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) mobile service , which allows users who have downloaded an app to their mobile device, to determine whether or not it is safe to fly a drone within a geographic area. The service uses the geo-location of a user’s mobile device, when turned on, to populate a map and display a status indicator to advise the user whether their area is safe for drone operation. If geo-location is not turned on, users will have to search a map of the entire...

Notice of Identification for Foreign-Registered Drones

What Kind of Drone Flyer Are You?

UAS Data Exchange (LAANC)

The FAAUAS Data Exchange is an innovative, collaborative approach between government and private industry facilitating the sharing of airspace data between the two parties.

Under the FAAUAS Data Exchange umbrella, the agency will support multiple partnerships, the first of which is the Low...

Getting Started

Airspace 101 – Rules of the Sky

FAA rules apply to the entire National Airspace System -- there is no such thing as "unregulated" airspace. Drone operators should be familiar with the difference between controlled and uncontrolled airspace, and where you can legally fly. Controlled airspace is found around some airports and at certain altitudes where air traffic controllers are actively communicating with, directing, and separating all air traffic. Other airspace is considered uncontrolled in the sense that...