Operating Rules
A small UAS may not fly higher than this altitude above ground level, unless within 400 feet of a structure.
What is 400 feet AGL?
This FAA system provides near-real-time airspace authorizations for drone flights at many towered-airport locations.
What is LAANC (Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability)?
This is the FAA online portal remote pilots use to apply for a Part 107 waiver or register a UAS.
What is the FAA DroneZone?
This is the name of the knowledge test an applicant must pass to earn a remote pilot certificate.
What is the Unmanned Aircraft General (UAG) knowledge test?
This term describes any aircraft operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft.
What is an unmanned aircraft?
This is the maximum allowable groundspeed for a small UAS under Part 107.
What is 100 mph (87 knots)?
This is the airspace class in which a remote pilot may operate without obtaining prior ATC authorization.
What is Class G airspace?
This broadcast technology allows a small UAS to transmit identification and location information during flight.
What is Remote ID?
This is the minimum age to hold a remote pilot certificate under Part 107.
What is 16 years old?
Before every flight, a remote pilot must complete this safety step regarding the aircraft and operating area.
What is a preflight inspection (and assessment of the operating environment)?
Part 107 requires this much flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station.
What is 3 statute miles?
Besides Class G, these are the classes of controlled airspace where Part 107 operations require authorization before flying.
What are Class B, C, D, and E airspace?
Section 107.31, which can be waived, normally requires the aircraft to remain within this of the remote pilot or visual observer.
What is visual line of sight?
A remote pilot certificate holder must complete recurrent training or testing within this time period to remain current.
What is every 24 calendar months?
This is the rule that prohibits operating a small UAS in a manner that endangers the life or property of another.
What is 14 CFR 107.23, careless or reckless operation?
A small UAS may exceed 400 feet AGL when flying within 400 feet of a structure, but only up to this additional altitude above the structure's immediate uppermost limit.
What is 400 feet above the structure's uppermost limit?
This is the maximum altitude LAANC can authorize at a given grid location, even if the underlying facility map shows a higher ceiling.
What is 400 feet AGL?
This is the maximum number of calendar days the FAA's published service-level expectation gives itself to process a standard Part 107 waiver request.
What is 90 days?
A remote pilot certificate holder must report this kind of change to the FAA within 30 days.
What is a permanent change of physical address?
This section of Part 107 requires a remote pilot to make their certificate and aircraft available for inspection or testing upon request from the FAA.
What is 14 CFR 107.7?
This section of Part 107 sets the minimum horizontal distance a small unmanned aircraft must remain from clouds, separate from the 500-feet-below requirement.
What is 14 CFR 107.51(c) — 2,000 feet horizontally from clouds?
A remote pilot wants to operate in Class C airspace at an altitude above the ceiling shown on the UAS facility map for that grid. This is the only path available to legally fly there.
What is applying for further coordination or an airspace authorization/waiver beyond the facility map grid altitude?
Standard Remote ID broadcast modules must transmit the control station's location, except in this one specific scenario, where the broadcast module instead transmits the takeoff location.
What is when the unmanned aircraft takes off and the control station does not move during flight?
A part 61 certificate holder who completed a flight review within the previous 24 months can satisfy the Part 107 recurrent requirement by completing this, instead of the recurrent knowledge test.
What is the recurrent online training course?
This is the specific dollar threshold for property damage, excluding the cost of the unmanned aircraft itself, that triggers a mandatory FAA accident report within 10 days.
What is $500?