{"id":20859,"date":"2022-02-06T16:07:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T16:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=20859"},"modified":"2022-02-06T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T16:07:03","slug":"faa-reaches-one-million-airspace-authorization-for-drone-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/unmanned-systems\/faa-reaches-one-million-airspace-authorization-for-drone-pilots\/%20","title":{"rendered":"FAA Reaches One Million Airspace Authorization for Drone Pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued its millionth airspace authorization for drone pilots to use busy airspace safely. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/programs_partnerships\/data_exchange\/\">Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability<\/a> (LAANC) automates the process for drone pilots to quickly gain authorization and provides Air Traffic professionals with awareness of where drones may be operating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis system has allowed drone pilots to gain timely access\nto busy airspace without sacrificing safety,\u201d said Teri L. Bristol, the chief\noperating officer of the FAA\u2019s Air Traffic Organization. \u201cWe are grateful to\neveryone who helped us reach this milestone safely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/commercial_operators\/operations_over_people\/\">Part 107<\/a> of the Federal Aviation Regulations, drone operators need to secure approval from the FAA to operate in any airspace controlled by an air traffic facility. Prior to LAANC, airspace authorizations were done manually, which could take drone pilots weeks to get approved. In 2017, the FAA recognized that the manual system delayed the agency\u2019s goal to support routine drone operations and launched LAANC as a prototype for automatic airspace approvals.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since becoming an official program in 2018, LAANC has provided an automated system for drone pilots\u2013 both commercial pilots and recreational pilots &#8211; requesting to fly below 400 feet in controlled airspace. Drone pilots are able to request airspace authorizations through any of the FAA-Approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/programs_partnerships\/data_exchange\/\">LAANC Service Suppliers<\/a> up to 90 days before they plan to fly. The system now covers 542 air traffic facilities serving approximately 735 airports. LAANC also allows the agency to provide drone pilots with information and guidance on where they can and cannot fly a drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, the LAANC capability expanded to provide night authorizations to Part 107 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/uas\/commercial_operators\/become_a_drone_pilot\/\">Remote Pilots<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drone pilots can also request airspace authorizations using the FAA <a href=\"https:\/\/faadronezone.faa.gov\/#\/\">DroneZone<\/a>, including for areas not covered by LAANC or when the operator holds a Part 107 waiver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information on LAANC, visit the FAA website.\nFor general inquiries on these new regulations and other UAS inquiries, please\ncall 844-FLY-MY-UA or email the FAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued its millionth airspace authorization for drone pilots to use busy airspace safely. The Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) automates the process for drone pilots to quickly gain authorization and provides Air Traffic professionals with awareness of where drones may be operating. \u201cThis system has allowed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unmanned-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-mil-drone-auth.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20861,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20859\/revisions\/20861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}