Latest FAA Rules for Flying a Drone in 2024

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In this video, we unveil the most critical drone regulation updates from 2023. These are all straight from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and we break down the key changes every drone pilot needs to know to ensure secure and compliant flights. From new airspace restrictions to updated safety protocols, this video has got you covered! You’ll be ready to fly off into 2024 safely and responsibly!

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0:00 Introduction
0:41 Remote ID
2:24 Community Based Organizations
2:43 Academy of Model Aeronautics
2:50 FPV Freedom Coalition
3:26 Flite Test Community Association
3:41 STEM+C Incorporated
4:28 2023 Drone Statistics

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[DonBrowne]

While the FAA and others are calling the required remote ID a "license plate" for drones, an automobile or truck license plate does not broadcast the location of the vehicle.

[buddyadkins]

It should also be noted that it is a violation of the FAA regulations to fly beyond visual line of sight (and that doesn't mean being able to see a tiny spec on the horizon that is your drone). Also, none of these regulations are NEW; then have been in effect since at least 2018 including all of the Part 107 and Recreational Exemption regulations. All of that said, GOOD VIDEO and good explanation of the parts covered.

[BluSkyOne]

Flying recreationally? Stay under 400 feet and use LAANC ALOFT APP system to ensure you are safe, beyond that ignore everything else. Flying part 107 or commercially follow all the FAA RULES

[robainscough]

This is great news, but my issue is that I really don't know what areas are legal to fly ... state and local laws seem to change weekly. Can't fly in any state or fed parks, ok so that cuts out about 90% of the locations where I would want to fly my drone.

B4UFLY doesn't have ANY data regarding local state laws or even city laws ... for example you can't fly a drone in any part of the Cannon Beach city limits here in Oregon even though B4UFLY shows no issues. Same with Oregon coast, 95% of the coast is prohibited ... then they added during specific times of year, then they add none of the Islands of the coast ... What NO ONE is really addressing is the integration of state/local laws into mobile apps like B4UFLY. I have my Trust certificate and a Remote ID for my DJI Mini 4 Pro and I'm working on my part 107 but that isn't really relevant ... 107 or not, if one is flying in a prohibited area without knowing because information to "know" is not easily available, I'm still subject to a fine and/or arrest?

Gets even worse when there are people looking for a fight that aren't qualified but pretend to be ... anything from idiots shooting at drones to people calling the cops making false claims I attacked them with my drone. It's insane and the responsible drone pilots are getting step one in every sense of the word, we have ZERO rights and NO ONE is fighting our battle at either local, state, or federal level.

[deccma]

Unfortunatly for those of us who fly responsibly and obey the rules, there are bad apples who could care less. Recently more bad press for us came from some idiot who flew in the no fly zone at the kc Ravens football game. Welcome remote ID it just might be the thing that will save us from a lot more restrictions from local rules. Those who are complaining about Remote ID probably are the bad apples who aren't following the rules.

[asdaven]

So also for under 250 grams flying recreationally, is it still not necessary to register with the FAA?

[XBOXHOODLUM]

Excellent video! I just purchased a Roku F11Gim2. This drone comes with Remote ID and GPS navigation. Does this mean I can fly Beyound Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)? If not, can I fly on my own property BVLOS?

[TheGhostOfTheShadow]

Drones where fun now its just a pain in the .

[somethingclever]

I really used to love flying drones, now it is a nightmare...no thanks

[LouisPFloyd]

You show Zoroe in the FPV FC lol....This is all BS and the people who think it's not are fooling themselves and telling lies.

[buddyadkins]

What many do not realize is that ALL drone flights whether money is involved or NOT are Part 107 including flights for charitable purposes, inspecting one's own property, or providing any benefit to anyone including posting to a monetized platform such as YouTube; even getting a "like" is promoting one's personal business. Those that are collecting or providing content are Part 107. ALL drone flights are Part 107 UNLESS (key word here) the flight legitimately qualifies for the recreational exemption (no one benefits and don't post the video).

[ThinkerOnTheBus]

Also, regarding of flying drones in prohibited areas, I thought they had some system of invisible, electronic fences that would prevent any commercially available drone from entering into said prohibited areas.

[ThinkerOnTheBus]

1:45
"If you are a commercial pilot, all drones, regardless of weight, must comply."
The structure of that statement carries a high potential for it to be misinterpreted. Obviously, if taken literally, it makes no logical sense, and hence, it is not exactly what the narrator had intended to communicate. However, ignoring the semantics of the statement, there is a more subtle potential issue with what the narrator had wanted to express, and what his words actually state.

In order to gain comprehension of what the narrator is communicating to us, we must ignore the literal meaning of the sentence as it is constructed because obviously not all drones need to be in compliance based solely on the fact that one is a commercial pilot of drones. A safe assumption to make would be to interpret it as not "all drones", but instead "all drones flown by said commercial pilot" because the child down the street from the commercial drone pilot does not have to comply with registration if his drone weighs 200 grams. According to what the statement communicates, the child would have to register his drone, but that is not my issue here, for I believe most of us can easily determine that the literal translation of the narrator's statement is not what was meant. (The majority of English speakers are semantically oblivious, and therefore they will never reach the literal meaning of most communications they create, or absorb, and being that most people communicate in a similar fashion, such a nonspecific construction of generalities expressed loosely will tend to suffice most of the time.) The literal translation won't even be considered by most people, or if they have the lingual awareness to consider such a translation, they will likely reach the conclusion that the narrator is not speaking in any strict, literal sense, and therefore, they will interpret the narrator's words loosely, and not literally.

Yet, even without a literal translation, there is something about the statement that bothers me because I can not determine from the narrator's words how to interpret them as applied to a commercial drone pilot. Now, a commercial drone pilot must register their drones with the F.A.A., even the ones that weigh under the 250 grams limit, the limit where noncommercial drone pilots are not required by law to register their drone when it weighs under said limit. That much is understandable, but what about the commercial drone pilot's leisurely flying time? What about their drones that weigh less than 250 grams, and which they never utilize for commercial purposes? Is the commercial drone pilot required to register their drones weighing less than 250 grams, and which are never piloted for commercial use, and only for personal, recreation? Or does it not matter, and because the commercial drone pilot has a license, are they then required by law to register every one of their drones regardless of weight, and type of usage? If a commercial drone pilot owns the same type of drone as Timmy, the neighborhood brat down the street, and it weighs under 250 grams, and neither of their drones are being flown in any commercial capacity whatsoever, then what would be the logic behind making the commercial drone pilot register their drone, but Timmy is not required to register, especially when Timmy is more likely to cause problems with his drone than the highly skilled, and knowledgeable commercial drone pilot with a license? How would such a scenario be justified?

Basically, I can understand that a commercial drone pilot being required by law to register all of their drones that are used commercially, but I can not form any logical basis for a commercial drone pilot to register their drones that are only used for personal, and noncommercial, purposes when any noncommercial drone pilot would not be required to register the same drone.