Alphabet’s drone-shipping subsidiary Wing has introduced a cost-free cellular and world-wide-web application, OpenSky, to tell drone pilots, the two leisure and commercial, when and where by it is protected to fly in the United States. Drone flyers can use the OpenSky application to see information on airspace constraints, pre-plan flights, and get airspace approvals. This app has been available in Australia because 2019.
Guaranteeing compliance with FAA airspace guidelines
Wing is a person of the 16 companies that are at this time accredited by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to supply Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) companies. A LAANC approval is necessary if you are planning to fly your drone below 400 ft in managed airspace around airports.
LAANC requests are checked against numerous airspace information sources in the FAA UAS Info Trade, together with UAS Facility Maps, Special Use Airspace info, Airports and Airspace Classes, as nicely