Glendale, Arizona, which is situated roughly 9 miles northwest of Downtown Phoenix, is about to host Tremendous Bowl LVII this weekend.
The sport is the standard Tremendous Bowl Sunday, set for Sunday, February 12 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale. And as is the case yearly, the realm is a “No Drone Zone” for many of the weekend.
The Federal Aviation Administration is proscribing drones from flying throughout a lot of the weekend in downtown Phoenix and across the stadium through a Momentary Flight Restriction (TFR). After all, this doesn’t apply to simply drones, however glider operations, flight coaching, and different UAS operations too.
On Tremendous Bowl Sunday, the TFR restricts plane inside two-nautical-miles across the stadium as much as 2,000 ft in altitude starting at 11 a.m. native time (that’s MST).
Then, at 3:30 p.m., restrictions get even more durable, with no drones inside a 30-nautical-mile radius and as much as 18,000 ft in altitude. That’s in impact till 9 p.m. native time. That’s an enormous radius, and it mainly means you shouldn’t plan on flying drones round Phoenix anytime between 3:30 and 9 p.m. on Tremendous Bowl Sunday.
Individually, there are restrictions for downtown Phoenix earlier on within the weekend. Drones should not permitted to fly as much as an altitude of 1,000 ft from Thursday, Feb. 9 by way of Sunday, Feb. 12 between 6 a.m. and midnight day by day within the downtown Phoenix space between McDowell Street, W. Lincoln Road, North Ninth Road and North Ninth Avenue.
What occurs in case you break the Phoenix Tremendous Bowl drone restrictions? A positive and potential jail time. Based on the FAA, drone operators who enter the TFRs with out permission may face drone confiscation, fines that exceed $30,000 and potential prison prosecution.
Certain, the Tremendous Bowl guidelines really feel prohibitive for some drone pilots itching for an epic aerial, but it surely’s not really all that stunning, particularly for folk who’re Half 107 Distant Pilot licensed, or who’ve handed their TRUST take a look at to fly drones recreationally. Whereas the Tremendous Bowl guidelines are actually stricter than the foundations for extra on a regular basis sporting occasions — drones have at all times been prohibited from flying close to NFL video games.
Flying drones inside a radius of three nautical miles of the stadium or venue is prohibited beginning one hour earlier than and ending one hour after the scheduled time of any of the next occasions:
- Main League Baseball
- Nationwide Soccer League
- NCAA Division One Soccer
- NASCAR Dash Cup, Indy Automotive, and Champ Collection races
Tremendous Bowl Sunday or simply any day of the yr, you’ll be able to simply know if it’s legal to fly your drone in a sure space by checking the FAA’s B4UFLY web site. Enter your meant flight location and the FAA will let you know if it’s okay or not.
My San Francisco 49ers didn’t make it to Phoenix for the Tremendous Bowl, and your drone shouldn’t both.
