Air Space around Sedona. What is it and how does it affect where we can fly a drones?
The above image is a Visual Flight Rules (VFR) Sectional Chart for the Sedona area. Within the area inside the magenta section there are 3 different types of airspace:
Class D – Inside the dashed blue lines surrounding Prescott and Flagstaff airports, you have Class D airspace.
Class E – airspace from 700 feet Above Ground Level (AGL) all the way up to 17,999 feet AGL.
Class G – Outside the magenta area, Class G airspace is from the surface to 1,200 feet AGL. Inside the magenta area, Class G airspace is form the surface to 700 feet AGL.
Permission is required from Air Traffic Control to operate in Class B, C, D, or E airspace.
You can request airspace authorization through an online web portal available at www.faa.gov/uas/request_waiver.
Drones may operate no higher that 400 feet AGL.