FAA on Droning The Super Bowl LVII

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State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona is a “No Drone Zone” for Super Bowl LVII. Drones will be restricted before and during the 12 Sunday February. Drone operators who enter the so-called TFRs – aka Temporary Flight Restrictions – without permission and a clearance could face drone confiscation, fines that exceed $30,000 and potential criminal prosecution. (autoinformed.com on:FAA Issues Waiver for Drones with Parachutes, New Supersonic Rulemaking, 737 Max Modifications Still Stalled; FAA Playing Catchup on Drones. Again.)

The FAA maintains the safety of our National Airspace System with regulations that cover aircraft in the sky to ensure safety in spite of politicians disrupting or attempting to fiddle with or remove its funding. They restrict aircraft (including drones) from operating without permission in a certain area for specified times.

These airspace restrictions are called Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) and are communicated to pilots through Notices to Air Missions (NOTAMs), which used to be called Notices to Airman.

As it stands now

Before Game Day, 9-12 February:

• Restrictions for downtown Phoenix will be between McDowell Road, W. Lincoln Street, North Ninth Street and North Ninth Avenue. Those will be up to an altitude of 1,000 feet from Feb. 9 – 12 between 6 a.m. and midnight daily.

Game Day, Sunday 12 February:

• Restrictions begin at 11 a.m. MST within two-nautical-miles around the stadium up to 2,000 feet in altitude.
• The restrictions expand at 3:30 until 9 p.m. MST to a 30-nautical-mile radius and up to 18,000 feet in altitude.

Detailed information for general aviation and drone pilots is available on the FAA’s Super Bowl LVII webpage

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