Visual Line of Sight Maintenance

In plain language

You must keep your drone in direct visual sight at all times, monitor the surrounding sky for other aircraft, and fly below the clouds.

Requirement as structured

A person operating a remotely piloted aircraft must maintain visual line of sight at all times, be able to see the surrounding airspace, and operate the aircraft below the cloud base.

Original regulatory text

a person who operates a remotely piloted aircraft or free flight model aircraft must at all times - (1) maintain visual line of sight of the aircraft; and (2) be able to see the surrounding airspace in which the aircraft is operating; and (3) operate the aircraft below the cloud base.

Applies when

operation

VLOS