Sustained Flight Over Open-Air Assemblies (Category 1, 2, and 4)

In plain language

If you are flying a Category 1, 2, or 4 drone, you cannot fly in sustained flight over open-air assemblies of people unless your drone is equipped with Remote ID (or you are flying within an FAA-recognized identification area).

Requirement as structured

Remote pilots must not operate a small unmanned aircraft in sustained flight over open-air assemblies under Category 1, 2, or 4 unless the operation meets the Remote ID requirements of 14 CFR part 89.

Original regulatory text

Remote pilots are prohibited from operating a small unmanned aircraft as a Category 1, 2, or 4 operation in sustained flight over open-air assemblies, unless the operation meets the requirements of 14 CFR part 89, § 89.110 or § 89.115(a).

Applies when

country

United States

operation category

Category 1, Category 2, Category 4

regulatory category

General