CBO Night Lighting Exception for Illuminated Areas

In plain language

If permitted by your CBO's safety guidelines, you may fly at night without drone lights if the area is bright enough for you to keep the drone in sight and spot hazards.

Requirement as structured

CBO safety guidelines may permit recreational flyers to operate at night without unmanned aircraft lighting in sufficiently illuminated areas.

Original regulatory text

Alternatively, the safety guidelines can also permit recreational flyers to conduct operations at night without requiring UA lighting in areas that are sufficiently illuminated so that recreational flyers can maintain VLOS of the aircraft throughout the flight and identify any potential ground or airborne hazards.

Applies when

country

United States

operation

recreational

regulatory category

General