Operation Without Remote Identification Equipment in FRIAs

In plain language

You can fly a drone that does not have any remote ID equipment (built-in or module) as long as you fly within the boundaries of an FAA-recognized identification area (FRIA) and keep the drone in sight.

Requirement as structured

A person may operate an unmanned aircraft without remote identification equipment if the operation is conducted within an FAA-recognized identification area (FRIA) and meets visual line of sight requirements.

Original regulatory text

(a) Remote identification broadcast modules. Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, a person may operate an unmanned aircraft that is not a standard remote identification unmanned aircraft if all of the following conditions are met:

Applies when

country

United States

operation

Remote identification of unmanned aircraft

regulatory area

remote_id

aircraft category

unmanned aircraft required to be registered

regulatory category

General