Category 2 and 3 Weight Threshold
Verified from official sourcesOperations Over People General Overview | Federal Aviation Administration - What are the operations over people categories?Version 1Effective -Verified 22 August 2026
In plain language
If your drone weighs more than 0.55 pounds and does not have a standard airworthiness certificate, it must meet Category 2 or 3 performance requirements to fly over people.
Requirement as structured
Category 2 and Category 3 apply to unmanned aircraft that weigh more than 0.55 pounds and do not have an airworthiness certificate under part 21.
Original regulatory text
Category 2 and Category 3 provide performance-based eligibility and operating requirements when conducting operations over people using unmanned aircraft that weigh more than .55 pounds but do not have an airworthiness certificate under part 21.
Applies when
- country
- United States
- category
- Category 2 or 3
- operation
- Part 107 small UAS operation
- operation regime
- part_107
- aircraft category
- small unmanned aircraft (under 55 lb)
- regulatory category
- General