How to use LAANC - KEN HERON (Drone near Airports Legally)

Ken walks you through the FAA's LAANC system of controlled airspace approval for drones.
NOTICE: The FAA announced that LAANC will be available effective July 23, 2019.
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[@DroningVeteran]

Great information Ken, thank you for driving the 2 hrs in order to show the LAANC in action. That is dedication and we all appreciate it. Thanks for sharing.

[@KenHeron]

Glad to help!

[@butchmcgeeair4106]

Thank you so much. I have been out of town working for 9 months and just got my birds out. I had AirMap for a year now and was timid to submit flight plans. Thanks for the help brother. All batteries charged , I am charged and ready to fly now. Thanks to you

[@JerryCalverley]

Awesome information Ken! Thanks for sharing! Always happy to see notifications pop up from my favorite KZbinrs!

[@hectorayub2594]

As always, all your videos are impeccable, fun and above all very illustrative. Thank you Ken!

[@KenHeron]

Glad you're enjoying them Hector.

[@DanielJohnson-xk3gz]

Thanks Ken for showing us how to fly legally and set up flight plans. Very big help! You have put out the best instructional videos in my opinion so far.

[@NativeImagesPG]

Thanks a Bunch for the walkthrough with the Airmaps App... Use to Have to Call March AFB for Flights when I'm doing some Volunteer work for Lake Perris SRA. Keep up the terrific work Ken!

[@SCAerialsSteveCarpenter]

Hey Ken, you silly guy, always love your compass calibration part, LOL! This was an excellent tutorial for every single drone pilot, well done! It sure is a useful App and way to get approval for flying near controlled airspace. Thank you, sending the video link off to friends, and again, nicely done!

[@johndenardo2184]

Thanks for showing us AirMap, I have been using it since the app was officially released I have not yet tried that option yet but I will now that I see you don’t have to submit it to see if your in a place that will most likely be rejected 👍🏽 thanks for the sharing Ken

[@joncourage]

Great vid and great info, thanks Ken. You've been a great resource as I've started down the drone pilot road for fun and for gain. I've recommended you a few times already. If you're ever in Tampa, let's fly!

[@KenHeron]

Hey that would be great! Thanks bud. 👍

[@DvjLuna]

Thank you for this info... I live about 4 miles from an airfield and had a little trouble on flying my drone over my own house. Your video here has helped me beable to fly my drone in my own backyard and not have issues with the DJI software stopping me now.

[@KenHeron]

Wonderful!! Glad to help.

[@caseycleveland397]

How does this vid have ANY "unlikes"?? This is a great vid and a front runner for this info. Thanks again, Ken!

[@unBSD]

I got a spark two weeks ago ... only three real flights so far. This is one of a very few videos about this topic, but, it seems LAANC is crucial to flying nowadays. Kudus to you. The map layers in AirMap include more information than the DJI app, showing AMA airfields, prisons, national parks, airfields, etc.. AirMap is a great flight planning tool. Thank you.

[@KenHeron]

Thank you! I'm happy to help. 👍

[@Dr_VonDuck]

Im from Southern California and work accross the street from John Wayne Airport. While at work I followed these instructions and in about 1 minute i got authorization to fly within a few hundred yards of the runway as a hobbyist. Thanks for putting out this video and all the effort you put in for us, Ken!

[@KenHeron]

That's awesome!!

[@RS-fg5mf]

How did you get approved as a hobbyist... I made a flight plan with airmap and hit submit and I didn't receive anything good or bad...

[@rich500]

Not sure how this works. I used it to get approved to fly 3.75 miles from a parachute plane airport that a farmer has and uses once or twice a month. Airmap said I was violating the rule about flying at an airport. By the way I'm a hobbyist.I think the faa should be making sure this airport thing is a real airport. I think no farmer should be able to ground drones because he has a swelled head about a powered parachute.

[@Dr_VonDuck]

@@RS-fg5mf at the time it just approved me. It was instant. Dont know what is different for you except that now they put in stronger altitude restrictions. Still you should have gotten something so long as you had some kind of data connection on your device.

[@Dr_VonDuck]

@@rich500 I cant speak to how or why a farm is an airport. All I know is at the time I posted this the altitude restrictions were super light. Now it's all zero feet altitude by me... I'm sure its partially due to big heads of people with too much money and not enough mindyourownbusiness because the manned aircraft where I want to fly are nowhere near as low as 400 feet yet I'm fully grounded now. Just by some rich people homes.

[@emmettc.7905]

lol for like 2 or 3 years ive thought im in a controlled airspace and now I checked and im good. Thanks for the good videos.

[@jamesgruhn-n0dfi647]

Thanks for the hands on show n tell Kenny. You get a gold star for today ⭐️

[@droningharry]

Actually, thanks to the last update and new rules I do have to use LAANC here and it's butter smooth. I'll usually give myself about 2 hours and a max of 250 feet. I don't need to fly that high but our Church, yeah i'm the drone guy likes some higher shots. This was great and it works just like you showed. I love it when a plan comes together, know who said that? I still do! Hard to believe this is from the FAA, it works so well. Maybe there is hope for us Drone Pilots. Great Video.

[@BrianIrwin]

Very cool, I live within the Washington DC FRZ so dont get to fly as often as I like. This simplifies things enough that I may actually pack my drone on my next roadtrip :)

[@RGMGFitness]

Great stuff....just passed the 107 exam and knew there had to be an easier way to submit this stuff. Nothing related to the LAANC System comes up in the exam so this is great stuff! Thanks Ken!

[@Samrules888]

I only heard about it on the king schools practice test just now. This is a real lifesaver.

[@mintforeverphotographyandv4731]

SOOOO much easier! Thanks for showing how it's done!

[@droneredneck170]

Thanks for going thru the process Ken. Very good job sir!!👍👍😁

[@WayneEarls]

Stopped in to tell you I passed my 107 test today. Woohoo!

[@commonsenselogic]

Congrats! Welcome to the club.

[@KenHeron]

Big congrats man!!!

[@glenesis]

That's too cool. Thanks for the info Ken! Happy flying!

[@ceasar3696]

Thank you Ken very useful information! Much appreciated!

[@petersterling5334]

Very good Ken! FAA should Love you trying to show Pilots how easy and simple it is to follow the rules!

[@KenHeron]

Let's hope so.

[@DoomerONE]

Well done sir , excellent demonstration of LAANC.

[@Name-js5uq]

Great video as always Ken, thanks a lot, p.s. I can't believe you spin the opposite direction after you do the original calibration spin. Oh my goodness, that is hysterical. I really laughed so hard.

[@peterdemestre7750]

Good stuff Ken. I will refer people who don't know about LAANC to this video.

[@FaithsWind]

Thank you brother! Explained a lot. Saving vid. :D

[@chriscoston8601]

New subscriber and 107 pilot here, thank you for this!

[@KenHeron]

Glad to help, Chris!

[@mitchellcrazyeye]

I remember the first time I called in to my local municipal airport (small town America) and they told me that from what they knew, I flat out could not fly a drone within 5 miles of the airport. It should be noted that they weren't denying me access because they didn't want to, they just for some reason, didn't know much about the drone laws at the time. I was handed over to another ATC, and they cleared things up, asked for some general contact info for future flights (again, small town America, they were really cool) and let me go and do my thing. I'm really happy that I was able to help introduce a senario for someone to learn how to handle those types of situations so if another drone pilot (or myself!) calls in, they know how to handle it. :)

[@KenHeron]

People are slowly catching on to the drone thing. 🤓👍

[@lanereliga]

No way!!! I’m going to Memphis in 2 days!😱 I’m totally going to use this!

[@moendopi5430]

Thanks for putting this up Ken, this is good to know. I am working on my Part 107 for work, definitely learned a lot about airspace. Too bad the Atlanta area is not so easy a place try to fly. I should have been using AirMap a long time ago!

[@KenHeron]

Good luck on the test!

[@jackbisson9226]

This was awesome stuff! Thanks Ken. Garages are hell on the compass.

[@KenHeron]

Very true!🤓👍

[@dljones61]

We drone pilots need a universal way of waving back when people wave at your drone. I've tried spinning my Mavic around in circles but that also really ruins the recording part of things. great video thanks for the lesson, much better than the standard DJI instructional videos I must say

[@KenHeron]

HAA! That would be great, Dave! Maybe a big spring-loaded hand?!

[@Samrules888]

Maybe some kind of module that attaches to the SD slot? Like those flash drives that do something when you plug them in?

[@RICKHALBUR]

Thanks Ken very well done this is a much needed video Thanks Again

[@miyahollands6136]

Hi Ken. Great video, we need this in the UK!

[@paulvincent9744]

Ray we do have it in the UK I have flown over 400ft many a times and all with the CAA approval, If a member of the public wants to fly over 400ft they have to go through a lot of red tape to get permission. The chances are anyone who is just a hobby flyer will not get permission to fly over 400ft and only PFCO holders will be able to fly over 400 ft, I live in a high risk area as im within 15mile of three airports so my home is in direct flight path of planes coming in and going out and as todate I have never had any problems apart from the local police one time wanting to know why I was flying so high. As soon as they saw all my paperwork and insurance details they washappy to know I have done everything right

[@miyahollands6136]

@@paulvincent9744 thanks for letting me know, thought this was just an FAA app! The UK is massively behind the curve, as far as drone regulation and codes of conduct - we need to get our butt in gear and catch-up with the rest of the world. We are at a very important time for drones in the UK, it could go down the "sensible" rules direction, or on the other hand there's Canada! Apps like this will help and knowing it works with the CAA is a big help in the sensible direction!

[@jmartinez728]

Super video.Great information

[@Shawn.72]

Ken, thanks for this video. Love the bridges tho. But glad I saw this as I did not know about laanc and the airmap app. Gonna check this out.

[@sniper1958]

Another great educational video

[@mjxdrones7123]

ALWAYS INTERESTING AND THE FUNNY PUNS ,MAKE IT ALL THE TIME

[@jetegtmeier71]

thanks, I've learned so much from your videos :)

[@CGAZ66]

Good info thankx. I did not know it was available yet. :)

[@NativeImagesPG]

Thanks a Bunch for the walkthrough with the Airmaps App..

[@bryandooley5453]

Nice video, thanks Ken!

[@kennywheelus6857]

But as always great video ken,take care, good flying

[@michaelpakadronermike8146]

If you are requesting higher than the grid altitude in LAANC you have to put the request ahead of time. Your message "Rejected upon submission. Flight start is too close for manual authorization" Will be replaced with "Manual authorization on submission". You won't get instant approval but it will get forwarded to the tower and they will decide based on traffic pattern etc. It looks like you have to submit it 2 days ahead of time for manual authorization.

[@Mr19james66]

Thanks for sharing this information Ken. Great video

[@JO-rq5sp]

Thank you for this information highly valuable!!!!

[@KenHeron]

You bet!

[@kevinhudson6256]

Hey Ken, great video on the LAANC system. Btw, I always take off from the top of my Pelican case and have never had the compass issue.

[@ralframos3743]

Thank you for this! I know you know you're awesome sir! Cheers!

[@jrbigboy1]

Very easy to use. Thanks for the video.

[@KenHeron]

You're welcome, John.

[@johnscott1956]

Thanks Ken, go info for a very useful tool. Don't unwind to much, you're more fun when you are wound up.

[@KenHeron]

HAAA!!

[@oldarizonadronergaryhaupt5138]

Great Ken very informative and nice bridge.

[@billyoldham8894]

GREAT VIDEO THANKS

[@trevormasterson1023]

This is awesome! Great advice!

[@77jbob]

Hey Ken I’m from west TN also. Pickwick area. Thanks for all your videos. Been with ya from the start..... I believe 😂

[@KenHeron]

Thank you!

[@fishingandflyingwithtolley459]

I appreciate you that was very helpful

[@dronesdevenezuela523]

Nice shoot and excellent explain!

[@KenHeron]

Thanks!🤓👍

[@Dman52Drones]

I've heard the ladies do like Ken ! I'm so glad I live in the sticks but the small plane pilots are always under 400 feet so you really have to watch a wide area from where you are at and listen for them so they don't sneak up on you ! Thanks for noticing my comments , and if you reply your notice comments will be noticed ! Or uh , something like that .... have a great week Ken ! 😁👍👍

[@KenHeron]

Thanks bud, you too. 👍

[@gd198070]

Very educational, thanks for sharing I look forward to the system being available in nearby Germantown. Interestingly I encountered that very warning in Van Buren MO along the Current River on my Mavic 2 Pro. Unfortunately, the warning would not go away even after accepting responsibility. The "airport" was a land strip a couple miles away. On Google map its a single runway with no hangers or planes visible in satellite view.

[@MarkH163]

Thank you Ken, really appreciated you going through the AirMap app!

[@ephotosaver]

Thanks, Ken I'm going to give this a try!

[@jeremy-williamsaerial7084]

I still would like to see you get approval at 100ft altitude. Then have the dji go app lock you out when you have authorization then get the drone unlocked. Great video as always Ken

[@paulhendershott667]

Got annoyed with the ridiculous DJI unlock process that was hit or miss while working in and around Midway Airport. LAANC should be the beginning and end of authorization to fly as a Part 107. As a Private pilot flying into and out of Midway airport every month or so, I have no need to send a request to China or Germany or any other dang place to have them unlock my Piper Cherokee so I can take off. If the FAA says Part 107 operators are OK to fly, DJI SHOULD PERMANENTLY UNLOCK our drones for good. Until then I keep my P4P's in their crates and break out the Autel EVO when operating at Midway airport with LAANC. 'nough said!

[@doubledogdrone]

@@paulhendershott667 No Limit Drones has a firmware upgrade that will disable the No Fly Zone indications and allow one to fly in Controller Airspace.

[@TheColonelJJ]

Ken!!! I just successfully used LAANC to fly in a 200ft restricted area as a hobby flyer!!! LAANC is alive!!

[@KenHeron]

Wonderful! Thanks for letting me know. 🤓

[@SEAWORM]

Great information. Thank you 👍

[@SDXXX528]

Great job Ken.

[@bradencummings4292]

Nice music when you're over the bridge!

[@LAPANTERAAROSA]

Nice thanks for sharing

[@stejames4908]

Ken your awesome ,cheers fa info

[@KenHeron]

Thanks bud

[@moodberry]

Learned a lot from this video. Thought it was interesting that the people on the bridge waved. That is a testament to people learning that drones aren't necessarily some "evil spy force" and they took it in stride. That bodes well for the future of drones. That said, I know I'm gonna get pushback, but I am aware drones can and are abused in regard to privacy issues. But, when used properly, the public doesn't need to fear them.

[@KenHeron]

Yes, I thought it was great that they waved. 🤓👍

[@AdrianMateoDrones]

Nice video my good man. Thanks for sharing this video with me. I am downloading the airmap laanc app right on my iPhone. I am going tp try it later on. Thanks for all you do and please keep flying. Until then BUH & BYE. 👨‍✈️👨‍✈️👨‍✈️👨‍✈️✌️✌️✌️👍👍👍💯💯💯🚁🚁🚁😏😏😏😏😏

[@TheNeonmoose]

Another great video. Thanks Ken. On an unrelated note, what resolution is this video? It's one of the sharpest videos I've seen on KZbin.

[@johnnybickle13]

Ha ha, Ken check out your RC Antennas at around 5:37.. Looks like they had a rough night Ha ha.. Cool vid as always

[@KenHeron]

Haaa! I saw that.

[@BrianRouse]

Great info! Thanks!

[@grumpyvlogger]

Great video and very informative. Thanks for showing us how simple it really is to use. When is it available for Hobbyist, or is it already available to us Hobbyist. Again great demonstration of AirMap and Laanc.

[@KenHeron]

The FAA announced that LAANC will be available effective July 23, 2019.

[@ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN]

That was interesting, makes it a lot easier.

[@NHILLproductions]

Thanks for the great video. Don't call the tower...LOL!!!!

[@TheCobyRandal]

Thank you for showing what app to use and how this system works. The FAA website was not clear about this. Also, your drone footage is very smooth. Did you do any video processing to enhance smoothness?

[@Mushroom-Motivation]

Nice one Ken 👍

[@atlasdrones295]

Ken , Great video but my concern was VLOS. Did you have a VO? I love the laanc system. We are a new drone buisness and this is a big step for all of us 107 pilots. Fly safe Ken! I love your info

[@KenHeron]

I did have VLOS on the bridge flight. Good luck with your drone!

[@bluegrassdroneguy3495]

Great video Ken How far did you fly ?

[@waynelandgraff1927]

From Canada. Transport Canada needs an app like this.

[@DonJoyce]

Hi Wayne! We're hoping to be able to submit NAV Canada flight authorization requests via the Drone Pilot Canada app. More info on my channel.

[@DonJoyce]

Nice...wish we had that in Canada!

[@fredweinmann5185]

Very helpful, just wish they would roll out LAANC for the rest of the airports. Class D drops a curtain around an entire area.

[@iseenithere]

Thanks for that... always wondered how to get authorized... How does your drone get such good reception?

[@TopDrone360]

Good stuff as always. I have a shoot in two days, followed your video and hit submit to be told airmap did not submit? Question: Do they wait till day of flight or maybe I should lower from 400ft to 350 or so? It's a small airport and I'm shooting real estate so I don't think it should be an issue. The app does have the flight plan listed just not sure what happens now and trying to plan the shoot and let client know we are a go. Any in-site on planning flights a day or more out would be get! Thanks so much Ken

[@KenHeron]

Hey! You can use the online version of Airmap to check airspace, but use the mobile app version on-site day-of to get the best LAANC result. Good luck!👍

[@theone2be33]

I always take off from the runway. "Tower, ready for take off!"

[@WiedemannPhotography]

Cool video Ken -- What song track did you have playing and what source is it from.

[@skol2952]

Sorry I have bad connection right now (out of the country) is this LAANC out already for hobbyist? Thanks love your vids

[@KenHeron]

Yes, it's available for everyone.

[@B1ueFootBirdie]

Great info! One question, what if some entrances to parks have no drone zone signs but LAANC gives approval in those places.

[@KenHeron]

Local law has NO jurisdiction over FEDERAL airspace.

[@B1ueFootBirdie]

@@KenHeron Awesome! Thanks for the reply! I attempted a TV antenna station and ran into some of the same issues you had in a previous video. Darn mavic air lol

[@KineticAirRgV]

Like that you are part of the ROTARY family apart the drone fam.

[@KenHeron]

ZOOM-ZOOM!!!

[@purple7551]

Finally I can fly in my own backyard

[@dragonairphotography9775]

Thanks Ken! Did my first real estate job with LAANC last week. Easy peasy! I have been told there are instances where you have to get DJI to unblock the geo fence as well. Have you had to do that? Also, I understand the FAA and Kittyhawk are now in kahoots and it's the preferred app for this. Any insight on that?

[@KenHeron]

Congrats! Yes, sometimes DJI geofencing doesn't jibe with FAA stuff. You should be able to opt out of the app restrictions and fly if you have LAANC approval. 👍

[@DoRC]

Great. So I have to go through that every time I want to fly my whoop in my back yard. Sounds perfectly reasonable.....

[@KenHeron]

Your whoop isn't heavy enough to be registered.

[@DoRC]

@@KenHeron right but does not needing to register it exempt it from the rest of the rules? I haven't seen anything stating that.

[@skycamvideo]

Anything like this in UK ? I usually register flights with NATS app.

[@mikes1796]

I've used LAANC for a while here in Southern California. There have been times when I've had LAANC authorization, but the DJI app won't let me fly. I've had to also unlock a geozone through the DJI website. And DJI won't let you unlock a geozone from a phone, only a computer or iPad type device.

[@cnyphotovideo]

Is that authorization number something that you put into your DJI GO app? Or is it just the honor system and you have authorization to fly?

[@l3ongveiw]

Thanks for the info Ken. Does this sync with the DJI app somehow? I went for a bike ride the other day hope to get some cool shots and my Mavic said “iN NFZ” (obviously no fly zone). Will this override this? The airport isn’t even close to where I was which i thought was odd in the first place.

[@KenHeron]

Not sure it syncs, but you might be able to enter your authorization code if it asks.

[@l3ongveiw]

Well I will try this and report back! You da man Ken

[@borislipschitz2740]

One thing you forgot to mention, LAANC currently only available to use for part 107 operators, but not a hobbyist, like me. They keep promising we, the hobbyist, will have this option soon... but hey, at least the updated rules no longer say "5 milea from airports", it says "controlled airspace". Means no more worrying about flying too close to those dirt stripes that rarely see a lone Cessna using them, cause hey, class G, so as long as i keep my distance from anything that actually does land there, i am perfectly legal.

[@KenHeron]

The FAA announced that LAANC will be available for hobbyists effective July 23, 2019.

[@michaelripple8371]

Great video Ken. Why don't you rotate just the drone only . I have meneirs disease and have to do it that way