[tomtytom]

Hi All,

Anyone got experience or any good pointers dealing with CAA and the Airspace Co-ordination and Obstacle Management Portal to request a temporary airspace restriction just for drones?

Cheers in advanced
Tomtytom

[Dave W]

CAP722C and the references within it are a place to start.

Although I'd suggest you first should consider why you believe you can make a case that it is in the public interest for you to apply to restrict others' airspace use, even temporarily.

Many people find that a NOTAM for most small UAS activity will suffice.

[UncleT]

@tomtytom

By "a temporary airspace restriction just for drones" do you mean -

- airspace restricted such that only drones are permitted; or
- airspace restricted such that only drones will be subject to the restriction?

[Rob P V2.0]

Good point! I'd read it the first way also.

Rob P V2.0

[tomtytom]

@tomtytom

By "a temporary airspace restriction just for drones" do you mean -

- airspace restricted such that only drones are permitted; or
- airspace restricted such that only drones will be subject to the restriction?

I am after a restriction that only applies to drones, we have an event and don't want drones flying over, apart from those specifically authorised by the event.

[Dave W]

CAP722C applies, including paras 2.1 (which points to CAP1616 Airspace Change Proposals) and para. 3.1 which says:

The sponsor of any airspace restriction should enable fair and equitable use of the
airspace for all airspace users, including UAS. Any legitimate request to access an
airspace restriction, by an airspace user whose presence will not negatively impact
aviation safety, should be accommodated in a timely manner.

I suspect that trying to keep other UAS out for apparent commercial advantage for your event would fall on stony ground.

[rikur_]

They seem to be increasingly common for festivals and big public events.
I'd assumed they were being approved on public safety grounds