Source first
Every listing carries a source layer, source URL, raw source ID, confidence label, and source-snapshot date.
Places to fly · Methodology
How this drone community directory is built
Drone communities do not have one clean source of truth. The directory combines public source feeds, labels the source strength, and keeps flight safety separate from discovery.
7,482 records · September 27, 2026Places to flyOpen the Census boundary source
- Generated records
- 7,482
- Current as of
- September 27, 2026
- Source errors on last refresh
- 0
Place types stay separate
FRIAs, FAA fixed sites, AMA flying sites, FPV chapters, clubs, and CBOs are not collapsed into one fake category.
Discovery is not clearance
A pin means a public source lead exists. It does not mean the place is open, public, legal, or safe for your flight.
Current source layers
What we ingest today
generated
2723 FRIA records generated
FAA Recognized Identification Areas
Authoritative Remote ID exception layer, but a FRIA is not automatically a public flying site or active local group.
Fields: FRIA reference number, title, organization name, address, city, state, ZIP, start/end dates, polygon geometry centroid
Open sourcegenerated
2172 fixed-site records generated
FAA recreational flyer fixed sites
Useful airspace and fixed-site overlay. It is not a social group source by itself.
Fields: site name, site ID, latitude, longitude, city, state, ZIP, ceiling, boundary, last edit date
Open sourcegenerated
2318 AMA feed rows generated
AMA club and flying-site feed
Strong seed source, but many listings are RC/model aviation clubs rather than drone-first groups. Drone relevance is labeled conservatively.
Fields: club name, club number, club URL, club website, flying-site name, flying-site coordinates, club contact coordinates
Open sourcegenerated
265 MultiGP chapter records generated
MultiGP chapter network
Best FPV racing layer. Public map extraction is acceptable for seeding, but production should prefer formal API access.
Fields: chapter ID, chapter slug, name, tier, latitude, longitude
Open sourcegenerated
4 recognized CBO records generated
FAA-recognized CBO list
Authority layer, not a local group directory. Useful for safety context and source trust.
Fields: organization name, official safety-guideline link
Open sourceLocation and index policy
A coordinate is not allowed to invent a state
FAA records keep the state published by the FAA. Coordinate-only AMA and MultiGP records receive a state only when the point falls inside the official U.S. Census 2024 state boundary file.
Points outside those boundaries remain visible as unverified source leads, but they do not receive a U.S. state page, profile URL, sitemap entry, or indexable destination page.
Co-located clubs, FRIAs, and fixed sites remain separate entities. Cross-source records merge only when their normalized names match; sharing a coordinate is not enough.
Confidence labels
FAA recognized means the record is tied to an FAA recognized layer, usually a FRIA or CBO. It still does not mean public access.
FAA published means the FAA fixed-site layer published the site. Confirm the current ceiling, boundary, and local rules.
Source feed means the entry came from a public structured source such as the AMA feed.
Official network means a network page, currently MultiGP, publishes the chapter or source.
What still needs human review
Local drone Discords, Facebook groups, Meetup groups, race-event calendars, park club policies, and school programs decay quickly.
Submissions enter a moderation queue first. They need at least one source and should not be labeled drone-specific unless the evidence supports that.
The long-term job is dedupe, freshness monitoring, claimed profiles, and state-level editorial review.