faa-drone-airspace-checker
Check drone flight coordinates against FAA airspace data, returning LAANC ceilings and restriction verdicts, with gated results when layers are unavailable.
Instructions
FAA Drone Airspace Checker - Batch LAANC & No-Fly Verdicts. Batch lat/lon to FAA UAS airspace verdicts: LAANC ceilings AND whether LAANC is actually offered, charted Class B/C/D/E surface areas, prohibited areas, national-defense TFR areas, special use airspace, NSUFR, stadium TFRs. Verdict is gated - it never reads clear when a layer did not answer. Reads live from the official government source. Store page: https://apify.com/malonestar/faa-drone-airspace-checker
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| layers | No | Which FAA airspace layers to check each point against. Defaults to all eight. laanc_grid = UAS Facility Map LAANC ceilings; class_airspace = charted Class A/B/C/D/E airspace (ALWAYS queried - it is the check that distinguishes uncontrolled airspace from controlled airspace that has no LAANC grid, so excluding it would force every verdict to INCONCLUSIVE); prohibited_areas = P-areas like P-56; national_defense_tfr = national defense airspace TFR areas; special_use_airspace = Restricted/MOA/Alert/Warning/Danger areas; part_time_nsufr = part-time national security UAS flight restrictions; stadiums = stadium game-day TFR proximity (3 NM); recreational_flyer_sites = FAA-listed fixed flying sites. Example: ["laanc_grid","class_airspace","prohibited_areas","national_defense_tfr","special_use_airspace","part_time_nsufr","stadiums","recreational_flyer_sites"]. | |
| points | Yes | Locations to check, in WGS84 decimal degrees. Each item is either an object like {"lat": 39.86, "lon": -104.67, "label": "Site A"} (label optional; latitude/longitude aliases accepted) or a "lat,lon" string like "39.86,-104.67". One result row is produced per point, and one Result event is charged per row. Example: [{"lat":39.86,"lon":-104.67,"label":"Denver Intl (KDEN) - Class B, LAANC ceiling 0 ft"},{"lat":40.8296,"lon":-73.9262,"label":"Yankee Stadium NYC - LAANC 300 ft + stadium TFR"},{"lat":42.1708,"lon":-72.6375,"label":"Westover ARB (KCEF) - Class D, LAANC NOT offered"},{"lat":38.9072,"lon":-101.05,"label":"Rural western Kansas - MOA overhead, floor 500 ft AGL"},{"lat":47.2,"lon":-108.6,"label":"Rura…(truncated). | |
| maxPoints | No | Safety cap on the number of points checked (and billed) in one run. Points beyond the cap are skipped with a warning. Applied by default if omitted: 500. |