I have searched the forum and not found a thread on this. Sorry if it's already been covered.
Here's the situation, as part of my work I received my Remote Pilot Airman Certificate under part 107.
We want to be able to conduct flights at our business location which happens to fall within Class D airspace (although we are 3+ miles from the tower). The new rules state that all authorizations must go through FAA by using this form; you can't just call the tower like in the old days. The bad news is that these instructions say that up to 90 days advance are required, which is highly impractical in the business world.
So here are a couple of specific questions for you guys:
1. has anyone successfully received an airspace authorization for Class D or E airspace?
2. How long did it take to hear back?
3, Dis FAA respond by email or phone or mail?
4. Can you request a blanket authorization that covers an extended period of time?
When we realized this was the new procedure, we did attempt to submit the form, but our time window was only a few days. We never heard back from FAA and we never even got an email notification that they had received our application.
We're flying 3 different 3DR Solos for mapping work and are very happy so far, but this new wrinkle for our particular location where we do testing and demos is problematic.
Any advice greatly appreciated. I've learn a lot reading all your posts.
Here's the situation, as part of my work I received my Remote Pilot Airman Certificate under part 107.
We want to be able to conduct flights at our business location which happens to fall within Class D airspace (although we are 3+ miles from the tower). The new rules state that all authorizations must go through FAA by using this form; you can't just call the tower like in the old days. The bad news is that these instructions say that up to 90 days advance are required, which is highly impractical in the business world.
So here are a couple of specific questions for you guys:
1. has anyone successfully received an airspace authorization for Class D or E airspace?
2. How long did it take to hear back?
3, Dis FAA respond by email or phone or mail?
4. Can you request a blanket authorization that covers an extended period of time?
When we realized this was the new procedure, we did attempt to submit the form, but our time window was only a few days. We never heard back from FAA and we never even got an email notification that they had received our application.
We're flying 3 different 3DR Solos for mapping work and are very happy so far, but this new wrinkle for our particular location where we do testing and demos is problematic.
Any advice greatly appreciated. I've learn a lot reading all your posts.