OpenSky - App for Drone Flyers

Wing Aviation LLC

About this app

It’s often difficult for drone operators to determine where they can and cannot fly. OpenSky is the simplest and fastest way to view drone rules and regulations in the U.S. and Australia. Pilots can find out where to fly their drone, plan a flight with a few quick clicks, check airspace rules and get near real-time access to controlled airspace through LAANC.

Features of OpenSky include:
Guide for drone flying - Find out where and when you can and cannot fly based on published aviation regulations set by the FAA (U.S) and CASA (Australia).
Compliance maps from Aviation Authorities - OpenSky makes it easy to visualize airspace rules tailored to your operation and aircraft; for both recreational & commercial drone operators.
Identify Risks - OpenSky will help identify possible flight hazards in your area like Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs).
Airspace authorizations - Drone operators can automatically request authorization to fly in controlled airspace, including the busy airspace near major cities. In the United States this is called LAANC.
Track your missions - OpenSky will track and manage your past and upcoming flights, and notify you of changes to any planned flights.

You can find out more about Opensky at: www.wing.com/opensky

Ratings and reviews

Very easy and intuitive, I am flying without a Registered aircraft as I'm using the under 250g battery while I study for my part 107, so in order to complete the request form, I filled in the Registration Number (N#) with "under 250g", this was accepted and I was granted permission to fly. Next question is; I was allowed to fly in my reserved time and location, so what or how do we request a clearance to fly with a partner drone?

Good app, but support for national parks is next to useless, especially given parks are about the only place you can fly, but then you can't fly (at least in VIC) because they're a national park. Parks you wouldn't think are national parks are in fact national parks and therefore restricted, but the appropriate advice is not being given by the app. If I can't trust national park information to be correct, then how can I trust any information to be correct? End result: app is useless

This has insufficient information for checking the restricted area briefings. U can't tell what the restricted area is called for looking up if it's active or not. I saw an app for the USA in a YouTube video which seemed to have built in capability to get approval from national parks to fly. Having a quick, automated system to do that would be very convenient. Is that something you could look into?

What’s new

Bug fixes and performance improvements.