Real Estate Drone Photography in South Florida

Aerial work is flown by FAA Part 107 certificated remote pilots; LAANC authorisation is filed by the pilot before every controlled-airspace flight. A Part 107 remote pilot certificate is the legal requirement for commercial drone operation in the United States, and anyone can verify one through the FAA Airmen Inquiry database — ask us for the certificate number of the pilot assigned to your shoot. We also carry liability insurance and can provide a certificate of insurance on request.

LAANC (Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability) is the FAA system that grants near-instant approval to fly in controlled airspace around an airport. Most of South Florida sits inside controlled airspace, so LAANC is the difference between a legal flight and an illegal one. Each airspace grid carries a maximum approved altitude, which can be 400 feet, 100 feet, or zero. We check the grid for your exact address before the shoot.

Miami International (MIA) generates Class B airspace covering most of Miami and the barrier island. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (FLL) and Palm Beach International (PBI) each generate Class C airspace over their cities. On top of those sit several Class D fields whose airspace covers dense residential areas: Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE), Boca Raton (BCT), Opa-locka (OPF), Miami Executive (TMB), North Perry (HWO) and Pompano Beach Airpark (PMP). Homestead Air Reserve Base restricts the far south of Miami-Dade. In practice, a majority of South Florida listings sit in controlled airspace.

Three reasons, in order of frequency. First, the LAANC grid for that address has a zero-foot ceiling, which requires a further-coordination request filed well in advance rather than instant approval. Second, a temporary flight restriction — most commonly a VIP TFR over Palm Beach island, which no authorisation overrides and which can appear at short notice. Third, local rules: Miami Beach restricts launching from city parks and public beach, and some condo associations prohibit launching from their property. We check all three before confirming.

Often, but it is address-specific and has to be checked rather than assumed. Brickell sits under the MIA Class B shelf where ceilings vary block by block. Palm Beach island carries the TFR problem described above. In both cases, if a flight is not available we will say so up front and propose an elevated-floor or rooftop alternative rather than quietly dropping the aerial.

Edited aerial stills at listing resolution plus a full-resolution set, and on Standard and above, 4K aerial video cut into the walkthrough. For waterfront properties that includes the dock, the seawall and a sequence following the canal or waterway toward open water. For golf and acreage properties it includes the frontage and the boundary.

Galleries are delivered within 24 hours of the shoot. Aerial stills and video are delivered in the same gallery as the rest of the shoot, so there is nothing to chase separately.

Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, with no travel fee — Miami, Miami Beach, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Key Biscayne, Aventura, Sunny Isles, Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pompano Beach, Weston, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, West Palm Beach and Palm Beach among them.

Yes, and they are the strongest frame this market produces on waterfront and luxury listings. The usable blue-hour window is roughly 20 minutes, so a twilight aerial is booked as a planned session with the LAANC authorisation timed to cover it, not attempted opportunistically at the end of a daytime shoot.