Do I need FAA permission to fly over my Puerto Rico job site?

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14 CFR 107.41 — Operation in certain airspace · 14 CFR 107.43 — Operation in the vicinity of airports · 14 CFR 107.45 — Operation in prohibited or restricted areas · 14 CFR 107.49 — Preflight familiarization, inspection, and actions for aircraft operation · 14 CFR 107.51 — Operating limitations for small unmanned aircraft · 14 CFR 107.205 — List of regulations subject to waiver · FAA Order JO 7400.11M — Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated 30 July 2026, effective 15 September 2026 · Establishment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Ceiba, PR — final rule, 91 FR 23904, effective 9 July 2026 · FAA Part 107 Airspace Authorizations — LAANC and FAADroneZone · FAA UAS Data Exchange — LAANC · FAA UAS Facility Maps, FAQ and Decision Flow Chart · AIM 3-2-5 — Class D Airspace; AIM 5-1-3 — NOTAM System · FAA Temporary Flight Restrictions and the FAA TFR list

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14 CFR 107.41 — Operation in certain airspace (eCFR) · 14 CFR 107.43 — Operation in the vicinity of airports (eCFR) · 14 CFR 107.45 — Operation in prohibited or restricted areas (eCFR) · 14 CFR 107.49 — Preflight familiarization, inspection, and actions for aircraft operation (eCFR) · 14 CFR 107.51 — Operating limitations for small unmanned aircraft (eCFR) · 14 CFR 107.205 — List of regulations subject to waiver (eCFR) · FAA — LAANC and the UAS Data Exchange · FAA — Part 107 Airspace Authorizations · FAA — UAS Facility Maps · FAA — UAS Facility Maps FAQ · FAA — UAS Facility Map Decision Flow Chart · FAA Order JO 7400.11M — Airspace Designations and Reporting Points (PDF, dated 30 July 2026, effective 15 September 2026) · Establishment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Ceiba, PR — final rule, 91 FR 23904 (govinfo) · AIM 3-2-5 — Class D Airspace · AIM 5-1-3 — Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) System · FAA — Temporary Flight Restrictions and drones · FAA — TFR list · FDC 6/4508 — TFR detail (XML) · FAA — LAANC airport list (PDF) · FAA — B4UFLY · FAA — Airspace Authorizations for Recreational Flyers · FAA — Contract Tower list

Verified

6 September 2026

Status

Current

Which airspace needs FAA permission before takeoff?

Four kinds of airspace require prior authorization from Air Traffic Control: Class B, Class C, Class D, and the surface area of Class E airspace designated for an airport.Verbatim¶

The rule names those four and stops there. Prior means before the aircraft leaves the ground. It is a document you hold at the tailgate, not a call you make afterward.Our reading¶

Three of the four exist in Puerto Rico. The Class B appendix of the FAA order carries no Puerto Rico entry; what the island has is Class C, Class D and Class E.Our reading¶

Class is a coordinate question, not a municipality question. A site can sit half a mile outside a radius and clear it, or half a mile inside and need a filing, and the town name tells you neither.Our reading¶

No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft in Class B, Class C, or Class D airspace or within the lateral boundaries of the surface area of Class E airspace designated for an airport unless that person has prior authorization from Air Traffic Control (ATC).

Which class covers each airport in Puerto Rico?

San Juan is Class C; Aguadilla, Ceiba and Isla Grande are Class D; Ponce and Mayaguez are Class E surface areas, and they are part-time. Those six designations decide most airspace questions on the island.Our reading¶

Luis Munoz Marin International sits in Appendix C of FAA Order JO 7400.11M, the Class C appendix. The core runs from the surface to and including 4,000 feet MSL inside a 5-mile radius; the same entry continues past the point quoted here with the coordinates and the shelves out to 10 miles, read there as floors of 1,200, 1,700 and 2,800 feet.Our reading¶

Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla is Class D from the surface of the Earth to and including 2,700 feet MSL within a 4.5-mile radius.Verbatim¶

It appears in the FAA's LAANC airport list, so the routine authorization there runs on the near-real time path.Our reading¶

Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport in Ceiba is Class D from the surface to and including 2,500 feet MSL inside a 5-mile radius. The final rule that established it carries an effective date of 0901 UTC, 9 July 2026, published at 91 FR 23904 — controlled airspace where older charts and checklists show none. Check the date on the chart and the checklist you carry for that area against the current designation.Our reading¶

Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci at Isla Grande is Class D from the surface up to, and not including, 1,200 feet MSL inside a 3.9-mile radius, excluding the portion that falls inside San Juan's Class C. It is part-time: the same point is controlled airspace at one hour of the day and Class G at another, and the effective times are published in the Chart Supplement.Our reading¶

Mercedita Airport in Ponce is a Class E surface area with a 4.1-mile radius, also part-time. Section 107.41 names the surface area of Class E alongside B, C and D, so an active window carries the same requirement a Class D does.Our reading¶

Eugenio Maria de Hostos in Mayaguez is a part-time Class E surface area as well. The published designation sets a radius plus a corridor along a VOR/DME radial; the copy of the source PDF read here came back with broken spacing, so the geometry is not verified. Take the radius, the corridor and the effective times from the current designation and match them against your own coordinates.Unverified¶

AIM 3-2-5 gives the pattern: Class D surrounds airports that have an operational control tower, and Class D surface areas may be designated full-time or part-time, with part-time effective times published in the Chart Supplement. Two Puerto Rico fields appear on the FAA contract tower list, Aguadilla and Isla Grande; read that list yourself for the field nearest your site before you plan around tower hours.Our reading¶

One date to keep straight: the FAA order these designations come from is dated 30 July 2026 and takes effect 15 September 2026. Each designation also carries its own effective date from the final rule that established it, and that is the date that governs before the order turns over.Our reading¶

That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 4,000 feet MSL within a 5-mile radius of the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport

That airspace extending upward from the surface of the Earth to and including 2,700 feet MSL within a 4.5-mile radius of the Rafael Hernandez Airport.

That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 2,500 feet MSL within a 5-mile radius of Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport.

Effective date 0901 UTC, July 9, 2026.

This Class D airspace area is effective during the dates and times established in advance by a Notice to Air Missions. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in the Chart Supplement.

Within a 4.1-mile radius of Mercedita Airport. This Class E airspace is effective during the specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.

This Class E airspace area is effective during the specific days and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective days and times will thereafter be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.

Generally, Class D airspace extends upward from the surface to 2,500 feet above the airport elevation (charted in MSL) surrounding those airports that have an operational control tower. Class D surface areas may be designated as full-time (24 hour tower operations) or part-time. Part-time Class D effective times are published in the Chart Supplement.

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How do I request the authorization: LAANC or FAADroneZone?

Two paths issue a Part 107 airspace authorization: LAANC, filed through an app made by an FAA-approved company, and FAADroneZone, processed by hand at the FAA Air Traffic Service Centers. Which one applies depends on the airport, and the gap between them runs from a near-real time approval to 60 days.Our reading¶

LAANC is a data exchange, not an FAA app. The FAA shares airspace data with approved companies called UAS Service Suppliers, and those companies build the desktop and mobile apps you file through. You are choosing a supplier, and suppliers differ in what they offer — the FAA's own table marks which ones handle near-real time approvals, further coordination, and recreational requests.Our reading¶

The near-real time approval is not 400 feet. It is the altitude printed in the grid where you are flying, and nothing above it.Our reading¶

Above the grid number, the path is further coordination: a human Air Traffic Manager reviews the request, and it must be submitted at least 72 hours before the requested start time.Verbatim¶

Where the airport falls outside LAANC coverage, everything goes through FAADroneZone, and the FAA asks for the request at least 60 days ahead. Requests filed later than that may be cancelled or denied, and authorizations are processed first come, first served.Verbatim¶

Five Puerto Rico airports read as covered in the FAA's LAANC airport list: San Juan, Aguadilla, Ponce, Isla Grande and Mayaguez. Ceiba, which took on Class D airspace in 2026, is outside them on the copy read here, which the FAA dated August 2025 — so that field runs on the 60-day clock until the list says otherwise. Coverage is what decides which of the two clocks applies, so open the list yourself before you quote a date for that area.Our reading¶

Waivers are issued through FAADroneZone. An operation that needs both a waiver and an airspace authorization — night work, or flight over people — files both there.Our reading¶

Put both clocks next to the dates a schedule already carries. Where a delivery date falls inside the 72-hour minimum for further coordination, the filing goes on the schedule first, and the date is promised after that.Our reading¶

Through the UAS Data Exchange, the capability facilitates the sharing of airspace data between the FAA and companies approved by the FAA to provide LAANC services. The companies are known as UAS Service Suppliers — and the desktop applications and mobile apps to utilize the LAANC capability are provided by the UAS Service Suppliers (USS).

Near-real time airspace authorizations at pre-approved altitudes on the UAS Facility Maps.

Further coordination means that the request must be reviewed by an Air Traffic Manager (ATM) who manages the airspace where you wish to fly. Further coordination requests must be submitted at least 72 hours prior to requested start time of the operation.

Please submit requests at least 60 days prior to the proposed operation date. Requests submitted less than 60 days prior to an operation date may result in cancellation or denial. Airspace Authorizations (COAs) are processed on a first come, first served basis.

FAADroneZone provides authorizations for airports that are not LAANC-enabled. It may also be used to process requests at LAANC enabled facilities, however it does not provide authorizations in near-real time. All requests are processed manually at the FAA Air Traffic Service Centers

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1. Pin the takeoff point and every corner of the work area to coordinates, then read the airspace class and the grid altitudes for each square the operation touches.
2. If the airport is in LAANC and the altitude you need is at or below the lowest of those grid numbers, file through a UAS Service Supplier app for a near-real time approval.
3. If the altitude you need is above that number, or the grid reads 0', file a further coordination request through a supplier that offers it, at least 72 hours before the start time.
4. If the airport falls outside LAANC coverage, open FAADroneZone, choose Create Part 107 Waiver/Authorization, then Airspace Authorization, and file at least 60 days before the operation date.
5. Keep the reference number FAADroneZone returns. That number is how the request is tracked.
6. If the operation also needs a waiver, file the waiver and the airspace request through FAADroneZone together.
7. Save the approval — number, altitude, area, and time window — in the flight record, with the date it was issued.

What does the number in a UAS Facility Map grid mean?

The number in a grid is the altitude, in feet above ground level, that the FAA has pre-approved for fast authorization in that square — and the map itself is informational, so the authorization still comes from a filed request. The FAA states this in capital letters on the map page.Our reading¶

Each grid is 30 seconds of latitude by 30 seconds of longitude. The FAA puts that at about 160 acres and scopes the figure to most of the contiguous 48 states; 30 seconds of longitude covers more ground at Puerto Rico's latitude, so a grid here is larger than that. An operating area wider than one grid sits in more than one, and so does a narrow one that straddles a grid line. Trace the area on the map and count the squares it touches: the count is what the filing turns on.Our reading¶

When the operation falls in multiple grids, the FAA flow chart directs you to identify the lowest altitude in all the grids you want to operate in. Not the grid you park in. Not the average. The lowest.Verbatim¶

This is the arithmetic that decides whether a flight day happens. Quote against the grid where the truck is parked, arrive, and find the next square over reads 50 feet, and the day is lost in front of whoever is paying for it.Our reading¶

A grid marked 0' marks where instant approval stops. The FAA states that a remote pilot flying under Part 107 can use LAANC to obtain airspace authorization above the grids, 0' grids included, by submitting a further coordination request. That puts the square on the 72-hour clock and in front of the Air Traffic Manager, who decides it.Our reading¶

Read the official viewer, not a screenshot in a group chat. The FAA links the current maps from its UAS Facility Maps page, and the altitude printed in each grid is measured in feet above the ground.Our reading¶

NOTE: These maps DO NOT authorize operations in these areas at the depicted altitudes – they are for informational purposes ONLY. Operators must still apply to operate in controlled airspace (Class B, C, D, or surface area E) by completing a Part 107 Airspace Authorization request in LAANC or the FAADroneZone, or a Waiver Application in the FAADroneZone.

The UASFM grid parameters are 30 seconds of latitude by 30 seconds of longitude; in most of the contiguous 48 states, this equates to 0.25 square miles or approximately 160 acres.

Identify the altitude in the grid. This altitude is measured in feet above the ground level. If the proposed operation falls in multiple grids, identify the lowest altitude in all the grids in which you want to operate.

Certificated Remote Pilots can use LAANC to obtain airspace authorization above UASFM grids, including 0' grids by submitting a further coordination request.

1. Open the FAA UAS Facility Maps viewer and find the site by coordinates.
2. Trace the whole operating area on the map, including transit and any alternate launch point.
3. Write down the altitude printed in every grid the operation touches.
4. Take the lowest of those numbers. That is the altitude you file.
5. Read that number as feet above the ground at that square.
6. Where the lowest number sits under what the job needs, put the further coordination clock into the schedule before the date is promised.

The chart shows controlled airspace over my whole site. Do I file for it?

It depends on which Class E the chart is shading. Section 107.41 attaches to four things — Class B, Class C, Class D, and the surface area of Class E designated for an airport — so Class E that begins at 700 or 1,200 feet above the ground sits outside that list.Our reading¶

Section 107.51(b) holds the aircraft at or below 400 feet above the ground, and allows more only within a 400-foot radius of a structure and no higher than 400 feet above that structure's uppermost limit. A flight below a 700-foot or 1,200-foot Class E floor is in Class G, and section 107.41 attaches the ATC authorization to the four categories it names.Our reading¶

This is the trap running backward. One pilot sees "controlled airspace" shaded over the whole island and files a request the rule never asked for; the next sees the same shading, decides the island is closed, and turns down work.Our reading¶

The distinction to carry is surface area against floor. Airspace that touches the ground around an airport is the one that reaches a low-altitude flight. Airspace with a floor at 700 feet starts above it.Our reading¶

No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft in Class B, Class C, or Class D airspace or within the lateral boundaries of the surface area of Class E airspace designated for an airport unless that person has prior authorization from Air Traffic Control (ATC).

That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 7-mile radius of Jose Aponte de la Torre Airport.

How do I check TFRs and NOTAMs on the day of the flight?

Open the FAA TFR list filtered to PR, then run NOTAM Search for the airports near the site — on the morning of the flight, not the week before. TFRs restrict drones the same way they restrict every other aircraft, and the FAA states that you must always check NOTAMs prior to your flight.Our reading¶

A TFR is a temporary closure of a piece of sky, issued for security, hazards, disasters, large events, or national defense. In Puerto Rico this is a seasonal certainty rather than a hypothetical: storm season produces them, and they appear over a work area at exactly the moment the pictures are most wanted.Our reading¶

On 6 September 2026 the list carried a security TFR over Ceiba, issued under 14 CFR 99.7 as special security instructions, running from 2,500 to 5,000 feet MSL and effective until 31 October 2026. Inside the area and altitudes it describes it prohibits all aircraft flight operations. Read the NOTAM text for your own area on the day of the flight: the list changes, and the area, altitudes and dates in the NOTAM are the ones that govern.Our reading¶

A TFR is a kind of NOTAM, not a separate system. Checking the TFR list alone leaves out airspace closures, GPS interference tests, and military activity that publish as ordinary NOTAMs and still reach the flight.Our reading¶

NOTAMs arrive in ICAO contractions — ACFT for aircraft, WI for within, FLT for flight. Keep the FAA contraction list open beside the search, and pull the ZSU center notices as well; ZSU is the identifier of the San Juan ARTCC.Our reading¶

The FAA TFR site also serves the list in machine-readable form, which makes a daily automated check of the island practical.Unverified¶

Prior to flight, the remote pilot in command must: (a) Assess the operating environment, considering risks to persons and property in the immediate vicinity both on the surface and in the air. This assessment must include: (1) Local weather conditions; (2) Local airspace and any flight restrictions; (3) The location of persons and property on the surface; and (4) Other ground hazards.

These airspace restrictions are called Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) and are communicated to pilots through Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs). They restrict aircraft (including drones) from operating without permission in a certain area for a limited time. You must always check NOTAMs prior to your flight.

Active TFRs are published on FAA's TFR list. The TFR list is updated in real-time. The easiest way to see if one exists in your area is to filter by state. You can view details of the TFR in the column titled ‘NOTAM’.

PURSUANT TO 14 CFR 99.7, SPECIAL SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS, ALL ACFT FLT OPS ARE PROHIBITED: WI AN AREA DEFINED AS 181107N0654029W (SJU142023.8) TO 181042N0653819W (SJU140025.6) TO 175231N0653602W (SJU158040.7) TO 175220N0653810W (SJU160039.8) TO THE POINT OF ORIGIN 2500FT MSL-5000FT MSL EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL 2611010359 UTC (2359 LOCAL 10/31/26).

The NOTAM system provides pilots with time critical aeronautical information that is temporary, or information to be published on aeronautical charts at a later date, or information from another operational publication. The NOTAM is cancelled when the information in the NOTAM is published on the chart or when the temporary condition is returned to normal status.

Pilots can access NOTAM information online via NOTAM Search at: https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/ or from an FSS.

These TFRs do not ban aircraft with proper authorization, including drones, from providing disaster relief and recovery assistance. TFRs include details about who may get approval to fly in them. Typically, only public safety agencies, first responders and other organizations such as media may be eligible for approval.

1. Open the FAA TFR list and filter by state to PR.
2. Open the NOTAM column for any TFR touching the area and read the full text, including the categories it names as eligible for approval.
3. Run NOTAM Search for the airport identifiers near the site, and for ZSU.
4. Repeat the check on the morning of the flight. A NOTAM can publish up to seven days before the activity starts, and a TFR can appear overnight.
5. File the dated results next to the airspace authorization in the same flight record.

Does the airspace authorization cover the rest of the preflight?

An airspace authorization covers one thing: entry into that airspace at that altitude. The FAA says it plainly — LAANC provides airspace authorizations only, and pilots must still check NOTAMs, weather conditions, and abide by all airspace restrictions.Verbatim¶

Two more rules apply wherever you are, including squares that come back clear. Section 107.43 keeps the operation out of the way of operations and traffic patterns at any airport, heliport, or seaplane base.Verbatim¶

That reaches hospital helipads and private strips, which a map layer may or may not show.Our reading¶

Section 107.45 puts prohibited and restricted areas behind a different door: permission from the using or controlling agency, as appropriate.Verbatim¶

That agency may be military or another federal body, with its own process and its own calendar.Our reading¶

Neither of those two is waivable. Section 107.205 lists the rules a waiver can reach, and 107.43 and 107.45 are outside that list — so the answer there is planning, not paperwork.Our reading¶

For a job that has to hold up later, the preflight record shows both halves: the authorization, and the dated TFR and NOTAM check for the same window. A green screen alone documents half of what the rule asks for.Our reading¶

LAANC provides airspace authorizations only. Pilots must still check NOTAMs, weather conditions, and abide by all airspace restrictions.

No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft in a manner that interferes with operations and traffic patterns at any airport, heliport, or seaplane base.

No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft in prohibited or restricted areas unless that person has permission from the using or controlling agency, as appropriate.

Is B4UFLY enough for paid work?

B4UFLY shows where recreational flyers can and cannot fly; a Part 107 airspace authorization comes from LAANC or FAADroneZone. The two answer different questions, and only one of them produces a document.Our reading¶

B4UFLY earns its place as situational awareness — a fast look at what is around a site before anyone commits to a date. The filing that lets a paid flight happen is separate, and it is the one that goes in the record.Our reading¶

The Part 107 route also buys altitude a recreational flyer cannot ask for. The FAA tells recreational flyers to apply only at or below the approved altitudes on the maps; the further coordination path above the grid, 0' grids included, belongs to Part 107.Our reading¶

On a site where the grids read low, that is the difference between a flight day and a cancelled one.Our reading¶

The FAA’s B4UFLY service shows where recreational flyers can and cannot fly.

Only apply for authorization at or below approved altitudes on the UAS Facility Maps.

What most people have wrong

Each of these is a thing said confidently in public that the rule does not support. The section number settles it.

1. San Juan is Class B, like every other big-city airport.Luis Munoz Marin International is listed in the Class C appendix of FAA Order JO 7400.11M: surface to and including 4,000 feet MSL within a 5-mile radius, with shelves out to 10 miles. The order's Class B appendix carries no Puerto Rico entry at all.JO 7400.11M, Appendix C — ASO PR C San Juan
2. Ponce and Mayaguez are Class D, so plan on filing.Both are Class E surface areas, and both are part-time. The effective days and times are established in advance by NOTAM and then published in the Airport/Facility Directory, so the same point, the same aircraft and the same job give a different answer depending on the hour.JO 7400.11M, Appendix E — ASO PR E2 Ponce and ASO PR E2 Mayaguez
3. A grid marked 0' means flying there is prohibited.0' marks where automatic approval stops. The FAA states that a remote pilot flying under Part 107 can use LAANC to obtain airspace authorization above the grids, including 0' grids, by submitting a further coordination request. That request carries a 72-hour minimum and is reviewed by the Air Traffic Manager for that airspace, so a 0' grid is a request to file on a clock.FAA, Part 107 Airspace Authorizations
4. File the grid altitude for the spot where you take off.When the operation falls in multiple grids, the flow chart directs you to identify the lowest altitude in all the grids you want to operate in. The FAA puts a grid at about 160 acres in most of the contiguous 48 states, and it is larger at Puerto Rico's latitude — so trace the area and count the squares it touches instead of assuming one covers it.UAS Facility Map Decision Flow Chart; UASFM FAQ #13
5. The chart shades controlled airspace over the site, so an authorization is required.Section 107.41 reaches Class B, Class C, Class D, and the surface area of Class E designated for an airport. Class E with a floor at 700 or 1,200 feet above ground is a different structure, and a flight below that floor is in Class G. Section 107.51(b) holds the aircraft at or below 400 feet above the ground, with an allowance close to a structure.14 CFR 107.41
6. The green LAANC approval is the preflight record.LAANC provides airspace authorizations only. Pilots must still check NOTAMs, weather conditions, and abide by all airspace restrictions — so the record that holds up shows the approval and the dated NOTAM and TFR check for the same window.FAA, LAANC — UAS Data Exchange
7. Worst case is 72 hours, so a Monday call covers a Thursday flight.72 hours is the LAANC further coordination minimum. Where the airport falls outside LAANC coverage, the FAA asks for requests at least 60 days before the operation date, and requests filed later may result in cancellation or denial.FAA, Part 107 Airspace Authorizations
8. If an airport has controlled airspace, it is in LAANC.Jose Aponte de la Torre in Ceiba took on Class D by amendment effective 9 July 2026. The FAA's LAANC airport list, which the FAA dated August 2025, carries five Puerto Rico fields, and Ceiba sits outside them. New controlled airspace and LAANC coverage arrive on separate calendars, so read that list again on the day you quote a date for that area.JO 7400.11M, Appendix D — ASO PR D Ceiba; FAA LAANC airport list
9. B4UFLY said the site was clear, so the flight was authorized.The FAA's B4UFLY service shows where recreational flyers can and cannot fly. Part 107 authorization is issued through LAANC or FAADroneZone, and that is the document a paid flight rests on.FAA B4UFLY
10. A TFR over the area closes the job until it lifts.TFRs do not ban aircraft with proper authorization, and each TFR names who may be approved to fly in it. The FAA notes that this is typically public safety agencies, first responders and organizations such as media, so the eligibility question is answered by reading that specific NOTAM.FAA UAS — Temporary Flight Restrictions

Where this goes next

• Can a drone legally fly over people, and fly at night?An operation over people needs a Subpart D category or a waiver, and the waiver is filed through the same FAADroneZone door as the airspace request.
• Can I legally fly a drone over my job site in Puerto Rico?Puerto Rico law governs recording private property, and it applies on its own schedule whether or not the airspace question came back clear.
• Can I fly a drone over protected land in Puerto Rico?Class G overhead settles the airspace; the ground underneath carries separate rules, including where an aircraft may launch and land.
• What do I need to fly a drone on my own job site in Puerto Rico?The authorization, the NOTAM check and the flight log belong in one dated record, and each of them has its own retention clock.

Written by a FAA Part 107 Certified Remote Pilot in western Puerto Rico, and verified on 6 September 2026. Something out of date or wrong on this page? Write and say so — corrections are read and dated.