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Old 23rd Jan 2015, 16:16
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DaveReidUK
 
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DJI video explaining how the "no-fly" zones are implemented:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoXAMRQoIAA

Category A (large) airports have a 5 mile/8 km zone defined around them in the drone's firmware (but only if you have downloaded a firmware update). The drone is height-restricted between 1.5 and 5 miles from the centre of the zone and will not fly at all closer than 1.5 miles.

For Category B (smaller) airfields it's a 0.6 miles radius no-fly zone.

A downloadable list on the DJI website shows 175 Category A airports worldwide and 513 Category B.
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