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FAA Part 107 Small UAS rule (United States)

The US Federal Aviation Administration's 14 CFR Part 107, the operating-rules framework for small unmanned aircraft systems (under 55 lb) flown commercially in US airspace. Effective Aug 29, 2016, it sets the Remote Pilot Certificate, operating limits (daylight/civil-twilight, visual-line-of-sight, 400 ft AGL, one-pilot-one-aircraft), and waiver pathways. Amended Apr 21, 2021 by the Remote ID rule and the Operations Over People / night-operations final rules. Beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations are governed by waiver and by the proposed Part 108 framework (NPRM published Aug 7, 2025).

Jurisdiction: United States · Effective 2016-08-29

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Sources (7)

  1. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-107
  2. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-107/subpart-B
  3. https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/small-unmanned-aircraft-systems-uas-regulations-part-107
  4. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/28/2016-15079/operation-and-certification-of-small-unmanned-aircraft-systems
  5. https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-announces-effective-dates-final-drone-rules
  6. https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators/operations_over_people
  7. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14992/normalizing-unmanned-aircraft-systems-beyond-visual-line-of-sight-operations

Status history

  • In effect · 2016-08-29 · editor:DEPLOY content-agent (drones V1 unit 1 - DJI / FAA Part 107)

    Part 107 small UAS operating rule in effect since Aug 29, 2016; baseline status event (drones V1).

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