Hi, I am fairly new to drone flying, just a general hobbyist who likes to fly. I have a DJI Mini 4 pro and enjoy it very much. My question is this, genuinely. (possibly leaving myself open for a pasting here, but I am a big boy) Why are so many drone flyers fascinated with flying near airports, I s…

[image] yorkiescot: Given the possible legal ramifications If the airport is closed for runway maintenance and full permission to fly has been granted, there are no legal ramifications. :+1: I love sea flying but I’d also love to fly along an aircraft runway. :slightly_smiling_face:

Having flown at East Midlands Airport - during runway closures - its quite an experience. Most of us never get a chance like that as unless its for a commercial reason, as getting permission to fly so close to a runway / airport is really tricky - not impossible but can be quite a challenge. So wor…

It’s much the same reason that people enjoy visiting a “lost” vilaage when the MoD open a range for a couple of days a year - or a country house is opened to the public on a few occasions each year. These are rare activities and perfectly legal - permission has been granted by the authority contro…

Like legolad said its the plannings and talkingnto ATC ETC and then when your there people will come upto you some wont be nice, some will be intrested, but gettingnthe correct permissions to fly it and you wont be allow to fly near the planes if rhats what ya thinking ,nyhe grass verge u see along…

Hi, Airports have a huge area, I’ve applied and flown legally within the Glasgow Airport zone when it was open to take video and photos of my parents home… Indeed, much of Paisley is a no fly zone and it has a number of historical buildings, it’s just a pity the weather cannot be predicted accurat…

Really ? Not for me, I like the countryside.

and thats fine but there are many that like when the chance arises they wanna take advantage as its not a normal thing to get perimssion for :slight_smile:

Thank you for the replies guys. It seems my views were misdirected and i need to have a look at this for myself. I live near Doncaster Robin Hood, and can see that a few flyers have shots from here. May I ask how to, and who do you apply to for permission to do such a thing?

There is a few ways to go about getting aproval If you go onto Drone Scene and find the location and click on it there will be some info on how to apply Doncaster Robin Hood is a bit of an odd one - there is some info on here as it currently is not open or is but it does not seem to have a NFZ / F…

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milkmanchris 12 October 2026 11:22 6

As per previous replies, when else would you get this type of opportunity