UAS OPR - temporary warning

[ales]

Quick one which i could not find a clear answer for with a search - currently at the in-laws for the festive break and would love to do some aerial photography and filming of the area.

The drone assist app shows I’m within a UAS OPR yellow area and would love to confirm it’s ok to fly but this simply means there is a plan to professionally use drones in the area and I should simply be extra aware but doesn’t preclude me from flying?

And going a little further, is that true of all yellow warning areas or each case might be different?

Thanks and sorry for the newbie question! If there is a clear and accessible page which explains all kind of area warnings and their impact of flying I’d love to have a link for bookmarking and future reference. Will help keep the forum clean of questions such as this!

I’ve found the areas on the app confusing at times, for example my family home is in a red CTR zone which had me thinking I couldn’t fly at all but after some digging I found this doesn’t apply to unmanned flight below 120m unlike for example in an FRZ which is a blanket ban despite them appearing like identical red regions in the app.

Thanks in advance!

[PingSpike]

@ales

The drone assist app shows I’m within a UAS OPR yellow area

Did you contact Drone Assist? What did they say?

@ales

If there is a clear and accessible page which explains all kind of area warnings and their impact of flying I’d love to have a link for bookmarking and future reference

Here’s a starter for ten: https://dronescene.co.uk/about#MapLayersGroundOverlays

@ales

my family home is in a red CTR zone which had me thinking I couldn’t fly at all

Unlike other apps Drone Scene excludes all irrelevant airspace restrictions by default, check it out

[SparkyFPV]

Hi @ales , it looks as though you’re quite new here

Why not nip over to the Introductions page, and say hello properly and tell us a bit about yourself.

[TheJohnster]

@ales

I’ve found the areas on the app confusing at times, for example my family home is in a red CTR zone which had me thinking I couldn’t fly at all but after some digging I found this doesn’t apply to unmanned flight below 120m unlike for example in an FRZ which is a blanket ban despite them appearing like identical red regions in the app.

Even FRZ red areas are not all blanket bans; airport FRZs for example can be flown in with permission from the airport Air Traffic Control. Never done it myself (yet) but apparently you apply online for permission, which is usually granted, and then when you are ready to take off you phone the tower on the number they’ve given you and tell them you’re going to fly, then you phone them again when you’ve finished. They’re happy so long as they know where you are flying and what you are doing.

Red FRZs around prisons, military sites, and royal residences are pretty much no-nos, though.