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Tremendous Bowl TFR No Drone Zone


FAA points No Drone Zone, TFRs for Tremendous Bowl

By DRONELIFE Options Editor Jim Magill

The FAA has designated a “No Drone Zone” for Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for Tremendous Bowl LIX on sport day, Sunday, Feb. 9 and within the skies across the metropolis’s downtown space throughout the days main as much as the large occasion.

As well as, the company mentioned it could situation momentary flight restrictions for all plane – manned or unmanned – inside a 10-nautical-mile radius of the stadium Feb. 6 by Feb. 11.

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UAV operators who enter the restricted areas with out permission may face the confiscation of their drone, fines as much as $75,000 and potential legal prosecution.

On sport day, drones shall be restricted within the airspace across the Superdome starting at 1:30 p.m. CST inside 1.5 nautical miles of the stadium as much as 2,000 ft in altitude. The restrictions will increase between 4:30 till 10:30 p.m. CST to a 30-nautical-mile radius and as much as 18,000 ft in altitude.

As well as, drone flights shall be restricted for 1.5 nautical miles as much as an altitude of two,000 ft round Lafayette Sq. from Monday, February 3 by Saturday, February 8, throughout the next occasions:

  • February 3 between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m.
  • February 5 between 2 p.m. and 11 p.m.
  • February 6 between midday and 11 p.m.
  • February 7 between 2 p.m. and 11 p.m.
  • February 8 between 9 a.m. and 11 p.m.

In a flight advisory, the FAA mentioned it was issuing the restrictions on the request of the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS). The company mentioned it could situation Notices to Air Missions (NOTAMs) depicting the Particular Safety Instruction (SSI) TFRs for all plane flying within the skies above the town on the day of the sport.

“Any one that knowingly and willingly violates these restrictions could also be topic to sure legal and/or civil penalties. Pilots who violate safety TFRs or procedures could also be intercepted, detained and interviewed by legislation enforcement/safety personnel,” the advisory mentioned.

In an announcement, the FAA mentioned it “is working with legislation enforcement, the aviation group and the Nationwide Soccer League to make sure secure, safe and environment friendly plane operations for Tremendous Bowl LIX.” It warned that normal aviation pilots flying close to New Orleans should “observe particular air visitors procedures and adjust to extra operational necessities,” throughout the interval when the TFRs are in impact.

“We count on practically 7,000 takeoffs and landings and round 600 plane shall be parked at native airports throughout Tremendous Bowl Week,” the FAA mentioned.

Some UAS operations shall be licensed inside the outlined SSI airspace if the operators are in compliance with the next necessities:

  • Previous to TFR activation, the UAS flight operation has been pre-approved by the FAA System Operations Help Heart (SOSC);
  • Requests for pre-approved UAS flight operations can count on disposition of their request in a minimal of 24 hours.
  • If the pre-approved UAS flight operation is performed in direct assist of an lively nationwide protection, homeland safety, legislation enforcement, firefighting, search and rescue, or catastrophe response mission, and prior notification has been supplied to the designated facility contact; or
  • If the pre-approved UAS flight operation is performed in direct assist of a major and pressing governmental curiosity; and
  • The pre-approved UAS flight operation complies with all different relevant federal aviation laws.

The FAA has issued TFRs and drone flight restrictions for Tremendous Bowl video games for a number of years. As well as, federal legislation prohibits flying drones in and round stadiums that seat 30,000 folks or extra starting one hour earlier than and ending one hour after the scheduled time of any of the next occasions: NFL video games; Main League Baseball video games; NCAA Division One soccer video games; and NASCAR Dash Cup; Indy Automotive, and Champ Collection races.

In latest months nonetheless, considerations surrounding the potential of drones being flown close to sports activities stadiums by careless or clueless pilots, or these wishing to inflict precise hurt, have tremendously elevated. In written feedback submitted to a congressional committee in December, Cathy Lanier, the NFL’s chief safety officer, mentioned the variety of drone-related incidents at NFL video games has risen exponentially over the previous a number of years, from a few dozen in 2017 to 2,845 in 2023.

In early January, the NFL was compelled to briefly pause a wild-card playoff sport between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers after a drone was noticed close to M&T Financial institution Stadium in Baltimore.

Additionally including to state and native officers’ considerations surrounding the security of followers attending the large sport in New Orleans was the New Yr’s Day terrorist assault, during which a person drove a pickup truck into pedestrians partying on Bourbon Road, killing 14 folks. In separate press conferences, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick each pledged to work with all federal, state and native companies to maintain the Tremendous Bowl secure.

In an announcement, the Nationwide Soccer League supported the choice concerning establishing No Drone Zones within the metropolis, and mentioned the NFL was “working carefully with the FAA and [the Department of Homeland Security] and respect their good work in shortly detecting, assessing and responding to any unauthorized drone exercise.”

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Jim Magill is a Houston-based author with nearly a quarter-century of expertise overlaying technical and financial developments within the oil and fuel trade. After retiring in December 2019 as a senior editor with S&P World Platts, Jim started writing about rising applied sciences, similar to synthetic intelligence, robots and drones, and the methods during which they’re contributing to our society. Along with DroneLife, Jim is a contributor to Forbes.com and his work has appeared within the Houston Chronicle, U.S. Information & World Report, and Unmanned Techniques, a publication of the Affiliation for Unmanned Automobile Techniques Worldwide.

 



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