The FAA is changing and modernizing the National Airspace System and they have made certain exceptions for the Spirits of St. Louis RC Flying Club Inc. We now are able to operate under a persistent Airspace Authorization (AA) granted to us by FAA and Spirit of St Louis Tower (SUS-ATCT); as well as our expanded FRIA. Compliance is required, but exceptionally simple. The actual documents are linked below. The practical points when operating at our field are:
- Field is open from 9am to dusk daily to membership and authorized guests only.
- Full scale aircraft must always be given right of way
- Your aircraft must stay under 400ft AGL and within the confines of the AA (see map in AA link below)
- You can fly without a Remote ID or filing a flight plan (LAANC, B4UFLY, etc). This is codified in our expanded FAA-Recognized Identification Area and only applies within our identified airspace.
- All aircraft must have your AMA# and FAA UAS Registration# on the outside somewhere.
- Any guests fliers must also have AMA and record their FAA Registration number on the form that is in case under pavilion.
- Dave Harrington is our FAA liaison
FAA Airspace Authorization(AA)
FAA-Recognized Identification Area(FRIA)
Links to obtain the required registrations:
TRUST – https://www.modelaircraft.org/trust
FAA UAS registration – https://faadronezone-access.faa.gov (one registration# for all your aircraft is fine)
AMA – https://www.modelaircraft.org/membership/enroll (current Full or Youth membership required)
St Louis Spirits RC Club membership – https://www.spiritsofstl.com/membershipinfo/
