The FAA's airspace data places Miami under the Miami Class B, centered on Miami International Airport, with a ceiling of 7,000 feet. Class D airspace also reaches the ground around Miami-Opa Locka Executive and Miami Executive airports, each with a ceiling of 2,500 feet, so many waterfront and downtown addresses sit in controlled airspace.
In Florida, section 330.41 of the Florida Statutes gives the state the authority over drone operations: counties and cities cannot adopt their own ordinances on how drones fly, apart from general rules on nuisance, voyeurism or harassment. The same section lists critical infrastructure facilities, seaports and airports among them, that a drone may fly over only for a commercial purpose authorized under FAA regulations, and it bars flights over schools from prekindergarten through grade 12.
Section 934.50 covers privacy: a camera drone may not record privately owned property or the people on it with the intent to conduct surveillance without their written consent, and it lists aerial mapping in compliance with FAA regulations among its exceptions. Biscayne National Park allows launching, landing or operating a drone only with the superintendent's written approval, and during Major League Baseball games the FAA's stadium rule clears drones from within three nautical miles of the ballpark, from an hour ahead of the scheduled first pitch until an hour after the final out.
In controlled airspace (Class B, C or D, or the surface area of Class E around an airport), section 107.41 of the FAA's Part 107 rule requires prior authorization from air traffic control. The FAA grants it through LAANC, in near real time at the altitudes shown on its UAS Facility Maps, or through FAADroneZone.
Summary of the official pages listed below, read on 11/14/2026.
