Flight restriction zones
The official UK dataset, refreshed every AIRAC cycle.
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Not a simplified hobby map. The same airspace a manned pilot would brief, filtered down to what matters below 400 ft. No account needed to look.
Part of huum, the CRM for UK drone operators. The map stays free either way.Controlled airspace from the UK AIPTaken from the ENR section and refreshed on the 28-day AIRAC cycle.
NOTAMs, liveTemporary restrictions come in as they are issued, with their activation hours.
Manned traffic, liveAircraft broadcasting on ADS-B, refreshed every ten seconds.
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Leeds at 400 ft. Everything that applies is drawn; everything that does not is one tick away. Try it here, or open it full screen.
- Hover, then clickHover a zone for its name and vertical limits. Click for the full record: reference, limits, activation hours and source.
- Layers tuned for dronesWhat actually affects you below 400 ft is on by default. Everything else is one tick away.
- Find anywhereSix base maps, a 3D view with real terrain and buildings, place and postcode search, and use-my-location.
- Draw it, get a verdictDraw where you are flying and every restriction that applies is listed and explained.
On the map. The official UK dataset, refreshed on the AIRAC cycle.
Controlled airspace
Boundaries with the vertical limits that apply to each one, from the UK AIP (ENR) on the 28-day cycle.
Aerodrome traffic zones
Civil and military, from the surface upwards.
Transponder and radio zones
Where mandatory equipment applies.
Temporary restrictions
Drawn dashed like a real chart, with activation hours.
Manned aircraft, live
What is actually in the air over the site, coloured by height. The helicopter at 800 ft is in no NOTAM.
How it works Beta, the things you hitMasts and power lines
Chimneys, water towers and turbines too, with conductor spans drawn as a corridor. Not yet dependable, and it says so when it has nothing.
Read the limitsNavigation warnings, gliding and sporting
Lasers, firing ranges, gliding sites and helicopter zones. There when you need them, one tick away.
Airspace is not the only thing up there. Two layers the official dataset does not have.
Every UK drone map draws the same restriction zones from the same official dataset. Two layers here do not come from it, because the hazards they cover are not published as airspace at all. One is solid; the other is honest about not being, yet.
The helicopter at 800 ft is in no NOTAM. So the map shows what is in the air.
Aircraft broadcasting on ADS-B, drawn as arrows pointing along their track and coloured by height: red below 1,000 ft, amber to 5,000, blue above. Click one for its callsign, type, height and rate of climb. It updates every ten seconds while the layer is on.
It shows what is broadcasting and being heard, which is not everything flying. A light aircraft without a transponder, and often military traffic, will not be there. Treat it as a second pair of eyes, never as a clearance.
A survey at 90 m meets a conductor, not a TMA. So the structures are drawn too.
Masts, communications towers, chimneys, water towers, wind turbines and pylons, with transmission lines drawn as the corridor to stay clear of rather than a hairline you can miss. One county view holds hundreds of them.
Beta, and honestly so: the public OpenStreetMap query service refuses our requests often enough that this layer regularly has nothing to show. When that happens it tells you, rather than letting an empty map read as clear ground. It is also contributed data rather than a survey. A structure can be missing, and most do not publish a height.
Airspace changes. You will know.
Watch a site and it is re-checked against the latest airspace every time you open the map. A new restriction over somewhere you fly regularly raises an alert on your dashboard.
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You add the site. Airspace refreshes. You are notified.
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