Do you fly drones in New Castle, DE?

Yes. New Castle is outside Chester County, and it is still covered. There is no distance limit and no radius rule; travel beyond the usual run is costed with the quote.

What does insurance and claim documentation cost in New Castle?

$375 per property in New Castle County, Delaware. Four or more properties a month is priced lower on a standing arrangement. Quoted prices are valid 90 days.

What kind of drone work do you do most in New Castle?

Mostly insurance & claims, real estate, construction here, though all four packaged lines and the services quoted per project are available anywhere I fly. New Castle is a colonial river town with an airport on top of it, which makes it one of the more interesting places in the area to fly legally.

Are you insured and FAA certified to fly in New Castle?

Yes. Every flight is by an FAA Part 107 certified remote pilot, and the site itself is insured through SkyWatch — $1M of commercial liability bound for your address before the flight, with a certificate naming you as additional insured issued with it. Work in or near controlled airspace needs LAANC authorization arranged in advance.

New Castle County, DE

Drone photography in New Castle

New Castle is a colonial river town with an airport on top of it, which makes it one of the more interesting places in the area to fly legally. Documentation is $375.

The town sits inside the Class D airspace of Wilmington Airport, so essentially every flight here needs an FAA authorization first. That is filed through LAANC in advance, and it is exactly the sort of thing worth paying somebody certified to handle rather than finding out about on the day.

There is a nice piece of geography here too: the courthouse in the middle of town is the point the Twelve-Mile Circle was struck from — the arc that forms the Pennsylvania and Delaware border, and the only circular state boundary in the country. It is drawn on the service area map on this site, for real.

Work here runs from historic property and riverfront documentation to industrial sites along the water. Claim and property documentation is $375, delivered as unmodified originals with a flight log and file manifest; commercial and multi-structure is quoted.

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New Castle, ringed — 18 miles south-east of West Grove, over the county line into New Castle County. Filled dots are Chester County, hollow ones the counties past it, and every town sits at its real coordinates.

Part 107FAA certified remote pilot
$1MCommercial drone liability
LAANCControlled airspace authorization
West GroveBased and flying in the county

What I fly in New Castle

All four run in New Castle, and so does everything quoted per project.

Flying in New Castle

Inside Wilmington Airport Class D — authorized through LAANC before the flight
Based in West Grove, on site in New Castle County
FAA Part 107 certified, $1M commercial liability
Insured per site through SkyWatch before the flight
Weather reschedules are always free

Where a drone needs permission around here