October 3, 2026
Part 107 in Mississippi: Heat and Humidity
Mississippi summers combine heat and humidity that cut drone performance and fuel afternoon storms. What density altitude means on a hot Gulf-state day.
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Flight operations, safety, and decision-making topics from the Part 107 knowledge areas.
October 3, 2026
Part 107 in Minnesota: Cold-Weather Flying
Minnesota winters cut lithium battery performance and hide preflight problems. How Part 107's condition-for-safe-operation rule applies in the cold.
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Part 107 in Massachusetts: Boston and Cape Cod
Boston sits under Class B airspace, and Cape Cod National Seashore is National Park Service land where drones are prohibited. What to plan for.
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Part 107 in Maryland: Inside the DC SFRA
Much of central Maryland sits inside the Washington, DC Special Flight Rules Area, and Baltimore has Class B airspace. How to tell where you can fly.
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Part 107 in Maine: Acadia and Coastal Fog
Maine's best-known coastline includes Acadia National Park, where drones are banned, and fog that can drop visibility below Part 107's 3-mile minimum.
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Part 107 in Louisiana: After the Hurricane
In Louisiana, storm damage is when drones are most wanted and when disaster flight restrictions are most likely. How TFRs work for Part 107 pilots.
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Part 107 in Kentucky: Cargo Hubs and Class B
Kentucky has Class B airspace you might not expect, around the Cincinnati airport in northern Kentucky, plus a busy overnight cargo hub at Louisville.
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Part 107 in Kansas: Plains Wind and Storms
Kansas tests drones with strong, gusty plains wind and fast-building spring and summer storms. How to read gusts and convective weather before you fly.
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Part 107 in Iowa: Fields, Spraying and Wind
Iowa drone work is farm work: scouting corn and soybeans under Part 107, spraying under Part 137, and open-country wind that limits small drones.
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Part 107 in Indiana: Race Day No-Fly Zones
In Indiana, race days matter: the FAA's stadium flight restriction covers IndyCar and NASCAR races within 3 nautical miles, an hour before and after.
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Part 107 in Idaho: Written Consent Rules
Idaho requires written consent before you use a drone to record a targeted person, home, farm or business, and to publish someone's image. What it covers.
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Part 107 in Hawaii: Parks, Tours and Wind
Hawaii's iconic spots are often drone-free national parks, tour helicopters fly low along the coast, and trade winds test small drones. What to plan for.
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