FAA restricts drone flights for Christmas over parts of New Jersey

Left hand, right hand. Despite saying this on Tuesday.

Having closely examined the technical data and tips from concerned citizens, we assess that the sightings to date include a combination of lawful commercial drones, hobbyist drones, and law enforcement drones, as well as manned fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and stars mistakenly reported as drones. We have not identified anything anomalous and do not assess the activity to date to present a national security or public safety risk over the civilian airspace in New Jersey or other states in the northeast.

The FAA decided to issue 22, 1nm radius TFRs (Temporary Flight Restrictions) valid until January 17th 2025 on Thursday in New Jersey. That’s just under 70 square nautical miles of airspace.

So if you are in New Jersey, be careful around these spots. You can always have a look at the Altitude Angel Drone Safety Map to see how close you are to them.

• Hamilton (Mercer County)
• Bridgewater
• North Brunswick
• Cedar Grove
• Metuchen
• Evesham
• Camden
• Gloucester City
• Westampton
• South Brunswick
• Edison
• Branchburg
• Sewaren section of Woodbridge
• Jersey City
• Harrison (Hudson County)
• Elizabeth
• Bayonne
• Winslow
• Burlington
• Clifton
• Hancock’s Bride section of Lower Alloways Creek Township
• Kearny

No UAS operations are authorized in the areas covered by this NOTAM (except as described).
EXC AS SPECIFIED BLW:

A. UAS OPS MAY BE AUTH WI THE DEFINED SSI AIRSPACE IF IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RQMNTS LISTED BLW:

1) UAS OPS IN DCT SUPPORT OF AN ACT NTL DEFENSE, HOMELAND SECURITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTING, SAR, OR DISASTER RESPONSE MISSION;

2) UAS OPS IN SUPPORT OF EVENT OPS;

3) COMMERCIAL UAS OPS WITH A VALID STATEMENT OF WORK;

4) MUST BE IN POSSESSION OF AN APPROVED SPECIAL GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST(SGI) AIRSPACE WAIVER;

5) AND COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER APPLICABLE FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS.

B. UAS OPR IDENTIFIED IN A.1, A.2 OR A.3 ABV MUST APPLY FOR AN SGI WAIVER VIA EMAIL AT [email protected].

C. UAS OPR MUST HAVE AN APPROVED SGI COA FROM THE SYSTEM OPERATION SUPPORT CENTER (SOSC), TO CONDUCT UAS OPS WI THIS TFR. THE SOSC IS AVBL FOR CDN DLY FM 0700-2300 EASTERN, TEL 202-267-8276.

D. THE FAA RECOMMENDS THAT ALL ACFT OPR CK NOTAMS FREQUENTLY FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THIS TFR PRIOR TO OPS WI THIS REGION.OPR MAY REVIEW THE TFR DETAILS ON THE INTERNET AT HTTPS://TFR.FAA.GOV/ OR HTTPS://WWW.1800WXBRIEF.COM. IF QUESTIONS REMAIN, CTC FSS, TEL 800-992-7433.

E. GENERAL PUBLIC AND MEDIA CONCERNS REGARDING THIS TFR SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO FAA PUBLIC AFFAIRS THROUGH THE WASHINGTON OPERATIONS CENTER AT 202-267-3333.

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