B4UFLY by FAA APK
App information
Version 11.0.1 (#1112)
Updated 2024-03-07
APK Size 62 MB
Requires Android Android 5.0+ (Lollipop)
Offered by Federal Aviation Administration
Category Free Education App
App id gov.faa.b4ufly2
Developer's notes Drone Airspace Safety Awareness
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Latest updates
What's new in B4UFLY by FAA 11.0.1
Editor's review
Download the latest B4UFLY by FAA application, version 11.0.1, compatible with Windows 10/11 (using emulators such as Bluestacks), Android devices. This free Education app is developed by Federal Aviation Administration and is easy to download and install.
Previous versions, including 11.0.1, 11.0.1, are also available. If you need help or have any problems, please let us know.
Description
With B4UFLY, you simply open the app and select where you want to fly to see the status of the airspace selected, as well as details regarding surrounding advisories. B4UFLY is provided through a partnership between the FAA and Aloft (formerly Kittyhawk). Learn more at https://aloft.ai/b4ufly/
We have also added new crowdsourcing functionality for people to contribute to our global advisory and compliance database. You can flag areas for review and submit new locations for addition to B4UFLY advisories from within the app, or you can also visit this page to submit areas for review at https://aloft.ai/b4ufly-data-submission-form/.
If you have a general question or comment about UAS or drones, please send us an email at UASHelp@faa.gov or call us at 844-FLY-MY-UA (359-6982) 8am – 4pm ET Monday – Friday.
App permissions
B4UFLY by FAA 11.0.1 APK requires following permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Ratings and Reviews
Rating: 3.0/5 based on 2K+ reviews
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3 ★ It's a good app but gets less than 5 stars because it doesn't rotate to landscape view on andriod, you cannot place and save map pins.
1 ★ only to be used in US. For all other countries there is no data available. Might be good if you live and fly in the US, but in all other regions it is a no go.
3 ★ Works well to tell you where you can't fly but doesn't provide advise to find locations to fly.
1 ★ The search function does not work. Help contact email response was useless. A great tool but no use if it doesn't work. Couldn't get the app to do a location search to see restrictions for a specific area. Instead it insists on giving me only information for my current GPS location. So if you want to know if a drone can be flown around Allen and you are in Fort Worth (about an hour drive), plan to drive that hour just to find out. Better yet, how about San Antonio (5 hrs)? Well, you can drive there and find out. LMAO!
5 ★ I am new to this flying drones thing and I really appreciate this very helpful tool and free is definitely a plus thanks
5 ★ This app is incredibly helpful. Im new to drones and was reviewing the sectional maps of my area and started to get worried because of how difficult and tedious they are to read. I was feeling discourag3d because of how little space there is, at first glance, to fly. This app both makes it very simple to see if you can legally fly in your current (or any) airspace, and it turns out i was wrong, there is plenty of room to fly! The app also has several different ways to view the map which is great
4 ★ The new version is SO much better than the old version. In fact, they're really just completely different apps. However, I have to take off a star because it has some annoying things, like the pop up telling you your pin is out of view. Also, it doesn't support LAANC, so you can't get airspace authorization from this app. You have to use Airmap or Kittyhawk to do that. So, in most cases I will still use Airmap or Kittyhawk, but this is finally a good alternative.
2 ★ The app does not paint an accurate picture of the airspace restrictions presented. Example: there is a TFR at Beale AFB. It is shown as a red no fly zone but the TFR Starts at 4100 feet. No self respecting drone pilot would be anywhere near that altitude. But if you take if at face value you would not fly in the area, even though it is perfectly legal and safe to do so.
1 ★ Unusable since font too large to display properly. Can't tell if it's safe to fly or not.
5 ★ Pretty great! Only thing missing is weather info, like in "UAV Forecast". If it had that, it would be perfect.
2 ★ The dataset is incomplete,,e.g. federal and state wilderness areas are missing as well as state parks that do not allow drones. An incomplete dataset is mostly worthless.
5 ★ Great app for quickly checking airspace before you quote a job, still recommend checking sectional charts before flying
4 ★ Maybe if it didn't freeze, lock, and lag 100% of the time using it. This should be THE definitive app for people flying drones so we know where and when we can fly. I have been relying on DJI to recognise no fly zones, but that doesn't seem like a good way to go. It's pretty simple, you don't want US to break any laws, YOU need to make this app work as it should. Update: thank you kittyhawk for the update. This was way overdue. Cood to see someone compitent finally designed the app.
1 ★ I am on a Samsung Galaxy S9+: it does not work! The biggest problems with this app are that it goes unresponsive/crashes, and it does not have buttons to confirm address entry. When it starts up it hangs and just sits there until it decides to let you touch one of the buttons. If you attempt to paste an address into the address bar, it will crash the app. The planning portion is useless. The only thing it works for is showing you the location of certain Heli pads and airports as well as radius from those airports. Even looking for a status as to whether you can fly or not and the reasons behind the restriction is difficult and convoluted. Last update was 2017: is that taking the app seriously?!
1 ★ App doesnt actually accept coordinates, so can't do any planning. Not helpful since most places to fly drones recreationally dont have good cell service at the flying location
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