Drone Videography Services

Here is how the work lines up. Aerial camera work in New York operates inside one of the most tightly controlled airspace systems in the world — Class B coverage radiating out of LaGuardia, JFK, Newark Liberty, and Teterboro overlays nearly every borough, and our pilot teams build that compliance into the schedule rather than bolt it on the night before.

All operations are flown by FAA Part 107 commercial remote pilots filing through B4UFLY and the LAANC system for near-real-time Class B authorization, with paperwork prepared in advance for over-people waivers, NYC Parks filming permits through MOME, NYPD Movie & TV Unit coordination, and standing TFRs around Times Square, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade route, the UN General Assembly perimeter, and Yankee Stadium gameday airspace.

Our network draws on ops like Pearl Aerial, 1080 Filmworks, and Sandcrane's helicopter-plus-drone hybrid teams for the heavy-lift end, alongside owner-op Part 107 pilots running tight DJI Inspire 3 and Mavic 3 Cine rigs for fast-deployment establishers across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Hudson Valley. Heavy-lift cinema platforms carry RED Komodo, V-Raptor, ARRI Alexa Mini, and Sony Venice 2 bodies matching the ground unit's image pipeline frame-for-frame.

Productions briefing a Manhattan skyline pull from the Hudson, a Brooklyn Bridge crossing reveal, a DUMBO waterfront establisher, a Central Park canopy flyover, a Coney Island boardwalk pass, a Hudson Valley estate establisher, or a Hamptons coastline sequence receive a documented flight plan rather than a generic equipment list.

Our coordinators check ATC and ENAV-matching FAA airspace status through B4UFLY, file LAANC requests for Class B authorization across the boroughs, secure MOME Made in NY permits, NYPD Movie & TV Unit sign-off, and Section 333 legacy waiver coverage where it still applies, and agree property releases for rooftop launches around Midtown, Hudson Yards, and the Brooklyn waterfront. Weather backup plan is built around the wind windows that govern Manhattan canyon downdraft, harbor crosswinds across the Verrazzano, and winter cold-stress on battery performance.

Multi-platform days blend aerial with ground Steadicam, Chapman/Leonard Russian Arm camera cars, cable cam, and process trailers under shared comms, all carrying the $5M liability cover and NYS Film Tax Credit paperwork inbound productions need under one lined up contract.