

That law was established by the Metro Government of Nashville and Davidson County Ordinance 13.24.400. If you read our post on the drone laws in Tennessee (and if you missed it, the link is right here), pilots are prohibited from flying a drone in a Nashville park. It’s not only Class C airspace that prohibits pilots in Downtown Nashville, by the way. Your drone might be granted permission to take to the skies by Air Traffic Control, but that’s no guarantee.Įven if you were allowed to fly, you’d still have to grant the right of way to planes and other aircraft, doing your best to stay out of their way.

That’s true of all aircraft, not only drones. In Class C airspace, you do need to contact Air Traffic Control and request permission to fly. Once you get closer to Nashville International Airport, you’re no longer in Class G airspace but rather, Class C airspace. This is where you CAN’T fly a drone in Downtown Nashvilleĭon’t get too carried away with your flying freedoms! Nashville does have strict laws in place about where you cannot fly that pilots must abide by. Now, we want to make clear that a lot of that is Class G airspace, but not all. Nashville as a whole (not solely its downtown), is 497 square miles. This means there’s no need to check in with Air Traffic Control and request permission. The bulk of the city is Class G airspace.Ĭlass G airspace, for those new drone pilots out there, is uncontrolled airspace. This is where you CAN fly a drone in Downtown Nashville Without further ado, let’s jump into where you can and cannot fly a drone in Downtown Nashville. Not so in Downtown Nashville! While you are granted more flying freedoms than in other major metro hubs, you still cannot fly completely unencumbered.
