--- title: Drones: FAA App Will Tell You Where It's Legal to Fly description: The Federal Aviation Administration announced a new smartphone app that will tell drone enthusiasts whether they're cleared for takeoff canonical: https://time.com/3849080/drone-app/ author: Dan Kedmey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-06T19:13:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:05:02.395Z article:section: Business og:title: This App Will Tell You Where It's Legal to Fly a Drone og:description: FAA to release B4UFLY app for drone hobbyists this summer og:url: https://time.com/3849080/drone-app/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbac1dafe69338087/6987eea7a988ca807d6b08ab/182943524.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Bundeswehr Holds Media Day og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This App Will Tell You Where It's Legal to Fly a Drone twitter:description: FAA to release B4UFLY app for drone hobbyists this summer twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbac1dafe69338087/6987eea7a988ca807d6b08ab/182943524.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This App Will Tell You Where It's Legal to Fly a Drone > Sponsored content. 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The app, called B4UFLY, will give hobbyists a simple “yea” or “nay” based on their location. “It only takes a few taps to find out if you’re cleared to fly,” FAA’s Michael Huerta said in a public announcement of the new app. “We need to make sure hobbyists and modelers know where it’s okay to fly and where it isn’t okay to fly, because there can be very real consequences if you don’t,” Huerta added. “The incident on the White House lawn earlier this year is a good example,” Huerta continued, referring to a drone enthusiast who mistakenly [crashed](http://time.com/3684517/drone-white-house-drunk/ "undefined") a quad copter within the White House’s secured compound (a definite “nay” for the B4UFLY app). 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