Radar24

What this is

Radar24 is an unofficial, informational glance tool for people flying drones recreationally in Washington and Oregon under the FAA's Exception for Recreational Flyers. You drop a pin and it checks that point against authoritative geospatial data layers and returns a verdict, the reasons, and links to the official source for each.

It is not an authorization system. It never issues authorizations and never replaces official FAA sources. Verdicts are computed deterministically by testing your point against official boundary data (point-in-polygon) and live feeds — never by an AI guessing and never from web search. The absence of data is never shown as "you can fly": if we can't confirm a layer, you get ❓.

How a verdict is decided

• ⛔ Do not fly — your point is inside a prohibition (e.g. a National Park, wildlife refuge, active TFR, or 0 ft airspace ceiling).
• 🟡 Needs permission / permit — allowed only with authorization (e.g. WA or OR State Parks, or controlled airspace requiring LAANC).
• ✅ Likely OK — no restriction found in the layers we checked. Baseline rules and local rules still apply.
• ❓ Can't confirm — outside Washington & Oregon, or a layer we cover was unavailable. We fail safe toward caution, never toward "you can fly."

Data layers & freshness

Baseline recreational rules (always apply)

Limitations we won't hide

Official tools