Lafayette, LA Drone Videographer and Operator
Air Views Media is a drone videography company serving Lafayette, Broussard, Youngsville and Acadiana for festivals, concerts, college game days, energy companies, real estate and brand films. Our crew flew FPV over Kinetic Field at EDC Orlando in 2022. FAA Part 107 certified pilots, $10M liability standard (optional up to $25M).
Lafayette
Festivals and events
Downtown Lafayette's festivals, concerts and Mardi Gras season make it an event town. For festivals and concerts we film recaps, and for larger shows we send live drone feeds to the stream or screens; see live broadcast drones and concert and festival drones. Louisiana law bars flying a drone over a permitted parade or parade route, including Mardi Gras parades, unless the flight is for an authorized film or TV production. For New Orleans itself, including the French Quarter and the Superdome, see New Orleans drone videography; we plan Lafayette jobs alongside that work.
UL Lafayette and Cajun Field
Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium is on the FAA stadium list, so the 3 nautical mile flight restriction applies from an hour before to an hour after covered events. We get the university's approval before any flight on campus.
Energy, federal sites and Louisiana law
Lafayette's oil and gas companies are great subjects, but unless a flight complies with FAA rules, Louisiana law makes it a crime to record refineries, chemical plants, schools, ports, pipelines or other critical infrastructure without the owner's written consent, to fly over a jail without permission, or to record a military site without the commander's consent; flying over fenced critical infrastructure without authority is a separate crime, so we get written consent first or keep those sites out of the shot. A Marine Forces Reserve site in Lafayette is a federal no-drone area. The Acadian Cultural Center, part of Jean Lafitte National Historical Park, is National Park Service land, where launching or landing a drone is prohibited without the superintendent's written approval. Louisiana preempts local drone ordinances, but cities and parishes still control takeoff and landing on their own property, so we launch from private property with the owner's approval or get permission. We keep neighbors and people on private property out of frame unless they agree to be filmed.
Airspace
Lafayette Regional, about 2 miles southeast of downtown, has a control tower and controlled airspace, so many addresses need LAANC. We check every Lafayette location on the FAA sectional, B4UFLY and NOTAMs before quoting, and file LAANC or FAA authorization for any address that needs it.
Credits
EDC Orlando, the John Summit and Dom Dolla Super Bowl week pop-up on Bourbon Street and FIFA Fan Festival Atlanta.
Related
New Orleans drone videography | Baton Rouge, LA drone videographer | Lake Charles, LA drone videographer | Metairie, LA drone videographer | Augusta drone videography (headquarters) | Lynchburg, VA drone videography (second location) | Live broadcast drones | Concert and festival drones | All locations
Nearby cities we fly
Shreveport, LA drone videographer | Galveston, TX drone videographer | Hattiesburg, MS drone videographer | Jackson, MS drone videographer
FAQs
Can you fly near Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium on game days?
Not inside the FAA stadium flight restriction, which covers 3 nautical miles from an hour before to an hour after covered events. We schedule nearby shoots outside that window.
Can you fly over Mardi Gras parades?
Not over a permitted parade or parade route unless the flight is for an authorized film or TV production. Louisiana law bans those flights.
Can you film schools, refineries or plants in Louisiana?
Only with the owner's prior written consent. Louisiana law makes recording schools, refineries, chemical plants and other critical infrastructure by drone without consent a crime.
Do you need FAA approval to fly in Lafayette?
It depends on the address. Lafayette Regional has a control tower and controlled airspace. We check every location on the FAA sectional and B4UFLY before quoting and file LAANC where it is needed.
What insurance do you carry?
Our standard policy is $10M liability, with optional coverage up to $25M when a venue, league or network requires it. Certificates naming your venue or production are issued before the shoot.
Request a Quote
Tell us the date, location and what you need filmed. Request a Quote or call 706-284-8364.