Nicole Malczan

Nicole Malczan is a contributor to Droneblog. Her writing background began in marketing, but once she was bitten by the drone bug, a gradual shift occurred. Malczan has written about drones for more than five years for various websites and shares her expertise and insights with the Droneblog community.

Drones are outlawed in New York City as a whole, which includes the entirety of Central Park. The park attracts too many large crowds for it to be feasible to fly your drone.

Recreational drones are prohibited from both the Town of Banff and Banff National Park, with the park a designated no-fly zone.

As of 2014, drones are prohibited from being used at Big Bend National Park on any of its waters or lands. The ban extends to the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River and is enforced by the National Park Service.

Drones are permitted in Breckenridge, Colorado but must fly under Title 5, Chapter 14 of the Breckenridge Town Code on Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

All remote-controlled equipment, including drones, is illegal in Bryce Canyon National Park. This law was established by the National Park Service, a federal agency. Breaking the law could lead to a misdemeanor charge, including fines and time behind bars.

You can legally fly a drone in Barcelona, but the UAV must weigh under 25 kilograms, be registered, and the flight must be authorized by a local authority first. You also cannot fly over houses or in crowded areas.

Drones are prohibited from much of Big Sur per federal, state, and local laws. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Forest Service, California State Parks, and Monterey County all have rules discouraging the activity.

You can fly a drone in Baltimore provided you have the proper license, you follow FAA guidelines, you avoid state parks when doing commercial photography, and you obey all federal, state, and local laws.

Brooklyn, being a borough of New York City, follows Administrative Code §10-126, which proclaims that it’s illegal for drones to take or off land within the city limits except in designated areas or in emergencies.

Downtown Nashville is technically uncontrolled Class G airspace that allows pilots to fly, but it’s by an airport that is Class C airspace, which prohibits drones.