Pocahontas Area Drone Education

FRIA · FRIA · Pocahontas, IA

Site

Sponsor—

FAA ref2026-EDU-00075-FRIA

Address202 1st Ave SW, Pocahontas, IA

Active2026-07-02 to 2030-07-31

Area21.8 acres

NAIP2023-08-29

Airspace

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LAANC ceiling—

A FRIA exempts Remote ID — not airspace authorization. In controlled airspace you still need LAANC up to the ceiling.

Winds Aloft live

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10m / 33ft ↑ — —

80m / 262ft ↑ — —

120m / 394ft ↑ — —

180m / 590ft ↑ — —

Gusts —

24h Peak (120m) —

§107 ceiling = 400ft / 122m AGL

120m row ≈ Part 107 max altitude

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Field live

Elevation—

Density altitude—

Precip / sky—

Twilight §107

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Civil Dawn—

Sunrise—

Sunset—

Civil Dusk—

§107 Window—

Golden hr—

Civil twilight = sun 6° below horizon

Anti-collision lighting req’d for twilight/night ops

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Nearest METARs

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Layers

FRIA Boundary

Satellite (NAIP)

Canopy / Obstacles

Drone-Flight Stats

USGS 1m lidarnot flown here

Best public obstacle dataNAIP 1m aerial only

Open vs treedvisible in aerial

loiter for iOS / Android

Pre-flight any FRIA from your phone — obstacle heights, live winds aloft, §107 twilight, offline at the field. In development; join the early-access list.

We email you at launch, nothing else. Privacy.

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