Submitted Flight Plans exceeding the Permissible Maximum Altitude (AGL) listed in the UAS Facility Grid and visualized in AirMap for Drones applications in Controlled Airspaces B,C,D and surface E, will require review by the FAA for a response. Please note: the FAA works to reply to Manual Authorizations within 30 days.
* Tips for Flight plans requiring "Manual Authorization" *
1) Apply for flight plan submission 72 hours ahead of time.
2) Fill out all flight details including the "Safety Justification Notes field" in the Preflight Checklist page:
3) Check the Flight Brief Page for updates: How to review Flight Plans
4) Updates to authorization will be delivered via SMS Notification.
The article reads the FAA can take up to 30 days to approve, but the tips say to apply within 72 hours?
I tried a manual authorization for a Class C airspace. I confirmed the local control tower received it, but they told me they cannot approve it because the Safety Justification field/attachement of the LAANC submission is missing.
They said they'll happily approve it if I note that the UAS is configured to not allow flight above my requested height and flight radius, but Airmap doesn't seem to have any Safety justification field in the Flight Plan submission to include this information.
Please help/advise.
More explanation of manual authorization would be helpful. 72 hours? 30 days? where?