Model UAV Operations
Allow cities to define realistic UAV scenarios by setting fleet size, flight frequency, dwell time, altitude bands, and coverage area. Turn proposals and policy assumptions into concrete, comparable inputs.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Low-Altitude Economy Calculator
A municipal planning and decision tool for governing UAV activity, risk, and economic impact in your airspace
Federal policy enables UAV operations, but cities remain responsible for public safety, infrastructure protection, zoning, ordinances, property rights, and community impact. This calculator helps municipalities quantify UAV activity and understand its operational, financial, and governance implications before approving or scaling operations.
Core Capabilities
Calculate Low-Altitude Airspace Capacity
Show how UAV activity accumulates into airspace load, overlap, and congestion at city-relevant altitudes where coordination and enforcement are local responsibilities.
Assess Public Safety and Infrastructure Pressure
Explain how increasing UAV density affects emergency response coordination, law enforcement oversight, and exposure of roads, utilities, buildings, and public spaces.
Evaluate Financial and Economic Impact
Translate UAV activity into measurable economic outcomes, including operational value, infrastructure burden, and the basis for fees, cost recovery, or airspace access models.
Benchmark Readiness with the Drone Scorecard
Compare the city's preparedness against others using the Drone Scorecard, highlighting gaps in policy, coordination, and operational maturity in the low-altitude economy.
Inform Zoning, Ordinances, and Property Policy
Use quantified scenarios to support zoning decisions, ordinance drafting, and defensible approaches to managing UAV activity over public and private property.
Platform Context
This calculator is the entry point into SkyTrade City, the municipal software platform that turns these insights into day-to-day operations, including UAV registration, authorization, coordination, enforcement, monetization, and audit trails.
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