Phoenix Air Can Now Fly Drones Near Cartersville Airport

The Cartersville-Bartow County Airport Authority has approved an agreement to allow Phoenix Air to fly drones near the Cartersville Airport.

According to The Daily Tribune News, the authority on Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement to allow the company to fly drones within five nautical miles of the airport.

The approval allows the company to act on its plans to explore operating unmanned aerial systems. Phoenix Air plans to fly the drones on land located off Paga Mine Road, which is roughly three nautical miles from the airport, the newspaper reported.

Fritz Dent, who represented the company at the meeting, told the authority that Phoenix Air plans to perform testing and training on the farm. Additionally, the Tribune reports the drones would fly no higher than 400 feet, a standard set forth by the FAA.

Based at the airport, Phoenix Air is an international aircraft services company that ”offers solutions to a wide variety of air transportation and related aircraft service needs of industry and government,” according to its website.

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