{"id":5384,"date":"2026-05-14T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/?p=5384"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:05:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T18:05:02","slug":"faa-proposes-rulemaking-on-drone-restrictions-near-critical-infrastructure-including-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/faa-proposes-rulemaking-on-drone-restrictions-near-critical-infrastructure-including-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA Proposes Rulemaking on Drone Restrictions Near Critical Infrastructure, Including Ports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released <a href=\"https:\/\/public-inspection.federalregister.gov\/2026-08943.pdf\">Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)&nbsp;<\/a>establishing a process for fixed-site facilities, including ports, to request restrictions on unmanned aircraft operations near critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the proposal, eligible facilities could apply for an &#8220;Unmanned Aircraft Flight Restriction&#8221; (UAFR), creating defined airspace restrictions for drone operations, with a more restrictive &#8220;Special UAFR&#8221; framework available for certain national and high security facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ports and maritime infrastructure could potentially qualify under eligible sectors including Transportation Systems, Government Services and Facilities, and the Defense Industrial Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AAPA is reviewing the proposal and considering submitting comments on port eligibility and maritime operational considerations. <strong>Members are encouraged to <a href=\"mailto:hhaley@ports.org\">email Holden Haley<\/a> with feedback, operational concerns, or examples of drone-related incidents ahead of the public comment deadline of July 6th.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)&nbsp;establishing a process for fixed-site facilities, including ports, to request restrictions on unmanned aircraft operations near critical infrastructure. Under the proposal, eligible facilities could apply for an &#8220;Unmanned Aircraft Flight Restriction&#8221; (UAFR), creating defined airspace restrictions for drone operations, with a more restrictive &#8220;Special &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":5174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-insights-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aapaseaports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}