Atlanta has become one of the busiest production hubs in the country, and the aerial units that work here need to keep pace with a market that’s shooting features, streaming series, and commercials on overlapping schedules across the metro. Between Hartsfield-Jackson’s airspace footprint, a growing number of studio campuses, and Georgia’s own permitting requirements, producers who treat the drone unit as an afterthought end up losing time they don’t have.
Here’s what actually matters when you’re bringing an aerial unit to an Atlanta production.
Airspace around Hartsfield-Jackson shapes more of the metro than people expect. Large sections of Atlanta and its surrounding counties sit inside controlled airspace tied to one of the busiest airports in the world. CineDrones is FAA Part 107 certified and handles LAANC and manual airspace authorizations as part of pre-production, so your shoot isn’t stalled waiting on FAA clearance that should have been secured before the call sheet went out.
Local and studio permitting move on their own timeline. Between the studio campuses around Atlanta and the surrounding counties’ individual film offices, permitting requirements vary by jurisdiction and by lot. We build permitting into the production timeline from the first call, not after the location is locked.
Union and non-union crews, matched to the job. CineDrones operates with Local 600 union and non-union drone crews, so whether you’re on a signatory studio picture or an independent production, we staff the aerial unit to match your production’s requirements without you having to explain the difference twice.
Insurance that satisfies studio risk departments. We carry a $5M aviation liability policy, which is the baseline most Atlanta studio and network productions require before they’ll clear a drone unit to fly near a set, cast, or crew.
Founded in 2013, CineDrones has shot for Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Apple, and Sony productions, and we bring that same standard of FAA compliance and permitting discipline to every Atlanta shoot. We handle FPV filming, heavy-lift camera systems, and standard aerial cinematography, backed by full permitting on every job.
If you’re scoping an Atlanta shoot and need an aerial unit that already knows the airspace and the permitting process, get in touch with CineDrones before you lock your schedule.
