When Can I Fly My Drone? Part 107 Daylight & Night Hours

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The Part 107 rule (§107.29): in daylight no special lighting is required. During civil twilight and at night you may fly only if your drone has anti-collision lighting visible for 3 statute miles, and night operations also require that you've completed the current remote-pilot training. This is an advisory aid — always confirm times from an official source before you rely on them.

Day, twilight, night — what changes

Window	When	What Part 107 requires
Daylight	Sunrise → sunset	No special lighting needed.
Civil twilight	30 min before sunrise → sunrise, and sunset → 30 min after sunset (per §107.29(c); Alaska uses the Air Almanac)	Anti-collision lighting visible for 3 SM.
Night	After evening civil twilight until morning civil twilight	Anti-collision lighting (3 SM) and current remote-pilot training.

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Since the 2021 rule change, night flying no longer needs a waiver — just the lighting and training above. For Part 107, "civil twilight" is defined (§107.29(c)) as the 30 minutes before official sunrise and the 30 minutes after official sunset — except in Alaska, which uses the Air Almanac.

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