Weekend Drone TFRs: New Baton Rouge UAS Zone Saturday, Florida VIP Stack Still On, Plus Orlando/Tampa/Raleigh Event Rings

Florida’s weekend VIP and NASCAR drone restrictions are still on the board, and the FAA has added a fresh drone-only security package over Baton Rouge for Saturday plus a Santa Rosa Island defense window early next week. Public-gathering UAS rings also cover Orlando’s Electric Daisy Carnival nights, an Ed Sheeran show at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, and an N.C. State–Duke tailgate in Raleigh. We checked the FAA TFR list and NOTAM detail pages at about 5:20 a.m. Mountain time on Friday, November 6.

New Saturday: Baton Rouge UAS security (NOTAM 6/5946)

FDC 6/5946 stands up three 2 nautical mile circles near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from the surface to 2,000 feet AGL under 14 CFR 99.7. Area A, centered near 30°31′48″N 91°09′18″W on the Fighting Tiger VORTAC (LSU) 064 radial, runs from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central on Saturday, November 7. Area B, centered near 30°24′42″N 91°11′01″W, runs 11:45 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Central. Area C returns to the Area A center from 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. Central. No UAS operations are authorized unless you qualify for an approved Special Governmental Interest waiver through waivers.faa.gov. The NOTAM carries the standard DoD/DHS/DOJ counter-UAS enforcement warning.

Still active: Florida VIP stack and Homestead NASCAR

Cape Canaveral VIP NOTAMs 6/5390 and 6/5393 cover Friday from about 4:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Eastern with a 30/10 nautical mile footprint to 17,999 feet MSL; UAS are not authorized in the VIP core. Security NOTAM 6/5589 adds a separate drone-only overlay the same afternoon. West Palm Beach VIP 6/5410 runs from 7:45 p.m. Eastern Friday through 7:30 p.m. Eastern Sunday, with Palm Beach UAS security 6/5574 alongside it. Homestead’s NASCAR Championship drone TFRs — 6/5770 today and 6/5772 Saturday — keep a 1 NM, surface-to-400-feet AGL circle closed from 11 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Eastern except for SGI-waived public-safety and approved event support. The FAA does not name the VIP travelers.

Event rings: Orlando EDC, Tampa Ed Sheeran, Raleigh tailgate

UAS public-gathering TFRs under 49 U.S.C. §44812 ban most recreational and commercial drones from the surface to 400 feet AGL unless you are cleared through the listed point of contact.

Orlando’s Electric Daisy Carnival zone (6/4332) is a 0.5 NM circle centered near 28°32′20″N 81°24′14″W. It runs daily from noon to 11:30 p.m. Eastern Friday through Monday night (1700–0430 UTC November 6–9). Contact Sgt. David Cruz, Orlando Police Department, at 407-883-3029 for operational or security oversight requests.

Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium ring (6/4331), posted for the Ed Sheeran show, is active Saturday from 5:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Eastern (2200 UTC November 7 to 0430 UTC November 8).

Raleigh’s N.C. State vs. Duke tailgate zone (6/4333) is an 0.8 NM circle centered near 35°47′58″N 78°43′06″W on Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Contact Conner Hartis, N.C. State Police Department, at 919-864-0290.

Monday–Tuesday: Santa Rosa Island update

Security NOTAM 6/5999 replaces an earlier Santa Rosa Island package and covers Monday, November 9, and Tuesday, November 10, with surface-to-25,000-feet MSL polygons and discrete-squawk plus two-way radio requirements. Morning windows run roughly [5:00]–10:30 a.m. Central Monday and 7:00 a.m.–12:20 p.m. Central Tuesday — read the full NOTAM before any Panhandle flight.

Still on the board

Also still active: Pagosa Springs flood-response 6/5538 through November 10; Mayport security through Saturday; air shows at Pensacola, Titusville, Punta Gorda, San Marcos, Somerset and Safford; the Wild River Fire hazard near Gorham, New Hampshire, through November 11; and Monday’s Fountain, Florida, gas-venting hazard. A new Libby Army Airfield security TFR (6/6066) starts at 9,000 feet MSL, so it sits above typical Part 107 altitudes.

What this means for drone pilots

This weekend’s mix of VIP, NASCAR, stadium and festival TFRs is exactly where Part 107 pilots get surprised — short-notice 99.7 drone-only circles and outright VIP bans stacked on top of air shows. Check the FAA TFR list or a B4UFLY-approved app before every flight, and read the actual NOTAM for times, altitudes and waiver language.

If you fly events, coastal real estate or public-safety contracts, you need a solid Part 107 foundation plus the discipline to scrub NOTAMs every morning. Drone U’s Part 107 test prep course covers airspace, NOTAMs and TFRs, and students have been known to complete it in three days and pass the test.

Sources: FAA NOTAM 6/5946; FAA NOTAM 6/5999; FAA NOTAM 6/5770; FAA NOTAM 6/5772; FAA NOTAM 6/5410; FAA NOTAM 6/5390; FAA NOTAM 6/5393; FAA NOTAM 6/5589; FAA NOTAM 6/5574; FAA NOTAM 6/4332; FAA NOTAM 6/4331; FAA NOTAM 6/4333; FAA TFR list

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