Drone roof inspections in Aurora, flown to your block's altitude limit
Aurora is split across 2 different FAA altitude bands, from 300 ft up to 400 ft. Which one your house falls in decides how we fly it, so we check your address before we schedule.
Can a drone legally fly over your roof in Aurora?
Every roof inspection we fly has to clear the FAA first. The answer is different in every town, and in Aurora it comes out like this.
Aurora, Illinois
- Airspace class
- Class D
- Controlling airport
- Aurora Municipal (ARR)
- Maximum altitude
- 400 ft above ground
- FAA grid squares over town
- 50
- Approval route
- LAANC, usually under a minute
How high we can fly, block by block
The FAA cuts Aurora into 50 grid squares and assigns each one a maximum drone altitude. Here is how the whole city breaks down.
What this means for your appointment
Your address decides the flight plan. On a 400 ft block we photograph the whole roof in one pass. On a 300 ft block we fly lower and tighter, which takes longer but produces the same report. We confirm which one you are on before we quote you a time.
Source: FAA UAS Facility Map, the dataset LAANC providers check before approving a flight. Grid effective 1/26/2023. Altitudes are feet above ground level. We hold FAA Part 107 certification and file every authorization ourselves, at no extra charge to you.
Book a drone roof inspection in Aurora
Send your address and we will come back with a firm price and a flight window.
Aurora gets more hail than most of the towns we fly
Aurora is a hail town. 56 reported hail events against an area average of 31, while damaging wind stays comparatively quiet at 151. That profile matters, because hail damage is the kind you cannot see from the ground.
The largest stone reported near Aurora was 3 inches, baseball sized. Hail that big does visible, arguable damage: cracked shingles, dented flashing, holed vents. If you were home for it, you already know.
151 damaging wind events near Aurora, with the strongest gust at 72 knots, roughly 83 mph. Enough to break seal strips on older shingles, not usually enough to strip a slope.
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, 2021-2025. Every hail and thunderstorm wind event whose reported location falls within 10 miles of Aurora. These are reported events, so busier areas generate more reports. Read them as exposure, not a complete storm census.
Where we fly in Aurora
Aurora covers 45 square miles and about 199,000 people, and we cover all of it. These are the areas we get called to most.
- Downtown Aurora
- West Aurora
- East Aurora
- North Aurora
Aurora at a glance
- Population
- 199,000
- Area covered
- 45 square miles
- Airspace
- Class D
- Maximum drone altitude
- 400 ft AGL
- Inspections from
- $150
Aurora roof inspection questions
Do you need FAA permission to inspect a roof in Aurora?
Aurora is split across 2 different FAA altitude bands, from 300 ft up to 400 ft. Which one your house falls in decides how we fly it, so we check your address before we schedule.
How high can your drone fly over my Aurora roof?
It depends on your block. Aurora's grid runs from 300 feet up to 400 feet. We look up your address on the FAA map before the visit, and a lower ceiling never means a worse report, only a slower flight.
Which airport controls the airspace over Aurora?
Aurora Municipal. Aurora sits under its Class D airspace, which is why a drone flight here needs authorization at all. We file that request through LAANC as your FAA-certified operator, so there is nothing for you to submit.
Has Aurora had enough storm damage to justify an inspection?
The National Weather Service logged 56 hail events and 151 damaging wind events within 10 miles of Aurora between 2021 and 2025. The largest hailstone reported was 3 inches, baseball-sized, and the strongest gust hit 72 knots. Hail that size bruises shingles without breaking them, which is why roofs in this area tend to fail a few years after the storm that actually caused it rather than during it.
How long does a Aurora roof inspection take?
The flight itself runs 30 to 45 minutes for a typical Aurora home, a little longer on the lower-ceiling blocks where we fly closer to the roof. Your full report, with annotated photos and thermal imagery, arrives within 24 hours.
Do you serve all of Aurora?
Yes. Aurora has a population of about 199,000, and we cover the whole municipality. Inspections start at $150.
Closest towns we also fly
The FAA rules change as you cross municipal lines. These are the nearest towns to Aurora and where they stand.
Ready when you are, Aurora
Inspections start at $150. Report in 24 hours.