Planning Tools

Airspace Planning and Readiness Tools

Three free tools for city teams and critical infrastructure facility owners: model drone economics, score airspace sites, and screen UAFR petition readiness under proposed FAA Part 74 - no account required.

3 Interactive Tools Free for Planning Teams
Economics + Planning

City Airspace Revenue Calculator

Estimate how many drones will operate in your city, what revenue they generate, and what infrastructure you need to support them. Compare your city's readiness against every other US state using the national drone readiness benchmark.

  • Forecast drone volumes across delivery, urban air mobility, agriculture, emergency response, and more
  • Model permit revenue, job creation, and total economic impact for your jurisdiction
  • Size the vertiport and delivery hub infrastructure your city will require
  • Compare your state against the 2025 national drone readiness scorecard
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Airspace Scoring

SkyTrade Airspace Score

Find where the airspace works - and where it doesn't. Score any US site against FAA clearance, zoning, and infrastructure, or scan a city for a ranked shortlist of candidate locations.

  • Score any US address in about 20 seconds against FAA clearance, zoning, and ground infrastructure
  • Scan a city or area for a ranked shortlist of candidate sites
  • 11-factor breakdown across space and clearance, airspace and regulation, and ground infrastructure
  • First three checks free, no card needed
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Critical Infrastructure

SkyTrade Critical

Preliminary UAFR petition-readiness screen for proposed FAA Part 74 (NPRM Docket FAA-2026-4558). See whether your fixed-site facility may fit the proposed criteria across 16 CISA sectors and what evidence to start building now.

  • Sector-specific wizard across all 16 CISA critical infrastructure sectors
  • Preliminary petition-readiness verdict against proposed Part 74 thresholds
  • Rationale and eligibility path details after contact consent
  • Evidence checklist: drone activity logging, vulnerabilities, Remote ID receive capability
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How teams use these tools

1

Quantify the opportunity

Use the City Airspace Revenue Calculator to establish how much drone activity your city should expect, what permit revenue it could generate, and how your state compares to the national readiness benchmark. This gives you the numbers to bring to council or budget discussions.

2

Identify where infrastructure goes

Once you know how many vertiports and delivery hubs your city needs, use SkyTrade Airspace Score to see which sites actually work. Score individual addresses or scan an area; results are ranked against FAA clearance, zoning, and infrastructure so planning teams work from defensible analysis, not guesswork.

3

Screen critical infrastructure readiness

Facility owners and city security partners use SkyTrade Critical to see whether fixed sites may qualify for a federal UAFR petition under proposed Part 74, what evidence gaps exist, and what to document before the rule is final.

Ready to take the next step?

These tools help you build the planning case and readiness record. When you are ready to implement, the SkyTrade platform brings the governance and operations layer.

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Free for planning and security teams. No commitment required.