{"id":8013,"date":"2026-05-29T15:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/?p=8013"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:53:16","slug":"temporary-flight-restrictions-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/2026\/05\/29\/temporary-flight-restrictions-fifa-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary Flight Restrictions &#8211; FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Thursday, May 28, the FAA&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/newsroom\/faa-establishes-no-drone-zones-fifa-world-cup-2026-stadiums-fan-events-and-base-camps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released a statement<\/a>&nbsp;detailing upcoming Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) associated with the FIFA World Cup. These TFRs will be centered on major sporting stadiums in host cities and will&nbsp;generally extend&nbsp;one mile from the venue. Recreational flight operations within these areas will be prohibited unless operators have received explicit authorization to fly during an active TFR.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full details&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;affected cities, stadiums, and&nbsp;relevant&nbsp;dates are available in the FAA\u2019s statement. Clubs and members&nbsp;operating&nbsp;near these venues should be aware that existing approvals\u2014including FRIAs, Airspace Authorizations, or similar documentation\u2014do not constitute authorization to&nbsp;operate&nbsp;within a&nbsp;TFR. Members are strongly encouraged to review TFR boundaries and active dates carefully prior to conducting any flight operations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To remain current\u202fwith the most recent government-related news, regularly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit the AMA Government Affairs blog<\/a>. If you have any further questions or concerns, contact the Government Affairs department at (765) 287-1256 or\u202f<a href=\"mailto:amagov@modelaircraft.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amagov@modelaircraft.org<\/a>.\u202f\u202f\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, May 28, the FAA&nbsp;released a statement&nbsp;detailing upcoming Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs) associated with the FIFA World Cup. These TFRs will be centered on major sporting stadiums in host cities and will&nbsp;generally extend&nbsp;one mile from the venue. Recreational flight operations within these areas will be prohibited unless operators have [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002461,"featured_media":7997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":134,"footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[36,57,128,241,221,220,39],"class_list":["post-8013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tfr","tag-airspace-2","tag-drone-2","tag-faa","tag-nas","tag-temporary-flight-restriction","tag-tfr","tag-uas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002461"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8014,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8013\/revisions\/8014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amagov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}