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Drone Licence (RPL) in Johannesburg
Flight schools that train pilots from Johannesburg can quote the RPL course, help with the medical and the SACAA paperwork, and explain the ROC route for a new drone business. Say how many pilots need a licence, for which class of drone, and when you want to start.
New to this? Read the drone licence guide for the choices and the questions worth asking before you pay.
Johannesburg notes on parts, training & hire
Repairs, batteries and parts are easy to find in Johannesburg, with workshops in Randburg, Fourways and the south taking in crashed drones for quotes. Flight schools around the city run RPL courses with theory in a classroom and practical flying at an approved site. Hire is popular for one-off jobs such as a garden wedding in Parkhurst. Ask whether hired gear comes with spare batteries, since thin Highveld air and cold mornings cut flight time.
Drones in Johannesburg
Johannesburg gives a drone pilot more variety in one day than most cities. Work ranges from skyline shots over Braamfontein and Hillbrow for agencies, to roof and solar checks in the northern suburbs, to volume surveys on the old mine dumps along the southern edge of the city. The catch is airspace. O.R. Tambo lies to the east, Lanseria to the north west and Rand Airport to the south east, so a lot of the metro sits in controlled airspace and paid jobs need planning. Summer afternoons bring thunderstorms and lightning, so shoots tend to be booked for mornings. Buyers range from first-time hobbyists to production houses, engineers and security firms.
The requests we see from Johannesburg usually come from:
- Photographers, film crews and agencies: an RPL for a wedding or film photographer adding paid aerial work
- Estate agents and developers: an RPL so an estate agency can shoot its own listings within the rules
- Builders, engineers and installers: licensed pilots for survey and progress flights on building sites
Local tips for Johannesburg
Popular here: skyline video for agencies, roof checks and mine dump volume surveys. Ask each supplier about this: ask the operator how they handle airspace approval for your exact address. Where they work from: shops and operators across the northern suburbs, the CBD and the West Rand.
Requests range widely: one pilot to a whole company team. Here, photographers, film crews and agencies lead the requests, typically for an RPL for a wedding or film photographer adding paid aerial work. One local point to raise: o.R. Tambo, Lanseria and Rand Airport ring the city: much of it is controlled.
Service area: Johannesburg and surrounds
Suppliers and operators on our network work in Johannesburg and surrounding areas, including Sandton, Randburg, Roodepoort, Soweto, Rosebank, Fourways, Melville. Give the suburb, farm or site so the quote can include travel, delivery and any airspace approval.