Under 14 CFR Part 107, if a remote pilot must yield to a manned aircraft in flight, what right-of-way rule applies to drone operations?
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Under § 107.37, the remote PIC must yield right of way to all other aircraft. No exceptions. Manned aircraft. Fixed-wing, rotorcraft, gliders, balloons, airships. Always have priority. This applies at all altitudes, including below 400 feet AGL. Drone operations are essentially at the bottom of the right-of-way hierarchy in the National Airspace System.The trap →
Drones have no altitude-based right-of-way privileges. The "below 400 feet" operational norm does not give drones right of way over manned aircraft at those altitudes. There is no IFR exception. Manned IFR aircraft absolutely retain right of way.SOURCE → 14 CFR § 107.37(a)CHECKED APR 21ACS V.A.K1EASY