Recreational drone flights over Sarpy County follow FAA rules under 49 U.S.C. 44809: register drones over 250 grams, pass the TRUST test, and stay below 400 feet. Offutt Air Force Base and Eppley Airfield airspace restrict flight.
No Sarpy County ordinance governs the airspace; the FAA does. Under 49 U.S.C. 44809 you may fly recreationally without a Part 107 certificate if you register any drone over 250 grams, pass the free TRUST test, keep visual line of sight, and stay below 400 feet. Two big Sarpy constraints stand out: Offutt Air Force Base sits in Bellevue with restricted military airspace, and Eppley Airfield's controlled airspace reaches across the northern county; both require FAA or LAANC authorization or bar flight outright. Nebraska has no comprehensive drone-flight statute, though its unlawful-intrusion law reaches drones used to spy on people, and county and city parks can bar launching and landing from their grounds.
The FAA enforces the flight rules with civil penalties reaching thousands of dollars for unregistered or unsafe flight. Entering Offutt's restricted airspace can bring federal action, and a park can cite a launch from posted land.
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