Drone inspection services in Boston & MetroWest.
Vantage Drone Co. provides drone inspection services across Boston, Cambridge, Brookline, Somerville, Newton, Quincy, and the MetroWest corridor. The focus is facade documentation, commercial roof surveys, construction progress, and bridge work, with every flight filed through LAANC and a PDF report delivered within 48 to 72 hours.
Drone-eligible facades up to 125 feet.
Boston's Facade Ordinance 9-9.12 requires periodic inspection of exterior walls and appurtenances on buildings over 70 feet tall on a five-year cycle. The ordinance explicitly permits drone-based visual inspection for facades up to 125 feet.
Vantage Drone Co. provides the imagery, annotated areas of interest, and documentation package that supports a registered professional's final ordinance submission.
Drone facade inspection in BostonEvery window lintel on two 22-story towers.
After lead paint remediation, the client needed condition imagery of every steel window lintel on both buildings, on every elevation. The drone capture took two days, with no lifts, no scaffolding, and no street closures. Every image is organized by building, elevation, and window.
- 2 towers
- 22 stories
- 3,667 lintels
- 2-day capture
Built for Boston's building stock.
Mid-rise and high-rise residential.
Elevation-by-elevation facade imagery for condo associations and property managers.
Brick row houses and brownstones.
Roofline, chimney, parapet, and cornice documentation in Back Bay, Beacon Hill, and the South End where ladders and lifts can't fit.
Commercial and life-sciences buildings.
Flat-roof condition surveys and envelope imagery in the Seaport, Kendall Square, and along Route 128.
Institutional campuses.
Roof and facade documentation for schools, hospitals, and municipal buildings.
Churches and historic structures.
Steeple, cupola, and masonry imagery without scaffolding.
Active construction sites.
Monthly or bi-weekly progress documentation for general contractors and developers.
The 495 and 128 belts.
The 495 and 128 belts host some of the most active commercial and life-sciences construction in the state. Vantage Drone Co. provides monthly and bi-weekly construction progress documentation for GCs and developers building in Franklin, Milford, Hopkinton, Marlborough, Westborough, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, and Needham.
Flying drones in Boston's controlled airspace
Boston's airspace is complex. Logan (BOS), Hanscom (BED), and Norwood (OWD) all create controlled sectors. Every Vantage Drone Co. flight in these sectors is filed through LAANC with pre-flight confirmation.
Downtown Boston, Cambridge, and much of the inner suburbs sit under Logan's Class B airspace. LAANC authorizations there are usually approved within minutes. When a site needs a higher ceiling than LAANC allows, I file a further authorization with the FAA and build that lead time into the schedule.
BOS
Logan International
Surface area & floors
BED
Hanscom Field
Class D
OWD
Norwood Memorial
Class D
TFR
Fenway Park
Stadium TFR on MLB game days
Most-booked drone inspection services in Boston
Facade & building envelope
Learn more 02Commercial roof inspection
Learn more 03Construction progress documentation
Learn more 04Bridge & infrastructure inspection
Learn more 05Chimney, steeple & historic structure
Learn more 06Storm damage documentation
Learn more 07Residential roof inspection
Learn moreBoston drone inspection questions.
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Can you fly a drone near Logan Airport?
Yes, within the limits of a LAANC authorization. Most of Boston and Cambridge sits in Logan's controlled airspace, and every flight there is filed and approved before takeoff. Sites that need a higher ceiling than LAANC allows get a further FAA authorization, which adds lead time.
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Do you need a permit to fly a drone in Boston?
The FAA governs the airspace. Some city-owned properties, parks, and events have their own rules, so I confirm site access and any property-owner permission as part of every quote.
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How tall a building can a drone document?
The Mavic 4 Pro's upward-tilting gimbal and zoom camera document facades and lintels on high-rise buildings, including a recent job on two 22-story towers in Cambridge. Facade ordinance work has its own height rules, covered on the facade inspection page.
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How fast can you get to a Boston site?
Most Boston and MetroWest jobs are scheduled within one to two weeks, weather and airspace permitting. Storm and insurance work can be prioritized.
Request a Boston or MetroWest quote.
Share the address, the building height, and the service type. I'll confirm airspace and return a fixed price.