01
The limit is already in.
Mini 4 Pro, Air 3S, Neo, Flip, Autel, Holy Stone. Pick the name in the database. We fill the rating.
Flight safety · 10 m / 80 m / 120 m
Know the wind before the props spin.
Select the airframe — Mini 4 Pro, Air 3S, Neo, or the full list. We already store its published limit. You get a go / no-go for this field, with gusts at the US 400 ft ceiling. See how the call works.
- Surface
- 10 m
- Cruise
- 80 m
- Legal max
- 120 m
Field check
Run it here. Results stay in the panel.
Verdict, three altitudes, live conditions, and 12 hours — all inside the instrument. The page length does not change.
Field instrument
Setup
Check this field.
Max wind
Level
Weight
Source
Location
Awaiting check
Pick a drone, set a place, then run check. Verdict, 10 / 80 / 120 m, and 12-hour wind open here — this pane scrolls, the page does not.
Live conditions
- Place
- Updated
- GPS / pin
- Air temp
- Sky
- Wind from
- Model
- Published limit
- Source
- Open-Meteo
Next 12 hours
Planning tool only. Confirm airspace, batteries, and what you can see.
02
Three heights. No paywall.
Takeoff, cruise, and the US recreational ceiling. Free. Level 4 vs Level 5 explained.
03
A verdict, not a lecture.
Safe. Caution. Do not fly. One sentence why, with a 15% gust buffer. Read the method.
Built for the field
One column. One thumb.
The instrument is dark because most checks happen outdoors. Controls stay 44 px. Last drone and place stay on this phone.
10 m · takeoff
80 m · cruise
120 m · 400 ft AGL
If gusts eat the buffer, we say no.
Read wind resistance, levels, drone weather, and how the verdict is made before you treat a green badge as permission.
Wind questions before you fly
In our consumer and cinema database, DJI Inspire 3 is the highest published ceiling at 14 m/s (about 31 mph). DJI FPV is next at 13.8 m/s. A higher spec is not a guarantee in gusts at 120 m. Compare models, then run a field check.
There is no one max for every drone. Use that model’s published limit, then stay well under it, gusts included. On this site, caution starts near 65% of the limit and no-go near 85% at 10 m, 80 m, or 120 m. Mini and Air class is often Level 5 (about 10.7 to 12 m/s). If trees and the app disagree, stay down.
Too much is when sustained wind or gusts eat the buffer on your airframe. We call no-go near 85% of the published limit, or any gust at the limit. If 80 m or 120 m is already in that band, keep it on the ground even if 10 m looks fine.
On DJI’s scale, Level 5 is about 10.7 to 12 m/s sustained (roughly 24 to 27 mph). Mini 4 Pro, Air 3S, and many Mavic models sit in that class. It is a manufacturer bucket, not a promise that 12 m/s at 400 ft is easy.
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