Drone Videography Services

Here is how this works in practice. We set up drone videography across Mexico through pilots certified by the Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil (AFAC, the successor to DGAC). RPA II and RPA III type certifications govern commercial drone operations. Flights inside 9.2km of any controlled airport (CDMX MEX, Cancún CUN, Guadalajara GDL, Monterrey MTY, Tijuana TIJ, Cabo SJD) need AFAC-coordinated NOTAM filings. Our drone roster runs DJI Inspire 3, Inspire 2 with X7, Mavic 3 Cine, Freefly Alta X for heavy cinema-camera payloads (RED Komodo, Sony Venice 2, ARRI Alexa Mini LF), and FPV/cinewhoop teams for fast-action and interior tracking. CDMX, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Cancún, and Tijuana pilot networks all hold liability insurance to global standards. Tijuana operators give 12-minute cross-border drive to LA, enabling same-day fly-in from Filmworks LA or Vision Research's Phantom Flex 4K aerial packages.

Here is the layout. INAH (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia) blanket-limits drone flights over each pre-Hispanic site. The list covers Teotihuacán (UNESCO 1987), Chichén Itzá (UNESCO 1988), Palenque, Monte Albán, Uxmal, Tulum, El Tajín, Xochicalco, Mitla, Coba. And INAH-specific permits with rotor-distance buffers are required before any aerial footage at these locations. INBAL governs flights near Palacio de Bellas Artes and colonial baroque build style in Puebla, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, and Morelia historic centers.

Here is how the work shapes up. On the ground, beyond regulatory work, Mexico's drone heritage runs through the Spectre 2015 Zócalo Day of the Dead aerial sequence, Sicario 2 Sonoran border drone work, and Roma's CDMX rooftop coverage. Signature aerial subjects have Copper Canyon (Sierra Madre Occidental, four times deeper than the Grand Canyon, Chihuahua-Pacífico Tarahumara railway), Pico de Orizaba (5,636m highest peak), Popocatépetl (active. This covers plume status tracked daily by CENAPRED), Sumidero Canyon Chiapas, Sian Ka'a UNESCO Biosphere Quintana Roo, Cabo Pulmo Marine Park, and gray-whale aerials over San Ignacio Lagoon Baja (January–March migration window).