Drone Light Shows in Miami

Nationwide. Full airspace and safety planning included.

Miami is one of the best drone-show markets in the country: beach and waterfront sites give you clean launch geometry and enormous natural audiences, and the events calendar runs year round. Hurricane-season temporary restrictions are the thing to plan around.

Choreographed light shows for sports, corporate events, festivals and brand activations. The work is half animation and half aviation: the show is designed like motion graphics, then flown under an airspace plan with the safety case a public crowd requires. We consult on shows nationwide as well as fly them.

Permits and authorizations in Miami

Miami-Dade coordinates county film permitting, and the City of Miami Beach runs its own separate process with its own rules for aerial work. A shoot that crosses the causeway crosses a permitting jurisdiction.

When Miami actually flies

Hurricane season runs June through November and brings temporary flight restrictions along with the weather. Winter and early spring are the prime window, which is exactly when the market is busiest and books out furthest.

We shoot South Beach, the causeways, Brickell, and the water — and we travel. CineDrones works nationwide, so if your production is basing in Miami and shooting somewhere else entirely, that is a normal week for us.

What a Miami booking includes

  • Show design and choreography
  • Airspace plan and FAA coordination
  • Crowd safety case and exclusion zones
  • Site survey and launch geometry
  • Full crew on show night, plus rehearsal

Fleet sized to the design rather than a fixed package, because resolution in the sky is a function of aircraft count.

Selected credits

Our aerial units have worked on Ozark, Jack Ryan, Bosch, Mayans M.C., SEAL Team, NCIS: New Orleans, Fear the Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Modern Family, 9-1-1, Goliath, The Resident, Raising Dion, Castle Rock, Doctor Sleep and Chef's Table, for Netflix, Amazon, Apple, HBO, Hulu, Showtime, Sony, CBS, AMC, MTV and Bravo. See the work →

Drone Light Shows in Miami — questions we get

How many drones does a show need?

It depends entirely on what you want in the sky. Simple logos and text need far fewer aircraft than animated sequences. We size the fleet to the storyboard rather than selling a package and cutting the design to fit.

How far ahead do we need to plan a show in Miami?

Longer than most clients expect. The airspace approval and the safety case are the schedule drivers, not the animation. Start the conversation months out for anything over a public crowd.

What happens if the weather turns on show night?

There is a defined go/no-go framework agreed before the event, with wind and visibility limits set in advance. Building the contingency into the contract is part of doing this properly.

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