Free resource · Part 107
Free drone flight log template
A blank drone logbook you can actually use — a spreadsheet-ready CSV and a printable sheet for the truck. Every column here is one a client, an insurer, or the FAA has asked a commercial pilot for at some point. No email required.
The CSV opens in Excel, Numbers, or Google Sheets. It includes one filled-in example row so you can see what a complete entry looks like, plus blank rows to start with.
What belongs in a drone flight log
The FAA does not mandate a specific logbook format for Part 107 operations, but you must be able to show aircraft condition and operational compliance on request. In practice, the pilots who never get caught out are the ones logging these fields every single time.
Flight basics
- Date
- Anchors the entry for taxes, insurance and audits.
- Pilot
- Who was the remote pilot in command.
- Part 107
- Your certificate number — clients and insurers ask for it.
- Start / End
- Actual takeoff and landing times, not the whole appointment.
- Hours
- Total flight time, used for maintenance intervals and billing.
The job
- Client / platform
- Who hired you — a company, agency or marketplace.
- Client name
- The contact on site or on the invoice.
- Location
- Full address, so airspace and weather can be checked later.
- Purpose
- Real estate, inspection, mapping, event, and so on.
- Mileage
- Round-trip miles driven — deductible in most cases.
Aircraft & power
- Equipment
- Aircraft and payload used for the job.
- Serial numbers
- Ties the flight to a specific airframe for maintenance.
- Flights
- Number of separate takeoffs during the job.
- Battery cycles
- Tracks battery health and replacement timing.
Conditions & airspace
- Weather
- Conditions at time of flight — critical if anything goes wrong.
- Environment
- Obstacles, crowds, terrain, or anything that shaped the flight.
- Airspace class
- Class G, or controlled airspace requiring authorization.
- LAANC approval
- Authorization number, or 'not required'.
- Waiver ID
- Any Part 107 waiver you operated under.
- Remote ID
- Broadcast status of the aircraft.
Compliance & billing
- VLOS maintained
- Confirms visual line of sight throughout the operation.
- Max altitude (ft AGL)
- Shows you stayed within the 400 ft limit or waiver.
- Compliance notes
- Anything unusual worth a written record.
- Amount / Invoice #
- Connects the flight to what you actually got paid.
- Remarks / Notes
- Free text for context you'll want next season.
Three habits that make a logbook worth keeping
- Log it the same day. Weather, battery count and altitude are the first details to blur. A log written a week later is a guess.
- Record serial numbers, not just models. Maintenance intervals and warranty claims are per-airframe. "Mavic 3" is not enough when you own two.
- Keep billing in the same row. When a client disputes an invoice nine months later, the flight log is the evidence — but only if the amount is attached to the flight.
Tired of filling in the spreadsheet?
AeroNote is the same log, without the typing. Describe the job in one sentence and it fills in your pilot details, Part 107 number, saved equipment serials and the weather for where and when you flew — then exports the finished entry as a PDF or CSV, or as a client-ready invoice. Your first flight log is free.
This template is provided as a practical starting point and is not legal or regulatory advice. Check current FAA guidance for the requirements that apply to your operation.