Free drone flight log template
A Part 107 flight log for Excel, Google Sheets or paper. Pick the pilot and the aircraft from a list, and the flight time, the hours for each pilot and aircraft, and the days until training is due or a registration runs out work out by themselves. No signup.
Download for Excel.xlsx file for Microsoft Excel
Copy to Google SheetsSaves a copy to your own Drive
Printable PDFLandscape logbook pagesUpdated October 21, 2026. Not an FAA form.
What is in the drone flight log template
The Excel and Google Sheets versions have four tabs and a short guide. The PDF has the main columns on landscape pages with totals to carry forward, plus pilot and aircraft records and a quick reference.
Flight log
One row per flight, with 27 columns for the flight, the crew, the aircraft, the airspace, the conditions and anything that went wrong. Flight time works out from takeoff and landing.
Pilots
Each pilot’s certificate number and the date their recurrent training is due: the end of the 24th calendar month after the last knowledge test or training.
Aircraft
Serial and FAA registration number for each aircraft, the days left on its registration, and how it meets Remote ID.
Totals
Flights and hours for each pilot and each aircraft, for all time, the last 12 months and the last 90 days. Some drone insurance applications ask for exactly these numbers.
Every column, and why it is there
Each column answers a question someone will ask one day: the FAA after an accident, an insurer at claim time, or a client checking who flew their site.
The flight
Flight ID
Your own reference, for example the date and a number.
Makes one flight easy to find again in a client query or an insurance claim.
Date
The date of the flight.
Anchors the flight to the weather, NOTAMs and airspace status of that day.
Takeoff (local)
Local time the aircraft left the ground.
With the landing time, gives the flight time and places the flight in the day.
Landing (local)
Local time the aircraft was back on the ground.
Closes the flight. A flight past midnight still works out correctly.
Flight time (min)
Filled in for you from takeoff and landing. Leave both blank for a takeoff that never happened and it will not count as a flight.
Adds up to the flights and hours on the Totals tab.
Who flew
Remote PIC
The remote pilot in command. Pick a name from the Pilots tab.
Shows who was legally responsible for the flight.
Certificate no.
Filled in for you from the Pilots tab.
Ties the flight to the pilot's Part 107 remote pilot certificate.
Visual observer
Name of the visual observer, if you used one.
Records who else was part of the crew that day.
The aircraft
Aircraft
Pick the aircraft from the Aircraft tab.
Builds the hours for each airframe, which drive its maintenance.
FAA registration no.
Filled in for you from the Aircraft tab.
Every Part 107 aircraft has its own registration number.
Serial no.
Filled in for you from the Aircraft tab.
Ties the flight to the exact airframe, even after a registration change.
Batteries used
Battery serials or your own battery numbers.
Lets you count cycles and spot a battery that keeps causing trouble.
Battery at landing (%)
Charge left when the aircraft landed. Use the lowest if you swapped batteries.
Shows you kept a margin, and flags flights that ended too low.
Where, and under what authority
Location
Site name or address.
Lets you find every flight at one site.
Takeoff coordinates
Latitude and longitude of the takeoff point.
Proves where you actually were, more precisely than an address.
Airspace class
G, E, D, C or B at the takeoff point.
Class B, C and D, and Class E at the surface around an airport, need ATC authorization before you fly.
Authorization or waiver no.
LAANC or FAADroneZone authorization number, or waiver number. Leave blank if none was needed.
Shows the flight was allowed in that airspace, or under that waiver.
Operation type
Part 107, Part 107 with waiver, recreational or public aircraft.
Makes clear which set of rules the flight was flown under.
Client or job
Who the flight was for.
Turns the log into proof of work for invoices and clients.
Purpose
Inspection, mapping, photo, training, test flight and so on.
Separates paid work from training and test flights.
Conditions and checks
Wind (mph)
Wind speed, plus gusts if any.
Shows the wind you flew in, against the wind limit of your aircraft.
Weather
Sky, visibility and temperature.
Part 107 needs at least 3 statute miles of visibility from the control station, and 500 ft below and 2,000 ft sideways from clouds.
NOTAMs and TFRs checked
Yes or No.
Records that you checked airspace restrictions before the flight.
Preflight check done
Yes or No.
Part 107 requires a check that the aircraft is safe before every flight. This records that you did it.
Max altitude (ft AGL)
Highest point above the ground during the flight.
Part 107 sets 400 ft above the ground. Within 400 ft of a structure you may go higher, but no more than 400 ft above its top, unless a waiver allows otherwise.
What happened
Anomalies and notes
Warnings, aborted takeoffs, a battery pulled early, anything unusual.
The most useful column. A log that includes the bad days is the one people believe.
FAA report needed
Yes if anyone was seriously injured or lost consciousness, or if property other than the drone was damaged and costs more than $500 to repair, or was worth more than $500 if destroyed.
Serious injury, loss of consciousness, and damage to other property costing over $500 to repair (or worth over $500 if destroyed) must be reported to the FAA within 10 calendar days (14 CFR 107.9).
Does the FAA require a drone flight log?
No. Part 107 does not require a routine flight log, and this template is not an FAA form. A waiver or authorization can add its own conditions, and a few Part 107 rules make a log worth keeping anyway.
- Accident reports. You must report to the FAA within 10 calendar days if anyone is seriously injured or loses consciousness, or if property other than the drone is damaged and costs more than $500 to repair, or was worth more than $500 if destroyed (§107.9). The report is filed in FAADroneZone and asks for the date, local time, place, your certificate number and the aircraft registration, which is exactly what a log row holds.
- Checks before every flight. You must check that the aircraft is in a condition for safe operation (§107.15) and assess the weather, airspace and ground hazards (§107.49). The rules require the checks, not a record of them. The log is where you show you did them.
- Staying current. You must have passed the knowledge test or finished recurrent training within the previous 24 calendar months (§107.65). Training in March 2026 keeps you current through March 2028, and the Pilots tab works this out for you. The certificate itself does not expire.
- Registration. Registering a drone for Part 107 in FAADroneZone costs $5 per drone and lasts three years. Copy the expiry date from your certificate onto the Aircraft tab and it counts down the days.
- Maintenance. The FAA’s Part 107 advisory circular (AC 107-2A, paragraph 7.3.5) says owners may find it beneficial to record inspections, maintenance and repairs along with each component’s time in service. That belongs in a maintenance log, next to this one.
Part 107 also sets no retention period for a routine flight log. Insurance claims and disputes can come up years after a flight, so keep the log and the original flight log files for good. Our drone logbook guide covers retention in Europe and under the proposed Part 108 rule.
Make a spreadsheet log hold up
Fill it in the same day
A row written on the day of the flight is a record. A row written from memory a week later is a guess.
Log the bad flights too
Aborted takeoffs, compass warnings, a battery pulled early. A log with only clean flights is the one nobody believes. Leave the times blank for a takeoff that never happened and the totals will not count it as a flight.
Keep the original flight log files
Typed rows are only as good as the person typing them. Keep the files from the aircraft next to the log as the source, and open any of them in our free flight log viewer.
Open a flight log
Save a dated copy each month
A PDF of the Flight log tab, saved once a month, shows what the log said at the time.
Say whether you count flights or missions
Most drones write one log per battery, so one job can be several flights. When you quote a number to a client or an insurer, say which one it is.
Or skip the typing
A spreadsheet works until a long day ends and nobody fills it in. DroneBundle builds the same record from the flight logs themselves.
- Flights come in on their own from DJI Smart Controllers through the Log Sync app and from DJI Docks through FlightHub 2. Logs from PX4, ArduPilot, Autel and Parrot aircraft upload to the same record.
- Each flight is filed to the right job, based on where it took off.
- Flight hours add up for each pilot and each drone.
- Upload a certificate, waiver or aircraft registration and DroneBundle finds the expiry date and reminds you before it runs out.
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Questions
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