Lavi M. Ben Dor & Jonathan M. Hoffman, The Emerging Airspace Economy: A Framework for Airspace Rights in the Age of Drones, 2022 Wis. L. Rev. 953 (2022).
Abstract
This Article proposes a legal and regulatory framework to fill in the information gaps surrounding the commercialization of airspace and offers a viable solution for controlling and using low-altitude airspace in the age of drones. We predict the emergence of a marketplace for parties to buy, sell, and lease valuable airspace to accommodate drone delivery, such that companies like Amazon or Walmart will compensate landowners, or even governments that own city streets and highways, for the airspace where drones will one day fly.
