The free SAIL calculator for UK drone operators

Get your SAIL in minutes, not days.

Describe your drone, draw where you fly, answer a few plain-English questions. Get your UK SORA SAIL in minutes.

Calculate my SAIL See how it works
Free to use · No account · Takes a few minutes
The free SAIL calculator with an operating area drawn on the map

You answer. We do the sums.

No CAA tables to read. No safety margins to draw. No population figures to hunt for.

Step 1

Tell us about your drone

Size, top speed and weight, straight from the manufacturer's spec sheet. Flying more than one? Add them all.

Step 1: your platforms
Step 2: your operating area drawn on the map
Step 2

Draw where you fly

Click the corners of your flying area on the map, or import a KML file. We add the standard safety margins and count the people living underneath.

Step 3

Answer a few questions, get your SAIL

Plain-English questions about your safeguards and airspace, each with a short explanation. Your SAIL appears on screen, with a copy sent to your inbox.

Step 3: your SAIL
Need a lower SAIL?

Not the SAIL you wanted? Let's get it down.

A lower SAIL means less to prove to the CAA. We'll look at your operation, find what can bring your score down, and then do the whole application with you.

We hold your hand from first call to approval, and we can submit the application to the CAA on your behalf.

Talk to us about your SAIL

Quick questions

What is a SAIL?

It is the score from I to VI at the heart of a UK SORA application (the CAA's risk assessment for more complex drone flights). The higher the score, the more you have to prove before you can fly.

Is it really free?

Yes. There is no account to create and no card to enter. We ask for an email so we can send you your result.

Is the result official?

It is an indicative SAIL, worked out from the UK SORA rules in force today (ORS9 Decision 46). The CAA confirms every rating at Assessment 1.

Can my SAIL be lowered?

Often, yes. The safeguards you can show the CAA can take points off your score. That is what our specialists help with. Talk to us.