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Drones by Flight Time

Number of minutes a drone can fly at a time

Do you need keep your drone in the air for awhile?

Finding the perfect flight time.

Another drone attribute to carefully consider when researching drones is the flight time. Once again there is a delicate balance at play. Drones that have a longer flight time tend to be either pricer or lighter in weight which may indicate lesser quality camera equipment. Flight time, price and quality all factor into drone resarch. These results are provided based on the information specified by their manufacturers and provides an overview of the top drones. This helps to contextualize drones and help to understand how its perfomance ranks among its peers.

Related: Compare drones by flight time-to-cost ratio score

Many factors play into the drone's flight time. The size and power of the battery is one of the key considerations. The weight of the drone and the amount of power requried to keep it in the air and the flying conditions. Hovering in one spot with no wind is more efficient and will produce the longest flight times any one drone can achieve.

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Drones by Flight Time

1 33 minutes

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2 31 minutes

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3 31 minutes

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4 30 minutes

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5 30 minutes

Swatch for Phantom 4 Pro V2.0 DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2.0

6 30 minutes

Swatch for Phantom 4 Pro DJI Phantom 4 Pro

7 30 minutes

Swatch for Phantom 4 Advanced DJI Phantom 4 Advanced

8 30 minutes

Swatch for Evo Autel Robotics Evo

9 27 minutes

Swatch for Mavic Pro DJI Mavic Pro

10 25 minutes

Swatch for Phantom 3 SE DJI Phantom 3 SE

11 25 minutes

Swatch for Inspire 2 DJI Inspire 2

12 25 minutes

Swatch for Typhoon H Yuneec Typhoon H