Hi Mark, Actually, there is an FAA AC 91-57 that 400' is the limit(http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAdviso ryCircular.nsf/0/1acfc3f689769a56862569e70077c9cc?OpenDocument). As you'll see in the document, how close you are to an airport has no bearing on the altitude limit. As a pilot I'm familiar with the regs and had to really dig to find the document I mentioned. The person in the FAA that is responsible for writing the UAV regulation is in our club and adapts the typical government mentality that the information is out there but you have to find it yourself. Luckily I stumbled across it while surfing.
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