Free mission planning

DJI drone mission planning for mapping surveys

Choose your drone, draw the area to cover, and review the flight route. When it looks right, export a DJI mission file (KMZ) for your controller.

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Browser-based Terrain tools Route review

Build your flight

Aircraft

Mission stats

Mission

- Survey time

- Distance

- Area

- Estimated batteries

Capture quality

- GSD/px

- Front overlap

Route details

- Strips

- Waypoints

- Photos

Survey

Mapping mode

Side overlap

Speed

m/s

Altitude

Margin

Direction

Turn style

Cross-hatch

Simulation The full planner adds terrain following, flight splitting, and mission export.

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Freemission planning and KMZ export

WPMLstructured DJI mission format

Supported DJI drones

DJI Mavic 4 Pro
DJI Mini 3 Pro
DJI Mini 4 Pro
DJI Mini 5 Pro
DJI Air 3
DJI Air 3S
DJI Mavic 3 Classic

The Problem

Survey cameras got cheap. Survey flying didn't.

A mapping camera is only one part of a survey. You also need a route and a compatible way to fly it.

Survey tools depend on the aircraft

Built-in grid, overlap, and terrain tools vary by aircraft and controller. FlyPath lets you plan the survey route in your browser.

Compatibility remains fragmented

Check that your aircraft, controller, DJI application, and firmware can load and fly the exported file.

Large sites need smaller plans

Divide a large 2D survey into blocks or hexagons. Each part becomes its own mission, so you can adjust its area, settings, and route independently while reviewing the parts together.

Survey Patterns

Choose your survey pattern

Choose the route that fits your survey area and the imagery you need.

Parallel 2D survey grid covering a polygon on the map

2D area grid

Cover a survey area with parallel passes for mapping imagery.

Cross-hatch

Add a perpendicular pass for stronger 3D reconstruction.

Corridor

Follow a road, pipeline, or coastline with a narrow route.

Orbit 3D

Circle a subject to capture it from multiple angles.

Inside FlyPath

Plan and manage your missions

Draw survey areas, review routes, and keep your missions in one place.

Survey area polygon drawn on the satellite map in the FlyPath planner

Choose a drone and draw an area

Select your DJI drone, then draw the area to cover on the map or import it from KML.

Generated flight route with the flight settings panel in the FlyPath planner

Review the route

Set the flight height, speed, and photo overlap. Check the route and any planning warnings before export.

Project map showing related mission areas and combined survey estimates

03 - Optional

View your Project on one map

See the mission areas in a Project together, with combined survey time, distance, and battery estimates. Project access is limited and planned for paid accounts.

FlyPath Missions & Projects with saved missions, projects, and a shared map preview

Find your saved work

Browse your missions and Projects, preview the selected item on the map, and open it to continue planning.

Terrain Aware

Missions that follow the ground

Use built-in elevation data to check clearance and plan waypoint heights.

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Terrain follow

Set a height-change tolerance to plan a steadier height above terrain.

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Contours and elevations

Overlay contour lines at your chosen interval and colour, and show ground elevation beside each waypoint while you plan.

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Elevation profile

Draw a line across the site to see its elevation profile, with the line length and the ground height at both ends.

Flight Safety

Plan with confidence. Fly with responsibility.

FlyPath is a planning aid, not flight authorization or a substitute for pilot judgment.

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Review every route

Confirm the boundary, waypoints, altitude, speed, camera behavior, finish action, and controller-loss action.

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Verify compatibility

Loading and flying the file still depends on the target aircraft, controller, DJI application, and firmware. Open every export in your intended workflow and verify its heights and actions before flight.

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Assess the real site

Check airspace, permissions, people, obstacles, weather, battery reserve, and current conditions before every flight.

Global Reach

Used in 19 countries

FlyPath QGIS plugin downloads, tracked across the drone mapping community worldwide.

Source: QGIS Plugin Repository · 1810 tracked downloads (top 19 countries) · Updated 6 Oct 2026 UTC

FAQ

Before you plan your first mission

Is FlyPath free?

Mission planning and standard KMZ export are free. Create a free account to save and export individual missions.

Are Projects included in free access?

Projects have limited availability and are planned for paid accounts. They let you group related missions, view them together, and compare settings. Pricing and Project limits will be shown before you subscribe.

Will the mission file work with my DJI setup?

Use a supported drone profile shown above. Multi-camera aircraft require the wide mapping camera; Matrice 4E support is still being validated.
Check your exact aircraft, controller, DJI application, and firmware for compatibility.
Open and inspect every exported file on the intended controller before flight. Read the mission-file guide.

Should I divide an area or split a route into flights?

Divide a 2D survey into blocks or hexagons to create independently editable missions. Split a route into continuous flights to work within battery and waypoint limits; the survey area stays the same. Related missions can be grouped in an optional Project and exported together.

Can I share a plan for review?

Yes. You can create a revocable, read-only review link for one mission or a Project. Review links show the plans but do not provide exported mission files.

Does an exported mission guarantee a safe flight?

No. FlyPath can show terrain and export planned heights, but it does not check airspace, weather, obstacles, or permissions. The pilot remains responsible for route review, compatibility, legal compliance, site conditions, and safe operation. Read the validation guide.

Team

Built by drone mapping people

Salar Ghaffarian

Co-founder · CEO

Sets the survey maths behind overlap, terrain following, and capture quality.

Alireza Ahmadi

Founding Engineer

Builds the planner, the route engine, and the WPML export pipeline.

FlyPath is made by Dronnix. Questions or feedback? Get in touch.

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