McFly Aerial Ag
Listing confirmed by the business · Aug 2026Stated by the operator, not checked by us
McFly Aerial Ag is a Chesterfield, Indiana drone application business covering Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Kentucky. The operator holds FAA Part 107 and Part 137 certification along with a Section 44807 exemption. Work includes spraying, dry spreading, cover crop seeding, mapping and crop scouting on corn, soybeans, wheat and pasture, flown with an EAVision J100 and a Talos T60X.
Operations are based in the Corn Belt region.
Services offered
Pricing context for the crops McFly Aerial Ag services
Typical 2026 per-acre rates for drone spraying by crop, based on US ag drone industry data. McFly Aerial Ag's stated rate is $14/acre.
- Drone spraying for corn$12 to $18 per acre
- Drone spraying for soybeans$12 to $18 per acre
- Drone spraying for wheat$12 to $16 per acre
- Drone spraying for pasture and rangeland$14 to $25 per acre
- Drone spraying for cover crops$12 to $18 per acre
- Drone spraying for row crops$12 to $22 per acre
Crops serviced
Equipment used
Certifications & compliance
The operator told us each of these. Anything we matched against a public record is shown with the date we checked it, at the top of this page.
States served (5)
Aerial pesticide licensing in states served
Every state requires a pesticide applicator license with the aerial category endorsement on top of FAA Part 137. The agencies that issue these licenses in McFly Aerial Ag's service area:
- Indiana — Any commercial drone spray over Indiana fields needs Category 11: Aerial Application, issued by Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC) at Purdue University.
- Ohio — Any commercial drone spray over Ohio fields needs Category C-1 (commercial license required even for private applicators), issued by Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA).
- Illinois — requires Aerial General Standards (replaces Core exam) + site categories for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDA).
- Michigan — Any commercial drone spray over Michigan fields needs AE (Aerial Standard) + Core + use categories, issued by Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD).
- Kentucky — requires Category 11: Aerial Certification (explicitly includes UAS) for aerial pesticide application; the licensing authority is Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA).
Full agency, exam and renewal-cycle details by state are catalogued on the state pesticide licensing reference.
Verify and resources
Primary-source references for verifying credentials and looking up state-specific rules in McFly Aerial Ag's service area.
Frequently asked questions
Verifying McFly Aerial Ag runs through three independent checks: Part 107 via the FAA Airmen Inquiry, Part 137 via the issuing FAA Flight Standards office, and the state aerial-category pesticide applicator license via the receiving state's department of agriculture. In Indiana the state credential is issued by Office of Indiana State Chemist (OISC) at Purdue University; you can ask the operator for the applicator license number and verify it with the agency directly. Pair that with a current chemical-drift COI and the Section 44807 exemption number for due diligence.
The operator's stated rate of $14 to $14 per acre typically covers the application itself: drone calibration, GPS-guided mission planning, mixing and loading product into the tank, the labor and machine time to fly the field, and a written FIFRA Part 170 application record (date, time, product, EPA reg number, rate, weather, field ID). Pesticide product, surfactants and adjuvants are usually supplied by the farmer and excluded from the per-acre rate. Common surcharges include long travel past the operator's standard radius, after-hours or emergency turnaround, fields with steep terrain or significant obstructions, and minimum-acreage charges below a stated field size. Get inclusions and exclusions in writing before any application.