What Dublin businesses film from the air
Dublin’s newest district straddles the Scioto River. The city describes Bridge Park as a 30-acre, multi-phase, mixed-use development built through a partnership with developer Crawford Hoying that began in 2015, and it calls the Dublin Link, the footbridge connecting Bridge Park on the east bank with Historic Dublin on the west, the longest single-tower, S-shaped suspension bridge in the world, according to its history of Dublin firsts. Apartments, offices, restaurants and hotels there sell on that river setting, and aerial video shows how the two banks connect better than any ground angle.
The rest of the city is corporate. Dublin says it is home to more than 20 corporate headquarters and lists Cardinal Health, the Wendy’s Company and OCLC among the companies based there, in its city profile. Those campuses, the office corridors around them and the golf communities near Muirfield Village are the other main subjects for leasing, recruiting and investor material.
Dublin is mostly in Franklin County, with sections in Delaware and Union counties, as the city’s emergency preparedness page notes.
Inside Ohio State’s Class D
The airport that shapes Dublin flights is Ohio State University’s Don Scott Airport (OSU), about 2 nautical miles southeast of Bridge Park. FAA Class Airspace data shows its Class D reaching the surface over the east and center of the city, including Bridge Park, Historic Dublin, the Scioto riverfront and the office districts along the river. Those flights need LAANC.
The facility map ceilings change within a few blocks. We found 300 feet at Bridge Park and 150 feet at the Dublin Link and in Historic Dublin, so a low pass over the bridge can be approved while a high wide shot from the same spot cannot. Around Cardinal Place and Kilgour Place the grid rises to 400 feet. On the west and north sides, at Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin Methodist Hospital and Darree Fields, the airspace is Class G at the surface and no LAANC is needed.
Dublin also has drones of its own in the air. The police department’s drone program launches autonomous aircraft from four rooftop docks to emergency calls anywhere in the city. Under Ohio Revised Code 4561.51, flying in a way that disrupts police, fire or EMS work is an offense, so we stand down if an incident is under way near a shoot.
Parks, events and the Memorial
Ohio Revised Code 4561.52 lets cities regulate hobby drone flights over parks they own. We did not find a published drone permit process on Dublin’s website, so commercial launches from city parks start with a call to the city. The city’s Independence Day page lists drones as prohibited at the Dublin Coffman High School stadium event and says the fireworks may be canceled if one is present.
The Memorial Tournament is Dublin’s biggest week. The city says the 2027 tournament runs May 31 to June 6 at Muirfield Village Golf Club. The FAA’s stadium restriction covers MLB, NFL, NCAA Division I football and major auto races, not golf, but the club is private and the crowds are large. We fly the course only with approval and check NOTAMs that week.
Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks, which runs Glacier Ridge Metro Park northwest of the city, requires a permit for commercial drone work, according to its FAQ page.
Light and seasons
The Scioto runs roughly north to south through Dublin, so Bridge Park’s riverfront buildings face west across the water toward Historic Dublin. Late afternoon light falls on that east bank, and dusk lights up the Dublin Link. Glass office campuses read best in clean morning or late-day light. For golf communities, late spring and early fall give green fairways without tournament-week traffic.
Planning a Dublin shoot
Send the address, date window and deliverables. We check the OSU grid, city and park rules, the Memorial calendar and landowner permission before we quote. In October 2026 we flew tourism aerials in neighboring Delaware County; see our Delaware drone page and Columbus drone page, our Ohio drone laws guide, our drone photography and commercial real estate aerial services, or contact us to start.