Drone light shows in Wichita, Kansas
A riverfront crowd. An idea ready to take shape. A Wichita celebration designed around your own story above the city.
Plan your Wichita showPhoto: WeaponizingArchitecture · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2021 local photograph · cropped / WebP.
Made for this moment
The Arkansas River, downtown performance spaces, and Wichita’s aviation identity offer distinct ways to frame an event. For a community night, company milestone, fan gathering, or wedding, we turn your chosen message into formations while reviewing how the setting can support the performance.
Starbound Labs designs the show and brings the performance together. Our Spectra drones, in-house firmware, and Starbound OS software connect the creative work with the fleet and team on the ground.
Meet the team behind the lightsGive the city a reason to look up
Your occasion sets the direction. We shape the creative around it.
Bring people together for a city celebration, a seasonal gathering, or a festival finale with a story your community can share.
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Turn your logo, product launch, or company milestone into a reveal that reaches beyond the stage.
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Names, meaningful symbols, and a personal message in light. Make your celebration feel unmistakably yours.
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Build anticipation, celebrate your team, or create a shared moment for the people cheering together.
Explore the possibilitiesShow imagery illustrates creative possibilities, rather than performances at specific Wichita venues.
Rooted in Wichita
Local inspiration. A story made for your audience.
The Arkansas River can suggest flowing lines and movement for a Wichita sequence. The actual flight plan needs to account for trails, bridges, river users, and audience positions. A riverfront view does not establish permission to launch or occupy the airspace above it.
For an aviation-business gathering, technology reveal, or company anniversary, a simple outline can develop into a product or brand message. We assess surrounding buildings, active work areas, access, and guest sightlines before treating an industrial or corporate site as suitable.
Naftzger Park’s pavilion and Century II’s event setting offer different ways to gather an audience. A music-led concept needs coordinated stage timing and one readable viewing direction, with public circulation and a separate launch footprint included in the production plan.
A Wind Surge fan event can build from team colors and movement into an approved mark or closing message. Riverfront Stadium proposals need operator participation and review of the actual event’s restrictions; a minor-league game should not automatically be treated as an MLB stadium TFR.
For a wedding in Wichita or a private gathering toward Andover, a name, date, or shared symbol can carry the final moment. Tree cover, property boundaries, neighboring activity, crew access, and the guests’ view help determine whether the concept fits.
Eisenhower National, Jabara, and McConnell serve different parts of Wichita’s aviation environment. We also assess other activity relevant to the coordinates, rather than treating a short airport list as complete. Wind, changing weather, and contingency arrangements belong in the same early review.
Stadiums, stages & gathering places
Explore major event settings in Wichita and the wider metro.
Use these venues as starting points for your event plan. Each listing is a potential setting for individual review, with venue participation, permissions, launch and flight space, airspace, and show timing confirmed before a performance is agreed.
Minor-league ballpark & events
Wichita, Kansas
A potential operator-led event setting. Review the river corridor, nearby streets, seating sightlines, audience movement, event notices, and a separate flight footprint.
Official venue websiteDowntown stage & civic park
Wichita, Kansas
A City event setting that remains open to the public during public events. Review rental rules, stage timing, surrounding buildings, pedestrian movement, and separate launch land.
Official venue websiteConvention, performance & civic events
Wichita, Kansas
Any aerial component needs suitable outdoor viewing beyond the indoor halls. Review the exact plaza or adjoining property, public access, riverfront circulation, and operator permissions.
Official venue websiteOutdoor amphitheater
Andover, Kansas · outside Wichita
A wider-metro venue in Andover Central Park. Coordinate with the current operator on stage structures, sloped audience areas, trees, adjoining park uses, and a separated flight area.
Official venue websiteThe airspace is part of the plan
The right starting point is your exact venue, launch location, show height, and date.
For each proposed show, we check current FAA maps, NOTAMs, temporary flight restrictions, and the complete flight area. Nearby airports and military facilities are part of that review, alongside other local aviation activity.
Check current controlled airspace, facility maps, aircraft activity, and NOTAMs for the full proposed performance volume. The process depends on coordinates and altitude, not a fixed airport approval radius.
Review general-aviation traffic and the applicable current airspace for northeast-area sites. The airport authority publishes pilot and notice resources for both Wichita airports.
Military flying activity and installation restrictions need review separately from venue permission and civilian airspace authorization. Include the complete flight area and event date in that assessment.
Where the flight area requires controlled-airspace authorization, we identify the applicable FAA process. LAANC may be available for eligible operations; airspace authorization for operations using an operational waiver follows the FAA’s designated process through FAADroneZone. An airport phone call is not a substitute for the required FAA authorization.
FAA authorization guidanceQualifying sporting events can trigger temporary flight restrictions affecting stadiums and surrounding areas. We review the applicable notices and show timing; venue permission or a routine airspace authorization alone does not remove these restrictions.
FAA stadium guidanceThe show plan also determines operational waiver requirements, including a multiple-aircraft waiver where one pilot operates multiple drones. New operational waiver applications use the FAA’s Aviation Safety Hub. Venue and landowner permission, crowd separation, and any local event permits are handled alongside the aviation review.
FAA waiver guidanceCheck current security restrictions, military airspace, and notices for the proposed flight area. Landowner approval and routine controlled-airspace authorization do not remove installation restrictions.
Official planning guidanceWichita & the surrounding area
Tell us about your venue, whether it’s in the city or the wider metro. We’ll look at the proposed launch space and how your audience will experience the show.
Andover and Derby are separate cities. A venue near an airport, aircraft facility, or military installation needs an exact flight-area review rather than a citywide clearance assumption.
From the first conversation to the last light
We discuss your date, venue, audience, and creative direction, then review the setting and production requirements.
Our team builds the formations, movement, lighting, and choreography. You can explore the design before the performance.
We coordinate the show setup and on-site operation, with the site and conditions reviewed before flight.
A few things you might be wondering
The exact launch location, full performance volume, altitude, date, and show operation determine the review. Eisenhower National, Jabara, McConnell, and other local aircraft activity can present different considerations. Controlled-airspace authorization, military restrictions, operational waivers, and venue permission are separate.
Start by sharing the address, event date, and any venue information you have. We review the proposed launch area, audience viewing position, access, surrounding airspace, and site conditions before confirming whether a show is feasible.
We welcome enquiries for Wichita and surrounding communities. Andover and Derby are separate cities. A venue near an airport, aircraft facility, or military installation needs an exact flight-area review rather than a citywide clearance assumption. Send the venue address and event date so we can assess the actual setting.
Yes. We design formations, colors, animation, and choreography around your story. Tell us which brand elements, personal details, and music matter to the event so we can discuss the creative direction.
Pricing depends on the number of drones, creative scope, event location, travel, and production requirements. Share your plans and we’ll prepare a quote for your event.
Contact us as soon as you have a date and a possible venue. Early planning gives us time to review the location, develop the show, and coordinate the event requirements. Availability depends on your date and production needs.
Weather is part of the planning and show-day review. We discuss operating conditions and contingency arrangements with you before the event; the final decision to fly depends on conditions on the day.
Your place. Your people. Your story.
Tell us about your event, your date, and the moment you want to create.
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