Drones range from toys best suited for a lap around the backyard to drones you can use for long distance aerial photography. Here are some of the drones with the best range going far beyond the 330 feet or 100 meters many toy drones can travel. We’ll present a variety of options to suit every budget and niche.

Drone	Name	Max Range	Max Flight Time	Price
	DJI Mavic Pro	7 km (4.3 miles)	27 minutes	Check Price
	DJI Phantom 4 PRO	7 km (4.3 miles)	30 minutes	Check Price
	DJI Inspire 2	7 km (4.3 miles)	27 minutes	Check Price
	DJI Mavic Air	2 km (1.2 miles)	21 minutes	Check Price
	GoPro Karma Drone	3 km (1.9 miles)	20 minutes	Check Price
	Parrot Bebop 2	2 km (1.2 miles)	25 minutes	Check Price
	Autel Robotics X-Star Drone	2 km (1.2 miles)	25 minutes	Check Price
	Force1 Bugs Drone	0.5 km (0.3 miles)	30 minutes	Check Price
	Potensic Brand T35 Drone	0.3 km (0.2 miles)	15 minutes	Check Price

Drones with the best range: DJI Mavic Pro

 

We’re talking about the Mavic Pro Quadcopter model with a remote control and not much else. If you pay quite a bit more, you can buy bundles with extra hardware and spare batteries. . A point in favor of the DJI brand is how easy it is to get replacement parts.

However, this review is just for the Pro drone itself. While you can get various supporting software packages and warranties, that isn’t necessary, either.

What about the drone itself? This drone can literally fly for miles via remote control; the battery power is a greater limiter on its range than the controller or the program. It can see obstacles up to 15 meters or 49 feet away and avoid them. It can return where you wanted.

One of the perks of this unit is the camera. It comes with an ultra-stabilized camera so that you can get clear high definition images. The streaming video could be broadcast as far as 4.3 miles or 7 kilometers. The unit comes with a 16 GB microSD memory card.

Drones with the best range: DJI Phantom 4 PRO

 

The DJI Phantom 4 PRO is the next level up from the Mavic Quadcopter drone. You’ll also pay up to 50% more for just the drone itself. The step up in price gives you the ability to record 4K videos with a 100 Mbps bitrate. This is the best drone for those who want to record 4K video and livestream it. Or you can take top notice still images with the 20 megapixel CMOS sensor that acts as a camera.

This unit has the next level of obstacle avoidance technology. It is also smart enough to let you draw a route for it to follow on a map, and it will remain at the same altitude as it follows that route. It automatically travels the same speed along the landscape, providing steady, stable, high quality images and video. And the camera can face any direction when it is in flight.

Drones with the best range: DJI Inspire 2

 

The Inspire 1 was the first film-making drone with HD video transmission, a 360 gimbal and 4K camera, all of which could be controlled via an app. The DJI Inspire 2 is the next step up in long range drones.

Like the other DJI drones, you can find DJI Inspire 2 drone packages with extra batteries, additional or upgraded cameras, carrying cases and spare hardware. Here, we’re just going to look at the basic drone package, though that’s still quite a bit with the DJI Inspire 2.

The DJI Inspire 2 is compatible with 5.2K gimbal cameras. This is the standard for high-end professional filmmaking and ideal for those trying to capture the action. Furthermore, the DJI Inspire 2 allows you to stream both the main camera and onboard first person view camera, whether you’re trying to pilot it live or want to capture twice as much video.

This drone has a long range, and it is smart enough to return home. It is very good at avoiding obstacles. One of the benefits of this drone is the dual battery system, allowing it to fly for up to half an hour. An unusual feature is the “self-heating” technology that lets it fly when ice and snow interferes with other drones. These are the ideal drones with the best range for flying in winter weather without icing up and crashing.

Drones with the best range: DJI Mavic Air

 

The DJI Mavic Air is an excellent mid-grade long range drone. It is able to capture 32 megapixel panorama pictures. It can take 25 pictures within 8 seconds to create these spherical panoramas. It can capture 4K video at 30 frames per second with its 12 megapixel camera.

The 3-axis gimbal stabilizes the camera even when the drone is flying at top speed, providing crystal clear pictures or high-resolution video. The on-board software makes it possible to capture video you can replay in slow motion and lets you determine exposure settings. And it delivers all of this is a compact package.

This drone lets you control it up to 1.2 miles away. The battery allows it to run up to 21 minutes on a single charge.

Drones with the best range: GoPro Karma Drone with HERO6

 

GoPro has long been the forerunner in cameras one takes with them when out on an adventure to capture the experience or share it with the world. The GoPro Karma drone continues in this tradition.

This drone can capture smooth footage whether it is mounted in one place, held in one’s hand or flying. You can remote the stabilizer and attack it to the “Karma” grip to use the drone camera as a handheld camera. This unit isn’t as good as the DJI series for returning home or staying in one place when told.

Its theoretical range is two miles but tends to be closer to one mile. You can buy just the drone or the drone with battery. This drone works with the same battery as the Hero5.

Drones with the best range: Parrot Bebop 2

 

The Parrot Bebop 2 drone stands out as an affordable drone compared to some of the others on this list. This FPV drone can fly up to 25 minutes on a single battery charge. The drone itself is compact and lightweight.

If you’re looking for the drones with the best range, know that this unit can go up to 1.2 miles or 2 kilometers while under the operator’s control.

The camera can capture 1080P HD videos or 14 megapixel photos with its built-in camera. It can capture images in the Adobe RAW format, JPEG and DNG format.
Parrot sells replacement batteries, propellers and other accessories at reasonable prices.

Drones with the best range: Autel Robotics X-Star Drone

 

The X-Star drone by Autel Robotics has a 1.2 mile range. The bright orange body stands out in any environment, invaluable for keeping up with it in a cluttered urban or monotonous rural environment.

You can fly it via remote control or the Starlink mobile app.
This comes with a 4K HD camera and basic 3-axis gimbal stabilizer. It can navigate via both GPS and Glonass. You can set it to follow someone, tell it to orbit a set center point or direct it to travel between waypoints.

The drone comes with a 64 GB MicroSD card and battery. The battery can charge in just one hour. A charged battery powers the craft for up to 25 minutes. If you’re trying to find a long range drone for sale relative to price, consider the X-star by Autel Robotics.

Drones with the best range: Force1 Bugs Drone

 

This is another mid-market drone. It doesn’t have as great of a range as some of the other drones on this list, but it can go farther and longer than many toy drones. The battery can power it for up to 30 minutes, giving this drone one of the longest flight times of anything on this list.

The Force1 drone is able to return home using GPS and can do so from distances as great as 500 meters.

It has a basic 1080p FPV camera. Conversely, you can capture FPV video via wi-fi assuming you’re within range of a wifi network. It also comes with a remote controller, charger, smartphone mount, propeller changing tool and four extra propellers.

Drones with the best range: Potensic Brand T35 Drone

 

This drone by Potensic is capable of navigating via GPS or being controlled via remote control. It comes with an adjustable wide-angle 1080p HD camera. It has a basic “follow me” mode to follow you, or rather, your smart phone. If you lose control over it, it can return home via GPS. It has a good range given its price – up to 300 meters or 0.2 miles.

T35 is a good drone for those who want simple controls, since you can make it takeoff and land at the touch of a button. And you can set it to follow or go in a loop at a set altitude with barely more than a touch of a button.

It can fly for up to 15 minutes. This quadcopter comes with a battery and USB battery charger. The manufacturer also provides extra crash protection guards, propeller blades and landing gears.

This is one of the best range drone if you’re trying to find something easy to use with basic image and video capture. This is what you want of surveying property and looking for lost items, not capturing high resolution video for commercial work.

Summary

Once you understand what you need out of drone, whether it is the ability to live stream HD images while navigating it or a set and forget about it mode for capturing dioramic pictures, taking pictures of work sites or capturing video snippets of activity, you’ll be able to find the right drone for your intended application.