Star Map Builds Sky Path, Low Altitude Toward Blue Ocean | China Aerospace Star Map's All-Dimensional Low Altitude Airspace Planning Empowers Economic Takeoff

A drone fleet for agricultural and forestry plant protection in a certain county in the Yangtze River Delta just took off, but was halted due to unclear airspace boundary delineation, forcing the suspension of plant protection operations over tens of thousands of acres of farmland.

A logistics company’s drone delivery line in the Pearl River Delta experienced signal loss on one-third of its route due to unsynchronized air route planning and communication layout, cutting delivery efficiency in half.

A popular cultural tourism scenic spot has been preparing an eVTOL low-altitude sightseeing project for half a year, but due to the lack of professional airspace demand assessment and delayed approval for compliant flights, it missed the peak tourism season benefits.

An emergency drone in a northern city was on standby to assist, but due to the lack of standardized procedures for temporary airspace applications and poor departmental coordination, it missed the best response opportunity.

The trillion-dollar blue ocean of low-altitude economy has already begun. From agricultural and forestry operations in rural counties, to urban logistics and commuting, from low-altitude tourism experiences to urban emergency rescue, regions are seizing the opportunities of low-altitude development, investing heavily in takeoff and landing facilities, introducing low-altitude equipment, and incubating application projects. However, behind this seemingly vibrant layout lies a common development dilemma: a lack of systematic low-altitude airspace planning, inadequate supporting infrastructure design, and an incomplete approval and operation system.

Many places blindly invest with the idea of “building first, planning later,” but end up stuck at the critical points of airspace compliance, route adaptation, and communication coordination, making low-altitude projects difficult to implement, fly, or operate smoothly. “We bought equipment, built sites, spent a lot of money, but can’t even get a compliant route approved. The low-altitude economy has become a ‘visible but intangible’ cake,” said a staff member from a local low-altitude office, expressing the frustration of development.

The wave of low-altitude economy is surging forward. As the core resource of low-altitude development, systematic planning of low-altitude airspace has become a key issue for industry-scale growth. From production operations and logistics to transportation, public governance, and cultural consumption, various low-altitude flying activities are experiencing explosive growth, creating an urgent need for professional, compliant, and well-adapted airspace and route planning.

Solving this development dilemma and enabling the low-altitude economy to truly “take off and sustain long-term growth” is a core focus of China Science Map. The company closely follows market demands and industry trends, leveraging comprehensive business capabilities to cover key aspects of low-altitude airspace planning and infrastructure development at provincial, municipal, and county levels, strengthening the spatial foundation for high-quality low-altitude economy development and empowering the entire sector with professionalism.

Five departments issue policy guidance

Supporting low-altitude infrastructure development through information and communication industries

Low-altitude infrastructure is a vital foundation for the development of the low-altitude economy, and the information and communication industry is its core supporting force. In February 2026, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and four other departments jointly issued the “Implementation Opinions on Strengthening the Capacity Building of the Information and Communication Industry to Support Low-Altitude Infrastructure Development” (Gong Xin Ting Lian Tong Xin [2026] No. 4), clearly defining the direction for low-altitude economy growth.

The opinions emphasize four principles: demand-driven, focus on key points, integrated reuse, multi-party collaboration, pilot first, steady progress, safety and controllability, and barrier building. The core development goals by 2027 include: ensuring that over 90% of the national low-altitude public route ground mobile communication network is covered, improving multi-sensor fusion perception solutions, enhancing low-altitude navigation services, developing at least ten information infrastructure standards, and creating typical low-altitude application scenarios in urban governance, logistics, and tourism.

China Science Map aligns with national policy guidance, integrating policy requirements into the entire airspace planning process to ensure all solutions are compliant and well-adapted, providing professional support for the coordinated development of low-altitude information infrastructure and airspace utilization.

Building a comprehensive low-altitude airspace planning business system

Customized solutions at all levels

Centered on “regulatory standards as the foundation, technological empowerment as the core, and project approval as the benchmark,” China Science Map focuses on the entire chain of low-altitude airspace planning needs, creating a standardized, professional, and closed-loop workflow system. This covers management requirements at provincial, municipal, and county levels, providing comprehensive airspace planning solutions for various low-altitude flying activities.

Airspace delineation plan formulation

Strengthening regional low-altitude air traffic structure

Precisely aligning with the overall planning needs of low-altitude airspace at provincial, municipal, and county levels, conducting in-depth research on regional flight demands, and combining national airspace classification standards with local airspace management realities, to develop scientific and reasonable tiered airspace delineation plans. Establishing a standardized process of “demand research – airspace classification – plan formulation – simulation evaluation – plan optimization,” innovating airspace assessment mechanisms, ensuring low-altitude route plans meet national standards and adapt to local management needs, enabling efficient regional resource supply and orderly management.

Specialized airspace planning and design

Adapting to diverse airspace needs

Deeply engaged in planning and designing non-controlled airspaces such as Class W and G, providing solutions for low-altitude manned and unmanned aircraft separation zones, and integrated manned-unmanned flight zones. Strictly following regulations like the “National Airspace Basic Classification Method” and “Interim Regulations on the Management of Unmanned Aircraft Operations,” tailoring plans based on military and civil airspace control zones, government-controlled airspace, urban core areas, and remote regions. Balancing flight safety and airspace utilization efficiency to allocate compliant airspace resources for various aircraft operations.

Multi-scenario route and operation airspace planning

Matching diverse flight mission requirements

Covering fixed and temporary low-altitude routes, dedicated and public flight zones, precisely fitting core scenarios such as logistics, tourism, emergency rescue, and urban governance. Planning efficient direct delivery routes for logistics, immersive flight experience routes for tourism, and rapid response channels for emergencies, achieving precise matching of scenario needs and airspace resources.

Simultaneously establishing multi-dimensional evaluation systems for safety, economy, and environmental protection of routes, utilizing the “Qihang Low-Altitude Planning Platform” for simulation validation, making route planning more scientific and feasible, supporting efficient utilization of low-altitude airspace.

Full-process technical support services

Promoting compliant and efficient implementation of planning solutions

Providing full-cycle technical support from “demand analysis to approval,” including low-altitude application scenario airspace demand assessment, plan feasibility evaluation, route operation management rules, and full-process agency services for route application and approval.

Relying on expert teams in military and civil aviation management and cross-departmental coordination, efficiently balancing demands from military, civil, government, and operational entities, establishing a closed-loop mechanism of “plan formulation – simulation verification – expert review – submission and approval,” ensuring all plans meet safety standards, are approved efficiently, and enabling clients to quickly launch low-altitude flight operations.

Drawing the blueprint for low-altitude air routes

Together towards a trillion-dollar blue ocean

Currently, the low-altitude economy market size has surpassed one trillion yuan, with a projected market of 3.5 trillion yuan rapidly taking shape. The construction of low-altitude three-dimensional transportation and the implementation of various application scenarios are becoming the core directions of industry development.

In the future, China Science Map will continue to focus on low-altitude development, deepening research in low-altitude airspace route planning and infrastructure layout, promoting mature planning cases nationwide, and providing professional, efficient, and compliant customized planning solutions for low-altitude three-dimensional transportation at all levels and various low-altitude application scenarios.

Meanwhile, it aims to collaborate with partners to seize new blue oceans in low-altitude economy development, injecting strong momentum into the standardized and high-quality growth of low-altitude economy through professional planning, and jointly drawing a bright future for the low-altitude era!