DJI Mavic Air

DJI Mavic Air
  • Category

    Hobby

  • Release Date

    2018

  • Max. Speed

    68.4 km/h

  • Max. Range

    4 km

Product Overview

Take to the skies with the DJI Mavic Air, a compact and powerful drone that delivers high-quality aerial photography. This compact and powerful drone has a max speed of 68.4 km/h, max range of 4 km, and max flight time of 20 min. With a battery capacity of 2375 mAh and obstacle avoidance sensors, you'll be capturing 4K footage with ease!

The DJI Mavic Air also comes equipped with a number of intelligent modes including orbit mode, follow mode, waypoint mode, FPV mode, altitude hold, return home function, smartphone controllable app, and 12 MP camera with 4K video resolution. If you’re looking for an easy way to take stunning photos from the sky that are sure to impress friends and family members alike, this is your best bet!

The DJI Mavic Air also comes with a number of intelligent features that make it easy to use. Orbit mode allows you to fly the drone around a subject as it continuously changes its path to keep the camera focused on the subject. Follow mode will allow the drone to track a subject as it moves. Waypoint mode allows you to program the drone to fly a certain path. FPV lets you view the drone's live stream from your phone. Return Home lets you program the drone to fly back to where it took off from if it ever strays too far away.

DJI Mavic Air Specification

Overview

The DJI Mavic Air is a Multirotors drone that was released by DJI in 2018.

A multirotor drone is a multiple propeller, vertical lift drone. These drones are more maneuverable due to their flight profile, being able to fly much closer to buildings and other obstacles. Multi-rotor drones like the DJI Mavic Air also tend to be faster to deploy, and tend to be significantly cheaper to acquire and operate.

The battery capacity inside is 2375 mAh.

Category
Hobby
Type
Multirotors
Brand
DJI
Release Date
2018
Country of Origin
China
Battery Capacity (mAH)
2375 mAh
Rotor Count
4
Performance

The DJI Mavic Air falls within an 'average' speed of drones with a max speed of around 68.4 km/h. If you're a beginner or even an intermediate drone user, than this should still be plenty. if you're looking for something a bit faster however, it'd be best to keep looking.

Falling inside a decent flight range for drones at 4 km, you'd be safe to fly it outside of line-of-sight. You won't be disappearing to the other side of the city, but you will get more than enough range for average and above-average usage.

The drone sits well within an average flight time when compared to other drones, with a maximum flight time of 20 min. This flight time will be plenty of the average user, and should give you more than enough time between charges. You can always bring an extra battery to swap out between flights, or just a battery pack to charge it up as you go should you need a little more flight time.

Max. Speed
68.4 km/h
Max. Range
4 km
Max. Flight Time
20 min
Size

Dimensions of the DJI Mavic Air come in at 168 × 184 × 64 mm.

However, once folded up you're looking at a much more reasonable size 168 × 83 × 49 mm.

With a total weight of only 430 g, the drone comes in on the lighter side of drones. Perfect to carry around with you, or throw into a travel bag.

Dimensions
168 × 184 × 64 mm
Dimensions When Folded
168 × 83 × 49 mm
Weight
430 g
Camera
Video Resolution
4K
Video Framerate
30 fps
Camera Resolution - Photo
12 MP
Live Video Resolution
720p
Live Video Frame Rate
30 fps
Live Video Feed?
YES
4k Camera?
YES
Other
Minimum Temperature
0 °C
Maximum Temperature
40 °C
Features
Orbit Mode?
YES
Follow Mode?
YES
Waypoint Mode?
YES
Beginner Mode?
YES
Headless Mode?
YES
FPV Mode?
YES
Altitude Hold Mode?
YES
VTOL Mode?
YES
One-Key Take Off?
YES
One-Key Landing?
YES
Return Home?
YES
Obstacle Avoidance?
YES
Controller App?
YES
LCD Controller?
YES
Smartphone Mountable Controller?
YES
Gimbal Stabilizer?
YES
Foldable Design?
YES
LED Lights?
YES
Propeller Guards?
YES
Facial Recognition
YES
FPV Goggles?
YES
Gesture Control?
YES
Headlamos?
YES
USB?
YES
Micro USB?
YES
SD Card
YES
MicroSD
YES
Radio?
YES
WIFI?
YES

Where to buy the DJI Mavic Air

The lowest price is $407.49 for the DJI Mavic Air, available from multiple sites. The 15 purchase links we have analyzed have revealed an average price of $556.

DJI Mavic Air (Flame Red)
racingtama.com
$407.49
DJI Mavic Air (Arctic White)
racingtama.com
$407.49
DJI Mavic Air (Onyx Black)
racingtama.com
$407.49
DJI Mavic Air Drone with 64GB Card & Landing Pad Kit (Flame Red)
racingtama.com
$427.89
DJI Mavic Air Drone with 64GB Card & Landing Pad Kit (Arctic White)
racingtama.com
$427.89
DJI Mavic Air Drone with 64GB Card & Landing Pad Kit (Onyx Black)
racingtama.com
$427.89
DJI Mavic Air Fly More Combo (Flame Red)
racingtama.com
$509.49
DJI Mavic Air Fly More Combo (Onyx Black)
racingtama.com
$509.49
DJI Mavic Air Fly More Drone with 64GB Card & Landing Pad Kit (Onyx Black)
racingtama.com
$529.89
DJI Mavic Air Fly More Drone with 64GB Card & Landing Pad Kit (Arctic White)
racingtama.com
$529.89
DJI Mavic Air Drone with LaCie 2TB Copilot BOSS Hard Drive Kit (Arctic White)
racingtama.com
$555.39
DJI Mavic Air Drone with LaCie 2TB Copilot BOSS Hard Drive Kit (Onyx Black)
racingtama.com
$555.39
Dji Mavic Air Fly More Combo - Foldable, Pocket-portable Drone - White
ebay.com
$600
Dji Mavic Air Red
ebay.com
$750
DJI Mavic Air 2S - Maverick Drone Systems
maverickdrone.com
$1299

Reviews of the DJI Mavic Air

4.3

Based on 11 reviews

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DJI Mavic Air review
techradar.com
  • - 4.5
With improved tech and better smarts encapsulated within a small, foldable form factor, DJI has made it easier for anyone to enjoy aerial photography.
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DJI Mavic Air review: portable photographer
theverge.com
  • - 4.25
The new $799 Mavic Air shares a lot of similarities with both the DJI Spark and the Mavic Pro and Pro Platinum. Like those models, it’s a compact drone with a 12-megapixel camera and a handful of different flying and shooting modes.
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DJI Mavic Air Review
pcmag.com
  • - 4
The Mavic Air is DJI's smallest, most portable drone, and is just as full-featured as its larger siblings.
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DJI Mavic Air Review: The Best Camera Drone
tomsguide.com
  • - 4.5
Smaller, more compact and less expensive than its predecessor, the DJI Mavic Air still has the same great camera and some new features that make this drone even better.
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Impressively portable and efficient
t3.com
  • - 4
The Mavic Air is a true pocket rocket that excels in every department. It’s much lighter and smaller than the DJI Mavic 2 Pro and not much bigger than its smaller sibling, the Spark. Figure in the four folding rotor arms and you have an extremely portable and efficient 4K camera-equipped drone.
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DJIMavic Air
myfirstdrone.com
  • - 4.5
The DJI Mavic Air drone is one of the best camera drones in the category. Come see why we RATED this drone a 9 out of 10.
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DJI Mavic Air review – small drone, big in the right ways
dronerush.com
  • - 3.9
Our verdict is in, the DJI Mavic Air is a great drone. We've flown this folding quadcopter as much as possible, and we're impressed - check it out in our full DJI Mavic Air review.
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Review: DJI Mavic Air
wired.com
  • - 4
Packed with automated features that make flying and filming fun and easy, the $800 DJI Mavic Air is our top pick.
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DJI Mavic Air review: A folding 4K mini drone that's close to perfect
cnet.com
  • - 4.5
More powerful than DJI's palm-size Spark, but less expensive than its Mavic Pro, the Mavic Air is the new Goldilocks in the drone maker's consumer lineup.
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DJI Mavic Air Review
trustedreviews.com
  • - 4.5
DJI Mavic Air review: Packing in incredible portability and fantastic image quality, the DJI Mavic Air comfortably takes the crown of king of the skies.
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DJI Mavic Air review
digitaltrends.com
  • - 4.5
DJI managed to squeeze its most cutting-edge tech inside a folding drone that fits in your pocket.
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