Narrative:

Together with a friend; we went to the high desert area to do some low-level high speed tests with a dji drone. Our originally planned area (a blm (bureau of land management) managed dry lake bed) was closed because of recent rains. We tried to find another suitable area like an open field without obstacles far from structures or people. In doing so; got too close (approximately 2.7 nm) to a private airport. We were intercepted by security and immediately ceased operations upon learning we were too close.suggestions: 1) in drone ops; be more alert to nearby airports; even if private fields.2) improve dji location software to reduce false warnings. The software tends to provide alerts to the operator that often are incorrect.

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Title: UAV operator reported he was alerted by a private airport company security that he was operating too close to the private airport.

Narrative: Together with a friend; we went to the high desert area to do some low-level high speed tests with a DJI drone. Our originally planned area (a BLM (Bureau of Land Management) managed dry lake bed) was closed because of recent rains. We tried to find another suitable area like an open field without obstacles far from structures or people. In doing so; got too close (approximately 2.7 nm) to a private airport. We were intercepted by security and immediately ceased operations upon learning we were too close.Suggestions: 1) In drone ops; be more alert to nearby airports; even if private fields.2) Improve DJI location software to reduce false warnings. The software tends to provide alerts to the operator that often are incorrect.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.