Air carrier captain reported sighting 2 uavs while conducting an approach at lga. The event was repo...

Attributes
ACN	1490870
Time
Date	201710
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	LGA.Airport
State Reference	NY
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Operating Under FAR Part	Other 107
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict

Narrative:

We were hearing drone reports by ATC. We were eventually given a traffic advisory for the drones ourselves. We kept a look out and the first officer spotted 2 drones flying about a half mile laterally to the right of us; and 500-1000 feet below us when we were 2 miles prior to greko on the approach for runway 22 in la guardia. He kept them in sight and we were clear of them; continuing without having to take evasive action. The sun was setting and he wasn't sure if the light was reflecting off of red paint; or if the drones were emitting a red light on each of them. We reported the drones to ATC and made a phone call to them after we parked at the gate.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported sighting 2 UAVs while conducting an approach at LGA. The event was reported to ATC; however no evasive action was taken.

Narrative: We were hearing drone reports by ATC. We were eventually given a traffic advisory for the drones ourselves. We kept a look out and the First Officer spotted 2 drones flying about a half mile laterally to the right of us; and 500-1000 feet below us when we were 2 miles prior to GREKO on the approach for Runway 22 in La Guardia. He kept them in sight and we were clear of them; continuing without having to take evasive action. The sun was setting and he wasn't sure if the light was reflecting off of red paint; or if the drones were emitting a red light on each of them. We reported the drones to ATC and made a phone call to them after we parked at the gate.

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.

Air carrier captain reported sighting 2 uavs while conducting an approach at lga. The event was reported to ATC; however no evasive action was taken.