Air carrier captain reported an uneventful airborne conflict with a drone (uav) during approach.

Attributes
ACN	1756822
Time
Date	202008
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BHM.Tower
State Reference	AL
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
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
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Inflight Event / Encounter Object

Narrative:

A drone flew near us on the right of our aircraft. The first officer saw the drone and reported it over the radio to the control tower. I did not see the drone.someone flew a drone near our aircraft during our approach to bhm. No course alteration was required. We flew a normal lateral and vertical track to the runway and landed without incident. Nothing out of the ordinary happened other than the drone sighting.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported an uneventful airborne conflict with a Drone (UAV) during approach.

Narrative: A drone flew near us on the right of our aircraft. The First Officer saw the drone and reported it over the radio to the Control Tower. I did not see the drone.Someone flew a drone near our aircraft during our approach to BHM. No course alteration was required. We flew a normal lateral and vertical track to the runway and landed without incident. Nothing out of the ordinary happened other than the drone sighting.

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.