Captain reported sighting a drone while on final approach to bos airport.

Attributes
ACN	1764535
Time
Date	202010
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	BOS.Airport
State Reference	MA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Transport
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	UAV - Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle
Flight Phase	Cruise
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict

Narrative:

I observed a drone while on final for runway 4R; about 3 NM out of bos at 1;200 ft. The previous aircraft (company) also reported that an unknown object was flying in the area. I saw a silver drone flying at a decent speed around runway 4R's final approach path. I continued the approach and did not have to maneuver to avoid the drone because it was visible and at a reasonable distance. The unauthorized drone was flying within the inner shelf of the boston class B airspace. Suggest creating more awareness of the restrictions on uas operation around busy class bravo airspace.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Captain reported sighting a drone while on final approach to BOS airport.

Narrative: I observed a drone while on final for Runway 4R; about 3 NM out of BOS at 1;200 ft. The previous aircraft (company) also reported that an unknown object was flying in the area. I saw a silver drone flying at a decent speed around Runway 4R's final approach path. I continued the approach and did not have to maneuver to avoid the drone because it was visible and at a reasonable distance. The unauthorized drone was flying within the inner shelf of the Boston Class B airspace. Suggest creating more awareness of the restrictions on UAS operation around busy Class Bravo airspace.

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.