FAA investigating report of drone over New York airport NEW YORK, March 5 (UPI) -- Federal aviation officials say they are looking into a report a drone aircraft was spotted by a commercial pilot who was landing at a New York City airport. The Alitalia pilot was on final approach to John F. Kennedy International Airport when he reported the sighting, ABC News reported Tuesday. "We saw a drone, a drone aircraft," the pilot told the control tower. Another pilot later reported a similar sighting. The Federal Aviation Administration said the unmanned aircraft was flying at an altitude of about 1,500 feet, CNN reported. The drone was about four to five miles west of the airport, the FAA said in a statement. The Alitalia pilot did not take evasive action and the flight landed safely, the FAA said. Other planes approaching the JFK runways were advised of the drone report by air traffic controllers, but at least two other pilots said they did not see it.