How to Enable Flying on a Minecraft Server

Minecraft kicks players it thinks are flying in survival: "Flying is not enabled on this server". Elytra, jetpack mods and lag can trigger it.

Stop players being kicked for flying

1. Open your server and go to Files.
2. Click server.properties. It opens in the Minecraft Server Properties editor.
3. Use Search for property name... to find the setting.
4. Turn allow-flight on (true).
5. Save and restart the server from Console.

This doesn't let players fly by itself. It stops the server kicking them when a mod, plugin or laggy elytra flight makes them fly.

Let a player fly

• Creative and spectator can always fly: gamemode creative <player>.
• In survival, use a plugin. On Paper, EssentialsX adds /fly. Install it from Package Manager, restart, and give players the essentials.fly permission (or make them operators).