This paper aims to develop a fractional control approach for quadrotor trajectory tracking. A fractional-order integrator (PI <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">λ</sup> ) with a feedback derivative scheme is designed to control each state of the MIMO system. The designed feedback controller stabilizes the initially unstable decoupled states and widens the stability, while PI <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">λ</sup> provides precise trajectory tracking capabilities. After a successful simulation study, the new PI <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">λ</sup> -D controller is implemented in the hardware environment. The various performance and load disturbance analyses reveal the effectiveness of the proposed scheme compared with the classical PD/PID controllers. The real-time study also shows that this scheme is a simple yet robust solution.