The Rules for Drone Operators

The following is an extract of the applicable Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) rules and regulations to small drones w.r.t distances, these reflect the new regulations that apply from 31st December 2020 (i.e. the EU Drone regs that apply to from 1st January 2021 onward). Note: this is just an extract, please refer to the CAA as the official source of these rules and see CAP 393 - the Air Navigation Order and details of the 2020 ANO Amendment for the latest version of rules that apply.

Article 94A

(1) If the permission that is required under paragraph (4) of this article for a flight, or a part of a flight, by an unmanned aircraft has not been obtained—

(a) the UAS operator must not cause or permit the unmanned aircraft to be flown on that flight or that part of the flight; and

(b) the remote pilot must not fly the unmanned aircraft on that flight or that part of the flight.

(2) Omitted.

(3) Omitted.

(4) Subject to paragraph (4A) permission for a flight, or a part of a flight, by an unmanned aircraft in the flight restriction zone of a protected aerodrome is required -

(a) from any air traffic control unit at the protected aerodrome, if the flight, or the part of the flight, takes place during the operational hours of the air traffic control unit;

(b), from any flight information service unit at the protected aerodrome, if the flight, or the part of the flight, takes place during the operational hours of the flight information service unit and either—

(i) there is no air traffic control unit at the protected aerodrome, or

(ii) the flight, or the part of the flight, takes place outside the operational hours of the air traffic control unit at the protected aerodrome;

(i) there is neither an air traffic control unit nor a flight information service unit at the protected aerodrome; or

(ii) the flight, or the part of the flight, takes place outside the operational hours of any such unit or units at the protected aerodrome.

(4A) Permission is not required under paragraph (4) for a flight, or a part of a flight, by an unmanned aircraft subject to certification.

(5) In this article, “operational hours”, in relation to an air traffic control unit or flight information service unit, means the operational hours—

(a) notified in relation to the unit, or

(b) set out in the UK military AIP in relation to the unit.

(6) In this article and article 94B, “protected aerodrome” means—

(a) an certified aerodrome,

(b) a Government aerodrome,

(d) an aerodrome that is prescribed, or of a description prescribed, for the purposes of this paragraph.

(7) The “flight restriction zone” of a protected aerodrome is to be determined for the purposes of this article in accordance with the following table—

Article 94B

This article makes provision about the meaning of expressions used in the definition of “flight restriction zone” in article 94A that applies in relation to a protected aerodrome which is—
(a) an certified aerodrome,
(b) a Government aerodrome, or
(c) a national licensed aerodrome,
and which has an aerodrome traffic zone
Subject to paragraph (4), there is one runway protection zone for each runway threshold of each runway at the aerodrome.
A “runway protection zone”, in relation to a runway threshold at the aerodrome, is the airspace extending from the surface to a height of 2,000 feet above the level of the aerodrome within the area bounded by a rectangle—
(a) whose longer sides measure 5 km;
(b) whose shorter sides measure—
(i) 1 km (except in the case of Heathrow Airport);
(ii) 1.5 km, in the case of Heathrow Airport; and
(c) which is positioned so that—
(i) one of the shorter sides of the rectangle (“side A”) runs across the runway threshold, and
(ii) the two longer sides of the rectangle are parallel to, and equidistant from, the extended runway centre line as it extends from side A out to, and beyond, the runway end to which the runway threshold relates.
There is no runway protection zone—
(a) for any runway threshold at the London Heliport;
(b) for any runway threshold that is prescribed, or of a description prescribed, for the purposes of this paragraph.
The “runway threshold” of a runway at the aerodrome is the location that, for the purpose of demarcating the start of the portion of the runway that is useable for landing, is—
(a) notified as the threshold of the runway, or
(b) set out as the threshold of the runway in the UK military AIP.
The “extended runway centre line”, in relation to a runway at the aerodrome, is an imaginary straight line which runs for the length of the runway along its centre and then extends beyond both ends of the runway.
An “additional boundary zone” is the airspace extending from the surface to a height of 2,000 feet above the level of the aerodrome within any part of the area between—
(a) the boundary of the aerodrome, and
(b) a line that is 1 km from the boundary of the aerodrome (the “1 km line”), that is neither within the aerodrome traffic zone nor within any runway protection zone at the aerodrome.
The 1 km line is to be drawn so that the area which is bounded by it includes every location that is 1 km from the boundary of the aerodrome, measured in any direction from any point on the boundary.

ARTICLE 241

A person must not recklessly or negligently cause or permit an aircraft to endanger any person or property

Offences: Contravention of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft – UAS operator

Article 265A

(1) A UAS operator must not cause or permit an unmanned aircraft other than a tethered small unmanned aircraft to be flown unless—

(a) the requirements in Article 4(1) of, and Part A of the Annex to, the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation are met for that flight (an ‘open’ category flight);

(b) at the time of the flight, one of the following is valid for the flight (a ‘specific’ category flight)—

(i) an operational authorisation issued to the UAS operator under Article 12 of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation;

(ii) a LUC with appropriate privileges granted to the UAS operator in accordance with point UAS.LUC.060 of the Annex to that Regulation;

(iii) an authorisation issued in accordance with Article 16 of that Regulation; or

(c) the UAS and the UAS operator have been certified as required by Article 6(1) or (2) of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation (a ‘certified’ category flight).

(2) A UAS operator who contravenes paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence.

(3) A UAS operator who contravenes a relevant requirement imposed in the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation is guilty of an offence.

(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(a) and (3), a requirement in any provision of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation is to be read together with any other provision of that Regulation that contains any exception, derogation or qualification relating to that requirement.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a “relevant requirement” in relation to a flight conducted in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is a requirement in any of the following provisions of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation—

(a) Article 14(5) (registration);

(b) Article 14(8) (display of registration number);

(d) in Part A of the Annex—

(i) point UAS.OPEN.050(3) (designation of remote pilot);

(ii) point UAS.OPEN.050(4)(a) (competency of remote pilot);

(iii) point UAS.OPEN.050(5) (geo-awareness updates).

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a “relevant requirement” in relation to a flight conducted in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(i) is a requirement in any of the following provisions of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation—

(a) Article 14(5) (registration);

(b) Article 14(8) (display of registration number);

(d) in Part B of the Annex—

(i) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(a) (operational procedures and limitations);

(ii) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(b) (designation of remote pilot or allocation of responsibilities for autonomous operations);

(iii) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(d)(i) (competency of remote pilot);

(iv) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(d)(v) (operations manual);

(v) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(f) (authorised limitations and conditions);

(vi) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(g) (record-keeping);

(vii) point UAS.SPEC.090 (access to records);

(viii) point UAS.SPEC.100 (use of certified equipment).

(7) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a “relevant requirement” in relation to a flight conducted in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) is a requirement in any of the following provisions of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation—

(a) Article 14(5) (registration);

(b) Article 14(8) (display of registration number);

(d) in Part B of the Annex—

(i) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(a) (operational procedures and limitations);

(ii) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(b) (designation of remote pilot or allocation of responsibilities for autonomous operations);

(iii) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(d)(i) (competency of remote pilot);

(iv) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(d)(v) (operations manual);

(v) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(f) (authorised limitations and conditions);

(vi) point UAS.SPEC.050(1)(g) (record-keeping);

(vii) point UAS.SPEC.100 (use of certified equipment).

(e) in Part C of the Annex—

(i) point UAS.LUC.020(2) (scope and privileges of the LUC);

(ii) point UAS.LUC.020(3) (operational control system);

(iii) point UAS.LUC.020(4) (operational risk assessment);

(iv) point UAS.LUC.020(5) (LUC record-keeping);

(v) point UAS.LUC.090 (access to records).

(8) For the purposes of paragraph (7), the holder of a LUC who, in accordance with a privilege granted under point UAS.LUC.060(2) of Part C of the Annex to the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation, authorises a flight without applying for an operational authorisation is to be taken as having complied with any requirement in a provision referred to in paragraph (7)(d) relating to an operational authorisation.

(9) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a “relevant requirement” in relation to a flight conducted in the circumstances referred to in paragraph 1(b)(iii) is a requirement of any of the following provisions of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation—

(a) Article 14(5) (registration), subject to Article 16(4);

(b) Article 14(8) (display of registration number);

and any condition of a kind referred to in Article 16(3) of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation that is imposed on the UAS operator in the authorisation.

Offences: Contravention of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft – remote pilot

Article 265B

(1) A remote pilot must not fly an unmanned aircraft other than a tethered small unmanned aircraft unless—

(a) at the time of take-off, the remote pilot reasonably holds the view that the requirements in Article 4(1) of, and Part A of the Annex to, the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation will be met in respect of the planned flight (an ‘open’ category flight);

(b) at the time of the flight, one of the following is valid for the flight (a ‘specific’ category flight)—

(i) an operational authorisation issued to the UAS operator under Article 12 of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation;

(ii) a LUC with appropriate privileges granted to the UAS operator in accordance with point UAS.LUC.060 of the Annex to that Regulation;

(iii) an authorisation issued in accordance with Article 16 of that Regulation; or

(c) the UAS and the UAS operator have been certified as required by Article 6(1) or (2) of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation (a ‘certified’ category flight).

(2) A remote pilot who contravenes paragraph (1) in relation to a flight, and who was not also the UAS operator in relation to that flight, is guilty of an offence.

(3) A remote pilot who contravenes a relevant requirement imposed in the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation is guilty of an offence.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a “relevant requirement” in relation to a flight conducted in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is a requirement imposed in any of the following provisions of Part A of the Annex to the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation—

(a) point UAS.OPEN.010(2) (maximum operating height);

(b) point UAS.OPEN.060(1)(a), insofar as it relates to having the appropriate competency in the intended subcategory of flight;

(d) point UAS.OPEN.060(1)(d) (certain safety checks);

(e) point UAS.OPEN.060(1)(e) (MTOM check);

(f) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(a) (fitness to fly);

(g) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(b), insofar as it requires the remote pilot to keep the unmanned aircraft in visual line of sight;

(h) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(b), insofar as it relates to discontinuing the flight in certain circumstances;

(i) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(c) (geographical zones);

(j) point UAS.OPEN.060(3) (flights close to emergency response).

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (3), in the case of a flight conducted in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(a) with a UAS of a kind specified in a provision of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation listed in column 1 of Table 1 below, a “relevant requirement” also includes a requirement imposed in a provision of that Regulation specified in column 2 of that table (where “point” refers to a point in the Annex to that Regulation).

(7) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a “relevant requirement” in relation to a flight conducted in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(i) or (ii) is a requirement imposed in any of the following provisions of Part B of the Annex to the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation—

(a) point UAS.SPEC.060(1)(a) (fitness to fly);

(b) point UAS.SPEC.060(1)(b), insofar as it relates to having the appropriate competency;

(d) point UAS.SPEC.060(2)(c) (certain safety checks);

(e) point UAS.SPEC.060(3)(a) (authorised limitations and conditions);

(f) point UAS.SPEC.060(3)(b) (risk avoidance);

(g) point UAS.SPEC.060(3)(c) (geographical zones);

(h) point UAS.SPEC.060(3)(d) (operator’s procedures);

(i) point UAS.SPEC.060(3)(e) (flights close to emergency response).

(8) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a “relevant requirement” in relation to a flight conducted in the circumstances referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(iii) is any condition of a kind referred to in Article 16(3) of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation that is imposed on the remote pilot in the authorisation.

Offence: registration of certified unmanned aircraft

Article 265C

(1) The owner of an unmanned aircraft required by Article 6(1) or (2) of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation to be certified must not cause or permit that aircraft to be flown unless the owner has first registered that aircraft in accordance with Article 14(7) of that Regulation.

(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) is guilty of an offence.

Minimum Age Requirements

Article 265D

(1) In accordance with Article 9(3)(a) of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation, the minimum age for remote pilots operating a UAS in the ‘open’ category is lowered from 16 years to 12 years.

(2) The minimum age of 16 years for remote pilots operating a UAS in the ‘specific’ category is lowered—

(a) to 14 years in accordance with Article 9(3)(b) of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation; or

(b) when operating in the framework of model aircraft clubs or associations, to 14 years or any lower minimum age provided for in an authorisation issued in accordance with Article 16 of that Regulation.

(3) A UAS operator must not cause or permit an unmanned aircraft other than a tethered small unmanned aircraft to be flown by a remote pilot who does not meet the minimum age for operating a UAS required by Article 9 of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation, subject to paragraphs (1) and (2).

(4) A UAS operator who contravenes paragraph (3) is guilty of an offence.

(5) Paragraphs (3) and (4) cease to have effect on IP completion day (IP Completion day is defined in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act (c. 30) by reference to section 39 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1), as 11:00pm on 31 December 2020).

(6) In the case of an individual, the CAA must not issue a unique digital registration number to a UAS operator in accordance with Article 14(6) of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation unless the UAS operator is at least 18 years of age.

(7) In this article—

(a) ‘open’ category means a category of UAS operations that is defined in Article 4 of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation;

(b) ‘specific’ category means a category of UAS operations that is defined in Article 5 of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation

Offences: tethered small unmanned aircraft

Article 265E

(1) A UAS operator must not cause or permit a tethered small unmanned aircraft to be flown, unless the following requirements of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation are complied with in relation to the tethered small unmanned aircraft—

(a) Article 14(5) (registration);

(b) Article 14(8) (display of registration number);

(d) point UAS.OPEN.050(3) of Part A of the Annex (designation of remote pilot);

(e) point UAS.OPEN.050(5) of Part A of the Annex (geo-awareness updates).

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a remote pilot must not fly a tethered small unmanned aircraft unless the following requirements of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation are complied with in relation to the tethered small unmanned aircraft—

(a) where the tethered small unmanned aircraft has a MTOM of less than 250g, the following provisions of Part A of the Annex to that Regulation—

(i) point UAS.OPEN.010(2) (maximum operating height);

(ii) point UAS.OPEN.020(2) (overflight of people);

(iii) point UAS.OPEN.060(1)(d) (certain safety checks);

(iv) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(a) (fitness to fly);

(v) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(b), insofar as it requires the remote pilot to keep the unmanned aircraft in visual line of sight;

(vi) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(b), insofar as it relates to discontinuing the flight in certain circumstances;

(vii) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(c) (geographical zones);

(viii) point UAS.OPEN.060(3) (flights close to emergency response);

(b) where the tethered small unmanned aircraft has a MTOM 250g or more, the following provisions of Part A of that Annex—

(i) point UAS.OPEN.010(2) (maximum operating height);

(ii) point UAS.OPEN.020(4)(b) (competency);

(iii) point UAS.OPEN.040(1) (overflight of people);

(iv) point UAS.OPEN.040(2) (horizontal distances);

(v) point UAS.OPEN.060(1)(a) insofar as relates to carrying proof of competency;

(vi) point UAS.OPEN.060(1)(d) (certain safety checks);

(vii) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(a) (fitness to fly);

(viii) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(b), insofar as it requires the remote pilot to keep the unmanned aircraft in visual line of sight;

(ix) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(b), insofar as it relates to discontinuing the flight in certain circumstances;

(x) point UAS.OPEN.060(2)(c) (geographical zones);

(xi) point UAS.OPEN.060(3) (flights close to emergency response).

(3) A remote pilot may fly a tethered small unmanned aircraft in a manner not in compliance with the requirements specified in paragraphs (2)(a)(i), (2)(a)(ii), (2)(a)(v), (2)(b)(i), (2)(b)(iii), (2)(b)(iv) and (2)(b)(viii) provided that flight or that part of that flight is in accordance with a permission issued by the CAA to the UAS operator.

(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), any reference to an “unmanned aircraft” or “UAS” in the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation is to be read as if it includes a tethered small unmanned aircraft or a system that includes such an aircraft.

(5) The UAS operator or a remote pilot of a tethered small unmanned aircraft must not cause or permit—

(a) any material to be dropped from, or dangerous goods to be carried on, the aircraft during flight;

(b) the aircraft to be flown where the limit imposed by the restraining device is more than 25m long,

other than in accordance with a permission issued by the CAA to the UAS operator.

(6) The UAS operator must not cause or permit a small tethered unmanned aircraft to be flown unless the UAS operator has reasonably formed the view that the remote pilot of the aircraft complies with the requirement specified in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) in relation to that flight.

(7) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2), (5) or (6) is guilty of an offence.

(8) In this article, “dangerous goods” and “MTOM” have the meanings assigned to them in Article 2 of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation.

Penalties

Article 265F

(1) Any person guilty of an offence under article 265A(2) or article 265B(2) is liable on summary conviction—

(a) in England and Wales to a fine; or

(b) in Scotland or Northern Ireland to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.

(2) Any person guilty of an offence under article 265A(3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine—

(a) not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale if the offence relates to contravention of a relevant requirement referred to in—

(i) article 265A(5)(a) (registration);

(ii) article 265A(5)(b) (display of registration number);

(iii) article 265A(5)(d)(i) (designation of remote pilot);

(iv) article 265A(5)(d)(ii) (competency of remote pilot);

(v) article 265A(5)(d)(iii) (geo-awareness updates);

(vi) article 265A(6)(a) (registration);

(vii) article 265A(6)(b) (display of registration number);

(viii) article 265A(6)(d)(ii) (designation of remote pilot or allocation of responsibilities for autonomous operations);

(ix) article 265A(6)(d)(iii) (competence of remote pilot);

(x) article 265A(6)(d)(iv) (operations manual);

(xi) article 265A(6)(d)(vi) (record-keeping);

(xii) article 265A(6)(vii) (access to records);

(xiii) article 265A(7)(a) (registration);

(xiv) article 265A(7)(b) (display of registration number);

(xv) article 265A(7)(d)(ii) (designation of remote pilot or allocation of responsibilities for autonomous operations);

(xvi) article 265A(7)(d)(iii) (competency of remote pilot);

(xvii) article 265A(7)(d)(iv) (operations manual);

(xviii) article 265A(7)(d)(vi) (record-keeping);

(xix) article 265A(7)(e)(iv) (LUC record-keeping);

(xx) article 265A(7)(e)(v) (access to records);

(xxi) article 265A(9)(a) (registration); or

(xxii) article 265A(9)(b) (display of registration number);

(b) not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale in any other case.

(3) Any person guilty of an offence under article 265B(3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine—

(a) not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale if the offence relates to contravention of a relevant requirement referred to in article 265B(5)(c) or (7)(c) (requirements for remote pilot to carry proof of competency);

(b) not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale if the offence relates to contravention of a relevant requirement referred to in article 265B(5)(b), (5)(e) or (7)(b) (requirements for remote pilot to have appropriate competency and verify MTOM);

(4) Any person guilty of an offence under article 265C(2) or 265D(4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

(5) Any person guilty of an offence under article 265E(7) is liable on summary conviction to a fine—

(a) not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale if the offence relates to the requirement in article 265E(2)(b)(v) (requirement for remote pilot to carry proof of competency);

(b) not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale if the offence relates to a requirement referred to in—

(i) article 265E(1)(a) (registration);

(ii) article 265E(1)(b) (display of registration number);

(iii) article 265E(1)(d) (designation of remote pilot);

(iv) article 265E(1)(e) (geo-awareness updates);

(v) article 265E(2)(b)(ii) (competency); or

(vi) article 265E(6) (remote pilot competency);

CAA’s power to prevent aircraft flying

Article 257

(1) If it appears to the CAA or an authorised person that any aircraft is intended or likely to be flown in any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (2), the CAA or that authorised person may direct in accordance with paragraph (3).

(2) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) where any provision of article 24, 32, 33, 66, 97, 98, 99, 101, 102, 103, 122, 136, 137, 231 or 242(2) would be contravened in relation to the flight;

(b) where the flight would be in contravention of any other provision of this Order, of any regulations made under this Order, of an EASA Regulation or of EU-OPS and be a cause of danger to any person or property whether or not in the aircraft; or

(c) where the aircraft is in a condition unfit for the flight, whether or not the flight would otherwise be in contravention of any provision of this Order, of any regulations made under this Order, of an EASA Regulation or of EU-OPS.

(3) If paragraph (1) applies, the CAA or that authorised person may direct the operator or the pilot in command of the aircraft not to permit the aircraft to make the particular flight or any other flight of such description as may be specified in the direction, until the direction has been revoked by the CAA or by an authorised person.

(4) If the CAA or an authorised person has directed under paragraph (3), the CAA or an authorised person may take such steps as are necessary to detain the aircraft.

(5) For the purposes of this article, the CAA or any authorised person may enter and inspect any aircraft.

Some noteworthy definitions:

“LUC” refers to a light UAS operator certificate, which means a certificate issued to a UAS operator by the CAA under point UAS.LUC.050 of Part C of the Annex to the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation;”;
“remote pilot” means an individual responsible for safely conducting the flight of an unmanned aircraft by operating its flight controls, either manually or, when the unmanned aircraft flies automatically, by monitoring its course and remaining able to intervene and change the course at any time;”;
“tethered small unmanned aircraft” means an unmanned aircraft—
(a) having a MTOM, within the meaning of Article 2 of the Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation, of not more than 1kg; and
(b) which is flown within limits imposed by a restraining device which attaches the aircraft to the surface or to a person on the surface.”;
“UAS” refers to an unmanned aircraft system, and means an unmanned aircraft and the equipment to control it remotely;
“UAS operator” means any person operating or intending to operate one or more UAS;”;
“unmanned aircraft” means any aircraft operating or designed to operate autonomously or to be piloted remotely without a pilot on board;
“Unmanned Aircraft Delegated Regulation” means Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 of 12 March 2019 on unmanned aircraft systems and on third-country operators of unmanned aircraft systems;
“Unmanned Aircraft Implementing Regulation” means Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 of 24 May 2019 on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft;
“unmanned aircraft subject to certification” means any unmanned aircraft forming part of a UAS required to be certified under Article 40(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Unmanned Aircraft Delegated Regulation;”.

How have NoFlyDrones Determined the ZONES?

These have been determined through use of Google Maps / Streetview / Earth and the Aerodrome Section of the AIP (i.e. the AD Charts). It is a manual exercise and as such is subject to error and should only be used as an initial assessment. Please ensure you contact the airfield to determine if the flight is within or outside any of the flight restriction zones.

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