Flying Internationally

The rules for driving a car vary from country to country around the world and so do rules for flying remotely piloted aircraft (RPAS), or drones. Learn what you need to know if you plan to bring your drone with you when you travel.

Albania

• Drone and Operator Regulations (PDF) (Albanian)

Andorra

• Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft (Catalan)

Argentina

• Regulations for Operating Drones (Spanish)
• Regulations, Registration, and Certification for Operating Drones (Spanish)
• Application for Registration of UAV (Spanish)
• Drone Pilot and Drone Instructor Requirements (Spanish)
• UAV Operator Certificate Form and UAV Waivers (Spanish)

Armenia

• Unmanned Aircraft Laws (Armenian)

Australia

• Drone Laws, Credentials, Registration, and Authorizations
• Drone Rules
• Get Your Operator Credentials
• Drone Safety Apps
• How to Register Your Drone

Austria

• Flying Drones in Austria

Bahamas

• RPA Operations Regulations (PDF)

Bahrain

• Operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (PDF)
• Application to Operate a UAV (PDF)

Bangladesh

• Operating Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (PDF)
• Unmanned Aerial System Regulations (PDF) (Bangladeshi/English)
• Application for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (PDF)

Barbados

• UAS Application

Belgium

• Where are you allowed to fly
• UAS Regulation (French)
• Training and Exams for Drone Pilots (French)
• How to Register your drone (French)

Benin

• Drone Operator Application (French)
• RPA Identification Request (French)
• Drone Operating Authorization (French)

Belize

• Drone Requirements for International and Local Drone Operators
• Drone Application Registration

Bhutan

• UAS Regulations and Forms

Bolivia

• Drone Registration and Regulations (Spanish)

Botswana

• Operation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Regulations (PDF)

Bulgaria

• UAS Registration and Rules
• Where are you allowed to fly (Bulgarian)
• Register as a drone operator (Bulgarian)
• Online Drone Operator Training (Bulgarian)
• Drone Registration and General Information

Cabo Verde

• Drone Regulations (Portuguese)
• Operation in Air Traffic Controlled Airspace (Portuguese)

Cameroon

• Application to Operate Remotely Piloted Aircraft (French)

Canada

• Drone Regulations, Registration, and Licensing
• How to Register Your Drone
• How to Get Your Drone Pilot Certificate
• Where to Fly Your Drone

Chile

• Registration of RPAs and Drones Rules (Spanish)
• Update on RPAS/Drone Registrations (Spanish)
• Air Operator Certificate for Drones for Aerial Work (Spanish)
• Requirements for Drone Work Certificate

China - Hong Kong

• Small Unmanned Aircraft (SUA) Registration
• eSUA Mobile App
• SUA Operator Safety Requirements
• Where You Can Fly Your Drone

Colombia

• UAS Registration, Regulation, and UAS Operations Request Form (Spanish)

Croatia

• How to Fly Drones (for international operators)
• UAS Operator Registration
• Where Your Drone Can Fly (Croatian)
• Flight Operations and Education | Forms and Publications (Croatian)

Cuba

• UAS Regulations (Spanish)

Cyprus

• UAV Laws
• UAS Regulations and Registration
• Where You Can Fly
• How to get Authorization for Specific Category

Czech Republic

• Drone Operation Rules for Different Categories of Operations
• Where You Can Fly (Czech)
• Registration of Unmanned System (Czech)
• Drone Operator Training (Czech)

Denmark

• Drone Rules in Denmark
• Permit to Fly Drones in Restricted Areas (Danish)
• How to Your Drone Certificate (Danish)
• Registering As a Drone Operator (Danish)
• Where You Can Fly (Danish)

Denmark - Faroe Islands

• Drone Flying Regulations

Denmark - Greenland

• Drone Rules (Danish)

Dominican Republic

• Rules for Flying Drones (PDF) (Spanish)
• Registering and Labeling Your Drone (PDF) (Spanish)

El Salvador

• RPAS Regulations Library (Spanish)

Estonia

• Drone Operation Rules
• How to Operate Drones
• Where Can You Fly
• How to Get Authorization to Fly in Specific Categories

Egypt

• Egyptian Civil Aviation Law (Arabic)

Eswatini

• Drone Operations Requirements and Application

Fiji

• Registration Form for Commercial RPAS (PDF)
• Application for Recreational Drone (PDF)
• Where You Can Fly
• Getting Certified for Commerical Drone Operations
• Standards Document: RPAS (PDF)
• Licensing for Commercial Operations

Finland

• Drone Operator Registration and Exam
• Where You Can Fly
• Drone Regulations
• Self-Study Materials for the UAS Exam
• Apply for Authorization in Specific Category

France

• Where You Can Fly (French)
• Authorization to Fly in Specific Category (French)
• Drone Laws (French)

Gabon

• Drone Application and Activity Form (French)

Germany

• Register as a Drone Operator
• How to Fly in Specific Category
• Where You Can Fly
• Operating and Registering Drones (German)
• General Drone Law Information (German)

Ghana

• Drone and Operator Applications
• RPAS Useful Links
• RPAS Advisory Circulars
• How to Register Your drone (PDF)
• Where You Cannot Fly Your Drone (PDF)
• How to Become RPA that is Commercial Certified (PDF)
• RPAS Advisory Pamphlet (PDF)

Greece

• Drone Flight Notification Form (PDF)

Guatemala

• UAS Drone Laws and Forms (Spanish)
• Advisory Circular for Drone Operations (Spanish)

Iceland

• Registration of Drones for Commercial Use
• Application of Exemption from Regulation
• Drone Regulations
• How to Get Authorization to Operate in Specific Category

Ireland

• Where You Can Fly
• UAS Operator Registration, Regulations and forms

Italy

• Drone Regulations
• Non-EU Drone Pilots

Jamaica

• UAS Drone Rules for Recreational and Commercial Operations

Japan

• Flight Rules for Unmanned Aircraft
• How to Register your Drone

Kenya

• RPAS No Fly Zones
• RPAS Certification Process
• RPAS Advisory Pamphlet (PDF)

Kosovo

• Drone Regulations and Application Forms (Albanian)

Kuwait

• UAS Regulations, Registration, and Operating License

Laos

• Unmanned Aircraft Regulation

Latvia

• Regulations Regarding Unmanned Aircraft Operations (Latvian)

Lithuania

• UAS Regulation, Certifications, and General Information

Lebanon

• Drone Filming Permit

Luxembourg

• Where You Can Fly
• Where to Register as Drone Operator
• How to Become a Drone Operator
• How to Fly in Specific Category

Macau (China)

• Application for an Activity that Affects Flight Safety
• Restrictions on Flying Drones

Malaysia

• UAS Forms and Regulations

Maldives

• Flying Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Malta

• Regulations on Operating Drones
• How to Register Your Drone
• How to Become a Drone Operator
• Where You Can Fly

Mauritania

• Drone Regulations (French)

Mauritius

• Drone Requirements

Mexico

• Requirements to Operate an RPA (Spanish)

Moldova

• UAS Regulations

Monaco

• Regulations for Drones (French)

Montenegro

• Drone Laws

Mozambique

• RPA Laws (PDF) (Portuguese)

Netherlands

• Where You Can Fly
• Drone Laws
• Registration and Licensing for Open Category (Dutch)
• How to get a Permit for Specific Category (Dutch)
• Requirements for Operating in Certified Category (Dutch)
• Model Flying Regulations (Dutch)

New Zealand

• UAS Rules and Regulations
• Recreational Drone Rules and Where You Can Fly
• Application for Commercial Drone License

Nigeria

• Operations Guidance for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
• Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations for RPAs
• Regulations for Remotely Piloted Aircraft System

North Macedonia

• Unmanned Aircraft Regulations (No. 187/17 and No. 152/18)

Norway

• Where You Can Fly
• How to Operate in Specific Category
• Drone Regulations

Oman

• Drone Regulations (PDF)

Panama

• UAS Drone Laws (PDF) (Spanish)

Peru

• Requirements for Operations of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (Spanish)
• Regulation on Certification for Air Services and Aerial Work Operators (Spanish)
• Drone Operation Permits (Spanish)

Philippines

• Remotely Piloted Aircraft System Regulations

Poland

• How to get Authorization to Operate in Specific Category (Polish)

Portugal

• Drone Laws (Portuguese)
• Cross-Border Operations

Qatar

• Unmanned Aircraft Forms

Romania

• Drone Regulations (Romanian)

Russia

• UAS Regulations
• Registration and Certification

Rwanda

• Drone Regulations
• Drone Registration

Saint Kitts and Nevis

• Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operators

Saint Lucia

• Drone Operations Regulations

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

• Drone Operations and Certification

San Marino

• Aviation Regulations for Drones (Italian)

Sao Tome and Principe

• UAS Laws and Regulations

Saudi Arabia

• GACA Drone Regulations
• How to Apply for Drone Operation License
• Drone Registration

Senegal

• RPA Laws (PDF) (French)
• RPA Forms (French)
• RPA Guidance (French)

Seychelles

• Drone Operations Regulations

Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone Civil Aviation Authority - Drone Regulations

Singapore

• Singapore Drone Regulations
• Where You Can Fly
• Drone Registration
• Drone Operator Certification

Slovakia

• Drone Laws, Aerial Work, Registration, and Remote Pilot Examination

Slovenia

• Drone Operator Registration and Training
• Where You Can Fly
• How to Operate in the Specific Category (Slovenian)
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems Laws

Solomon Islands

• Regulations Library: Operating Rules Part 101 and Operator Certification Part 102

South Africa

• Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Regulations

South Korea

• Drone Registration and Authorization Applications (Korean)
• Drone Regulations (Korean)

Sri Lanka

• UAS/Drone Regulations

Suriname

• UAS Operator Authorization Form (PDF)
• UAS Regulations (PDF)
• UAS Registration Form (PDF)

Sweden

• Drone Regulations
• Where You Can Fly

Switzerland

• Where You Can Fly
• Drone Regulations
• Drone Operator Registration
• Drone Pilot Certification
• How to Operate in a Specific Category

Taiwan (China)

• Civil Aviation Regulations, including Drone Regulations

Tanzania

• Drone Regulations and Forms

Thailand

• Remotely Piloted Aircraft Registration and Regulation

Trinidad and Tobago

• UAS Registration, Approval, and Regulations
• No Fly Zones Map

Turkey

• Drone Regulations (Turkish)
• Register Your Drone (Turkish)

Uganda

• Unmanned Aircraft Systems Regulations
• Procedure for Importation, Operation, and Registration of Drones

United Arab Emirates

• Unmanned Aircraft: Commercial and Governmental Operations (PDF)
• Unmanned Aircraft: Event Operations (PDF)
• Unmanned Aircraft: Demonstration Operations (PDF)
• Unmanned Aircraft: Recreational Flights (PDF)

United Kingdom

• Drone Rules, Categories, Airspace, and Airspace Restrictions
• Where You Can Fly

(UK) Anguilla

• Legal Requirements for Small Drones in UK Overseas Territories

(UK) Bermuda

• Drone Operations Regulations

(UK) British Virgin Islands

• Drone Rules

(UK) Falklands

• Safely Operating Drones in the Falklands

(UK) Gibraltar

• Drone Regulations and Aerial Work Permit

(UK) Isle of Man

• Drone Rules and Operation Permission
• Aerial Work Rules and Application

Uruguay

• Drone Regulations (Spanish)