Drone laws in Spain

       It look like you are a pilot. That’s great! Especially if you are enjoying travel and photograph the sunny Spain. But before you take your drone and go make a flight, please read the Drone Laws in Spain.

First – the common rules for each pilot:

    – Always keep visual contact.
    – Always be sure for the perfect condition of the equipment.
    – Never fly over people, private areas, state facilities, near Airports and every such type of objects.
   –  Always keep necessary distance to people’s privacy.
   –  Be focused and sure there are no distracting factors near you.

The most important rules in Spain are:

   – Keep visual contact  all the time.
   – When perform FPV flight – the second pilot must be visual controller and
observer and if need appear – to reach and inform the pilot.
   – Each regional authority have right to establish own rules. So it will be very good for you to make deep research before perform a flight.
   – Any Commercial flight must have permission.
   – The time of flight – only daily.
   – For The commercial pilots – Liability Insurance is required.
   – For the drones with weight under 2kg – they can fly during night but if the altitude to the ground to not exceed 50 meters.
   – The distance to the Airports must be at least 8 km (5 miles) -in uncontrolled spaces. Or 15 km (9.3 miles) on approved flight type BVLOS.
   – The space between people who are not involve in the flight must be at least 50 meters.
  – The distance from buildings is minimum 150m.
   – For flights over National Parks- you need to have permission from EASA.
   – For the flights in No-Fly-Zones – you must have approvement from the Spanish Ministry of Defense. Usually it takes about one week.