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International Drone Rules for Travelers
Country-by-country drone rules for visitors: the aviation authority, a traveler status, altitude limit, recreational and commercial rules, registration, airspace, import notes, required paperwork, and official links. Free, openly licensed, no signup.
- Records
- 204
- Formats
- CSV · JSON
- Last updated
- September 25, 2026
License: CC BY 4.0
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Copy, adapt, and build on it for any purpose, including commercially. Credit Drone Authority and link back to this page.
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Drone Authority. "International Drone Rules for Travelers." September 25, 2026. Licensed CC BY 4.0. https://droneauthority.org/data/international-drone-rules
Fields
- slug
- URL-safe country identifier, matching /laws/international/<slug>.
- country
- Country name.
- iso2
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code.
- region
- Region grouping used on the site.
- authority
- The aviation authority.
- status
- Traveler status: easy, register, permit, strict, or restricted.
- status_label
- Plain-language status.
- traveler_take
- One-paragraph advice for a visitor.
- max_altitude
- Altitude limit as published.
- recreational
- Rules for recreational flying.
- commercial
- Rules for commercial flying.
- registration
- Registration requirement.
- airspace
- Airspace restrictions and tools.
- import_note
- Customs and import notes.
- paperwork
- Checklist. Pipe-delimited in CSV.
- official_links
- Official URLs. Pipe-delimited in CSV.
- last_checked
- Date the entry was last checked against official sources (ISO).
- verified_current
- True when checked within 180 days against at least two official operational sources.
- source_license
- CSV only. Constant, so the license survives a copy-paste of the rows.
How it was built
Entries are written from each country's aviation authority, official registration and airspace portals, and published regulations. Records with verified_current false have not been re-checked recently or lack enough official sources; treat them as leads, not answers.
Educational reference, not legal advice. Rules change, and local ordinances may apply. Verify against the linked primary sources before relying on any record.
Found an error? corrections@droneauthority.org. Corrections are published, not quietly patched.
Browse the human-readable version: Drone laws by country. All datasets: Drone Authority open data.