DGAC Chile
Chile
Permit path requiredDAN 151 for populated or formal operations
Chile has a narrow recreational exception for very small, lightweight aircraft. Most other populated-area, professional, or higher-risk operations require registration, a remote-pilot credential, supporting documents, and DGAC authorization.
Bring it
No drone-specific customs restriction was established from the reviewed DGAC sources. Check Chilean Customs separately for professional or temporary-import equipment.
Register it
Use DGAC Chile, SIPA, and DAN 151 requirements for registration, pilot credential, and authorization.
Fly it
An aircraft up to 750 g, made from expanded polyethylene or equivalent material and used privately for recreation, may operate in a private populated-area location without DGAC authorization, provided it remains no more than 50 m above the highest obstacle or building in the operating area. Other operations are subject to DAN 91 or DAN 151 as applicable.
Map check
Check the Chilean AIP and NOTAMs. Do not operate in prohibited or danger areas, restricted areas without authorization, military or prison sites, strategic facilities, or the published runway-protection buffers.
Before you travel
- 01Check DAN 151 and DGAC drone requirements.
- 02Use SIPA for remote pilot credential/authorization steps where required.
- 03Secure park or land manager permission where required.
- 04Plan for wind, remoteness, and emergency helicopter traffic.
Operating notes
- Max altitude
- Under DAN 151, authorized VLOS operations are limited to 120 m / 400 ft above the takeoff point and 500 m horizontally unless DGAC grants special authorization.
- Recreational
- An aircraft up to 750 g, made from expanded polyethylene or equivalent material and used privately for recreation, may operate in a private populated-area location without DGAC authorization, provided it remains no more than 50 m above the highest obstacle or building in the operating area. Other operations are subject to DAN 91 or DAN 151 as applicable.
- Commercial work
- Aerial work or populated-area operations require aircraft registration, a DGAC remote-pilot credential, operating authorization, coordinates or KMZ data, site-owner permission, insurance and JAC/operator documentation. Commercial aerial work requires the applicable operator certificate.
- Airspace
- Check the Chilean AIP and NOTAMs. Do not operate in prohibited or danger areas, restricted areas without authorization, military or prison sites, strategic facilities, or the published runway-protection buffers.