Aerocivil
Colombia
Permit path requiredOpen-category limits or specific authorization
Colombia is possible, but the dividing line matters: open-category hobby flying is limited, while profit, urban, close-to-people, and higher-risk flights move into authorization territory.
Bring it
Carry documentation and be conservative around police/military/security-sensitive areas.
Register it
Use Aerocivil's UAS Colombia platform and RAC 100 guidance for registration and category planning.
Fly it
Open-category flights can avoid prior flight authorization only when they meet the RAC 100 limits, including daylight/VMC, VLOS, distance from people, and location restrictions.
Map check
Avoid airports, helipads, military/police/security sites, prisons, critical infrastructure, no-drone zones, crowds, and urban restrictions without approval.
Before you travel
- 01Check whether the flight fits RAC 100 Open Category limits.
- 02Use UAS Colombia/Aerocivil registration guidance where applicable.
- 03Get authorization for commercial, specific-category, urban, people-proximity, or restricted-area shoots.
Operating notes
- Max altitude
- 122 m / 400 ft AGL, with open-category horizontal and location limits.
- Recreational
- Open-category flights can avoid prior flight authorization only when they meet the RAC 100 limits, including daylight/VMC, VLOS, distance from people, and location restrictions.
- Commercial work
- Commercial or specific-category work needs UAS operator certification, aircraft/technology registration, liability insurance, risk analysis, pilot evidence, and flight authorization.
- Airspace
- Avoid airports, helipads, military/police/security sites, prisons, critical infrastructure, no-drone zones, crowds, and urban restrictions without approval.