MTC / DGAC Peru
Peru
Permit path requiredRegulatory transition; confirm the operative DGAC process
Peru is transitioning from NTC 001-2015 to the framework published in DS 012-2026-MTC. Several new category and licensing provisions await an updated DGAC technical standard, so travelers should confirm the currently operative process directly with DGAC.
The trip, step by step
- Bring it
- No drone-specific traveler-import prohibition was verified in the official sources reviewed. Confirm ordinary customs requirements separately.
- Register it
- Use the current MTC registration, pilot-accreditation, and operating-authorization guidance while confirming how DGAC is implementing DS 012-2026-MTC.
- Fly it
- DS 012-2026-MTC contains an exclusion for recreational or aerodeportivo aircraft under 2 kg, but the transition to the new framework is incomplete. Do not treat this as an unconditional tourist exemption without current DGAC confirmation.
- Map check
- Obtain DGAC authorization for urban and aerodrome-vicinity operations. Archaeological sites, protected natural areas, Indigenous reserves, and other protected locations can require separate permission from the responsible authority.
Before you travel
- 01Confirm the currently operative NTC 001-2015 process with DGAC before flying.
- 02Check how DS 012-2026-MTC affects the planned date and operation.
- 03Request written site permission for parks, heritage areas, and protected places.
Operating notes
- Max altitude
- Do not assume 122 m / 400 ft is the current universal limit until the implementing NTC is issued. Confirm the applicable limit under NTC 001-2015 and the planned location with DGAC.
- Commercial work
- Current MTC guidance continues to require aircraft registration, pilot accreditation, and prior authorization for urban or aerodrome-vicinity operations under NTC 001-2015. The published open/specific-category licensing system should not be treated as active until its implementing NTC takes effect.