Flying a drone near airports in Denmark

What the rules say

Each line is resolved from published facts of Denmark. "Not resolved" means the corpus does not answer it in a machine-checkable way — never that the law is silent.

• Distance restriction2000 mConditional
• Aerodrome permissionConditional
• Controlled airspace permissionConditional
• Protected facilitiesConditional
• Altitude relationshipConditional
• ExceptionsConditional

What changes the answer

The published rules distinguish the open category of operation.

• location

  Horizontal distance below 2 km

• altitude

  Flight altitude at or below 40 m

• location

  Horizontal distance at or above 1 km

• location

  Horizontal distance at or above 8 km

• location

  Horizontal distance below 4 km

The rules behind this answer

• Binding lawNational rule

  Absolute prohibition near emergency medical helicopter bases

  Drone operations must not take place within a horizontal distance of 2 km from emergency medical helicopter bases.

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• Binding lawNational rule

  BEK nr 527 af 20/05/2025, § 28 - section overview

  This section permits public and emergency authorities to conduct drone operations within restricted geographical zones, at higher altitudes, or closer than standard distance limits, provided they follow procedures agreed with Trafikstyrelsen or make documented on-site agreements with relevant stakeholders.

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• Binding lawNational rule

  BEK nr 527 af 20/05/2025, § 29 - section overview

  This section regulates drone operations conducted by public authorities, emergency services, and the military near or over flight-safety-critical areas, incident sites, Natura 2000 areas, and diplomatic missions, establishing exemptions from standard distance requirements subject to coordination and notification rules.

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• Binding lawNational rule

  Coordination with Defence Command Near Military Areas

  Drone flights conducted close to military areas must be coordinated with the Defence Command (Forsvarskommandoen).

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• Binding lawNational rule

  Default Distance Limit from IMC Aerodromes and Military Air Stations

  Drone operations must not take place closer than 8 km horizontal distance from a runway at an IMC-flyveplads or a military air station, except as provided in stk. 2-4.

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• Binding lawNational rule

  Drone operations by public or emergency authorities in restricted zones via agreed procedures

  Public authorities and emergency services may operate drones in restricted areas, at higher altitudes, or closer than the distance limits specified in § 9 and § 10, in accordance with procedures agreed with Trafikstyrelsen.

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• Binding lawNational rule

  Exemption from commercial necessity test for hospital-ordered tasks

  The commercial necessity requirement for a deviation permit does not apply if the hospital where the HEMS airfield is located has ordered the task.

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• Binding lawNational rule

  Exemption from the IMC and military aerodrome distance rules

  Trafikstyrelsen may permit a derogation from the IMC aerodrome and military air station distance and altitude rules in § 9, stk. 1-3 where the drone operation serves a public-benefit, research or commercial purpose; where the purpose is commercial, the drone operation must be necessary and the task must be substantially frustrated, made more expensive or otherwise impaired if carried out other than by drone; and the remote pilot must hold a competency certificate. The necessity condition does not apply where the publicly approved aerodrome or the military air station itself commissioned the task.

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Official sources

• BEK nr 1649 af 12/12/2023 - supplerende bestemmelser til (EU) 2019/947 (konsolideret med BEK nr 527 af 21/05/2025) — Trafikstyrelsen (Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority)Open

Known limitations

• 1 dimension(s) of this topic are not expressed in a machine-resolvable way by the published corpus and are reported UNKNOWN, never FALSE.

Other drone rules in Denmark

• Do I need to register my drone in Denmark?Registration in Denmark is governed by a published mass threshold of 0.25 kg, alongside the further conditions cited below. Whether it applies to a given flight depends on those conditions, each cited to its rule.
• What is the maximum drone altitude in Denmark?Drone flights in Denmark are held to a published general height limit of 120 m above_nearest_obstacle. The limit is not absolute: the published conditions that change it are cited below.
• When does a drone operation need authorisation in Denmark?Whether an operation in Denmark needs prior authorisation depends on the operational category, risk class or location: the published triggers below decide it.
• What training do I need to fly a drone in Denmark?Remote pilot competency in Denmark scales with the operation: which training, examination or proof of competency applies is set by the published conditions below.
• Do I need drone insurance in Denmark?Drone insurance in Denmark is published with a minimum third-party cover of 0.25 kg. Whether cover is required for a given flight depends on the published conditions below.

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