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
• Digital authorisationNot resolved
• Altitude relationshipConditional
• ExceptionsConditional

What changes the answer

• location

  Horizontal distance below 2 km

• altitude

  Flight altitude at or below 100 m

• altitude

  Flight altitude at or below 120 m

• altitude

  Flight altitude at or below 30 m

• altitude

  Flight altitude at or below 40 m

• location

  Horizontal distance at or above 2 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

  Altitude limits near Thisted Airfield

  For drone operations near Thisted Airfield, the flight altitude must not exceed 40 meters above runway height between 6 km and 3 km, and 30 meters above runway height between 3 km and 2 km horizontal distance from the runway.

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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

  Deviation Permit for Seaplane Airport Zones

  Trafikstyrelsen may grant permission to deviate from seaplane zone restrictions if the operation has a societal, research, or commercial purpose, the pilot holds a competency certificate, and (for commercial operations) the drone is necessary and alternative methods would significantly impair the task (unless ordered by the airport itself).

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• Binding lawNational rule

  Deviation permit for VMC airfield restrictions

  The Danish Civil Aviation Authority (Trafikstyrelsen) may grant permission to deviate from the restrictions in stk. 1-3 if the operation has a societal, research, or commercial purpose, meets necessity criteria for commercial tasks, and the pilot holds a competency certificate.

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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
• BEK nr 527 af 21/05/2025 - aendring af dronebekendtgorelsen (amending order) — 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 0.75 million SDR. Whether cover is required for a given flight depends on the published conditions below.

All drone laws in Denmark