Flying a drone near airports in Italy

What the rules say

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

• Distance restrictionNot resolved
• Aerodrome permissionConditional
• Controlled airspace permissionConditional
• Protected facilitiesConditional
• Digital authorisationNot resolved
• Altitude relationshipConditional
• ExceptionsNot resolved

What changes the answer

The published rules distinguish the open and specific categories of operation.

The rules behind this answer

• Binding lawNational rule

  Civil Airports with Instrument Flight Procedures - Orange Area

  In the Orange Area of civil airports with instrument flight procedures, UAS operations are restricted from a height of 25 m (85 ft) AGL up to unlimited height.

  Open the requirementOfficial source
• Binding lawNational rule

  Civil Airports with Instrument Flight Procedures - Orange Area Limits

  In geographical zones near civil airports with instrument flight procedures, the Orange Area extends from 6 km to 10 km longitudinally and from 2.5 km to 4 km laterally, restricting flights from 25 meters (85 feet) AGL up to unlimited height.

  Open the requirementOfficial source
• Binding lawNational rule

  Civil Airports with Instrument Flight Procedures - Red Area

  In the Red Area of civil airports with instrument flight procedures, extending up to 6 km longitudinally and 2.5 km laterally from the runway, UAS operations are restricted from ground level up to unlimited height.

  Open the requirementOfficial source
• Binding lawNational rule

  Civil Airports with Instrument Flight Procedures - Red Area Limits

  In geographical zones near civil airports with instrument flight procedures, the Red Area extends up to 6 km longitudinally from the runway in both directions and up to 2.5 km laterally, from ground level up to unlimited height.

  Open the requirementOfficial source
• Binding lawNational rule

  Civil Airports with Instrument Flight Procedures - Yellow Area

  In the Yellow Area of civil airports with instrument flight procedures, UAS operations are restricted from a height of 45 m (150 ft) AGL up to unlimited height.

  Open the requirementOfficial source
• Binding lawNational rule

  Civil Airports with Instrument Flight Procedures - Yellow Area Limits

  In geographical zones near civil airports with instrument flight procedures, the Yellow Area extends from 10 km to 15 km longitudinally and from 4 km to 8 km laterally, restricting flights from 45 meters (150 feet) AGL up to unlimited height.

  Open the requirementOfficial source
• Binding lawNational rule

  Civil Airports without Instrument Flight Procedures - Red Area

  In the Red Area of civil airports without instrument flight procedures, extending up to 3 km longitudinally and 1 km laterally from the runway, UAS operations are restricted from ground level up to unlimited height.

  Open the requirementOfficial source
• Binding lawNational rule

  Civil Airports without Instrument Flight Procedures - Red Area Limits

  In geographical zones near civil airports without instrument flight procedures, the Red Area extends up to 3 km longitudinally from the runway in both directions and up to 1 km laterally, from ground level up to unlimited height.

  Open the requirementOfficial source

Official sources

• Disposizione GENDISP DG 23/2022 — modifica del paragrafo 6.4 della Circolare ATM-09A — Ente Nazionale per l'Aviazione CivileOpen

Known limitations

• 3 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 Italy

• Do I need to register my drone in Italy?Registration in Italy 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 Italy?Drone flights in Italy 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 Italy?Whether an operation in Italy 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 Italy?Remote pilot competency in Italy 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 Italy?Drone insurance in Italy 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 Italy