Drone insurance in Switzerland

What the rules say

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

• Insurance requiredConditional
• ScopeConditional
• Weight threshold30 kgConditional
• ExceptionsConditional
• Proof requiredConditional

What changes the answer

• weight threshold

  Take-off mass above 30 kg

The rules behind this answer

• Binding lawNational rule

  Third-party liability insurance for aircraft over 250g

  Keepers of aircraft weighing over 250g must hold a third-party liability insurance policy with guaranteed coverage of at least one million francs and carry evidence of this insurance when operating the aircraft.

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• GuidanceNational rule

  Exemption for German-Registered Models Over 30kg

  Model aircraft with a maximum take-off mass over 30 kg that are registered in Germany and have passed the inspection required by the DMFV or the DAeC are exempt only from the requirement to notify the FOCA before flying in Switzerland (based on bilateral agreements between Switzerland and Germany), and only if: the operating permit is valid at the time of the flight; the pilot holds the valid operating permit and the required insurance certificate during flight operations and presents them on request; and before any flight the pilot liaises with the person in charge of the aviation event or the chair of the model aircraft club where the flight takes place. If these conditions are not met, the exemption does not apply and the applicable Swiss requirements must be complied with.

  Open the requirementOfficial source

Official sources

• SR 748.941 — DETEC Ordinance on Special Category Aircraft (OSCA), consolidated text (EN) — Federal Office of Civil AviationOpen
• FOCA — Model aircraft (official guidance, EN) — Federal Office of Civil AviationOpen

Known limitations

• 2 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 Switzerland

• Do I need to register my drone in Switzerland?Registration in Switzerland depends on the aircraft and the operation: it applies once the published conditions below are met, each cited to the rule that sets it.
• Can I fly a drone near an airport in Switzerland?No aerodrome permission of this kind is imposed in Switzerland for the operations covered here; a published rule states so expressly.
• When does a drone operation need authorisation in Switzerland?Whether an operation in Switzerland 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 Switzerland?Proof of competency is required. Published rules in Switzerland require the remote pilot to hold the competency described below before operating.

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