Class 1 Aircraft Certification Fees

In plain language

When applying for Class 1 Aircraft Certification (required for high-risk Category III flights), you must pay an application fee. The fee varies significantly depending on whether the drone has a Type Certification, has been flown before, or if you are applying for multiple identical drones at the same time.

Requirement as structured

An applicant for Class 1 Aircraft Certification (第一種機体認証) must pay the prescribed fee, which ranges from 43,400 JPY to 1,592,200 JPY per aircraft depending on whether the aircraft has a Type Certification, has been previously used, is modified, or is applied for simultaneously as an additional identical aircraft.

Original regulatory text

一第一種機体認証次のイからハまでに掲げる無人航空機の区分に応じ、それぞれイからハまでに定める額イ法第百三十二条の十三第五項第一号に掲げる無人航空機次の（１）又は（２）に掲げる無人航空機の区分に応じ、それぞれ（１）又は（２）に定める額（１）航空の用に供した無人航空機一機につき四万九千六百円（当該無人航空機について機体認証の申請を行う者が同時に当該無人航空機の型式と同一の型式の他の無人航空機について機体認証の申請を行う場合における当該他の無人航空機（以下この条において「追加機体」という。）にあっては、四万九千円）（２）（１）に掲げる無人航空機以外の無人航空機一機につき四万四千円（追加機体にあっては、四万三千四百円）