Recreational Flight Permit Exemption

In plain language

You do not need a permit to fly a drone outdoors for fun if it weighs 25 kg or less, you keep it in your direct line of sight, and you follow standard flight rules.

Requirement as structured

A person is not required to obtain a UA operator permit, activity permit, or UA cross-border permit to operate an unmanned aircraft outdoors within visual line of sight for recreational purposes, provided the aircraft has a total mass of 25 kg or less and is not operated under Class 2 activity permit conditions.

Original regulatory text

Nothing in these Regulations applies to require a person to obtain a UA operator permit, an activity permit or a UA cross-border permit before operating — ... (b) an unmanned aircraft that has a total mass of 25 kg or less, outdoors and within the person’s visual line of sight for a recreation purpose and not under any Class 2 activity permit condition;

Applies when

operation

VLOS

max mtom kg

25