Equipment exemption for open category outside geographical zones

Verified from official sources
Real Decreto 517/2024, art. 35Version 1Effective -Verified 23 August 2026

In plain language

If you are flying in the open category outside of a UAS geographical zone, you do not need to comply with the standard airspace equipment requirements (such as transponders or radios required for manned aircraft in that airspace).

Requirement as structured

General airspace equipment requirements are not applicable to UAS operated in the open category outside UAS geographical zones.

Original regulatory text

No obstante lo dispuesto en el apartado anterior, fuera de las zonas geográficas de UAS, los requisitos de equipo requeridos por las reglas del aire aplicables al espacio aéreo de que se trate no son exigibles a los UAS operados: a) En la categoría «abierta»;

Applies when

country
Spain
category
open
geographical zone
false
regulatory category
General