Night Flight Lighting Requirement

In plain language

When flying at night, your drone must have its lights turned on, and those lights must be bright enough for you or your visual observer to see the aircraft clearly.

Requirement as structured

No pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft system at night unless the remotely piloted aircraft is equipped with lights that are turned on and are sufficient to allow the aircraft to be visible to the pilot or a visual observer.

Original regulatory text

No pilot shall operate a remotely piloted aircraft system at night unless the remotely piloted aircraft is equipped with lights that are sufficient to allow the aircraft to be visible to the pilot or a visual observer, whether with or without night-vision goggles, and those lights are turned on.

Applies when

country

Canada

time of day

night

regulatory category

General