29 September 2026🇨🇭 SwitzerlandFOCA (BAZL)MATERIAL
FOCA (BAZL) published a change to FOCA — Model aircraft (official guidance, EN)
Drone Assistant detected a material change in FOCA — Model aircraft (official guidance, EN) (FOCA (BAZL)), reviewed and confirmed by a human before publication. Compared version 1 against version 2. 7 published guidance items were added to Drone Assistant's coverage from the current version of this source; they may restate text that was already on the earlier version, so they are not all part of the page change. The changed source is official guidance from FOCA (BAZL). It is not a new law or rule, and binding rules are unchanged by this update.
What changed
- Official page change: 1 amended passage (the page has no section numbers)
- Added to Drone Assistant coverage (not necessarily new on the page): Extending an Operating Permit
- Added to Drone Assistant coverage (not necessarily new on the page): Amendments to an Operating Permit
- Added to Drone Assistant coverage (not necessarily new on the page): Annual Inspection ('Jahreskontrolle') for Large Models
- Added to Drone Assistant coverage (not necessarily new on the page): Applicability of Drone Regulations
- Added to Drone Assistant coverage (not necessarily new on the page): Exemption for German-Registered Models Over 30kg
- Added to Drone Assistant coverage (not necessarily new on the page): Large model aircraft over 30 kg: FOCA permit with case-by-case requirements and operating conditions
- Added to Drone Assistant coverage (not necessarily new on the page): Obtaining an Operating Permit for Large Models
How this was verified
- Official source: FOCA — Model aircraft (official guidance, EN)
- Versions compared: 1 → 2
- Reviewed by a person before publication; automated detection alone never publishes.
- Detected by change monitoring, human reviewed
Affected requirements
- Model aircraft - Fly VLOS only — Applicability of Drone Regulations
- Model aircraft - Fly VLOS only — Exemption for German-Registered Models Over 30kg
- Model aircraft - Fly VLOS only — Obtaining an Operating Permit for Large Models
- Model aircraft - Fly VLOS only — Extending an Operating Permit
- Model aircraft - Fly VLOS only — Annual Inspection ('Jahreskontrolle') for Large Models
- Model aircraft - Fly VLOS only — Large model aircraft over 30 kg: FOCA permit with case-by-case requirements and operating conditions
- Model aircraft - Fly VLOS only — Amendments to an Operating Permit