Drone rules in Singapore
WHERE YOU CAN’T FLY DRONES
No- y zone. Drones are not allowed to y within 150m Radius of 5km (not of and over protected areas, which include drawn to scale) military bases
Sembawang Airbase Seletar Airport
Changi Tengah Airbase Bukit Panjang Airport Keat Hong Camp Camp Paya Lebar
Airbase PIE Safti Military Institute Clementi Maju Camp Camp
Tuas Naval Base Depot Road Camp (Central Manpower Base)
Drones cannot be flown in parks and nature reserves overseen by National Parks Board Admiralty Park Jurong Central Park Ang Mo Kio Town Garden East Kallang Riverside Park Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West Kent Ridge Park Bishan Park Labrador Park Bukit Batok Town Park MacRitchie Reservoir Park Bukit Batok Nature Park Mount Faber Park Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Singapore Botanic Gardens Clementi Woods Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve Dairy Farm Nature Park Telok Blangah Hill Park Dhoby Ghaut Green Tiong Bahru Park East Coast Park Toa Payoh Town Park Esplanade Park West Coast Park Fort Canning Park Zhenghua Park HortPark
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS On the back of the growing use of drones and unmanned aircraft (UA) in Singapore, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore is proposing enhancements to laws governing their use to ensure public safety.
Weight For recreational/ For non-recreational/ of UA research purposes non-research purposes Proposed: • Class 2 Activity Successful Permit, if own 7kg and completion of outdoors: below online training – in a restricted programme, or danger area, • Operator Permit if ying UA of or • Class 1 Activity total mass of – within 5km of an Permit more than 1.5kg aerodrome/military airbase, regardless of Proposed: Proposed: operating height, or UA Pilot Licence UA Pilot Licence – above 200 feet Above 7kg, (60m) beyond 5km of but not Removed: an aerodrome/military more than Operator Permit airbase 25kg
• Class 1 Activity Permit Proposed: UA Type Certi cate/Certi cate of Airworthiness Proposed: Proposed: UA Operator Certi cate Above Proposed: UA Pilot Licence 25kg Removed: Operator Permit
Source: CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS