New Delhi: The airline ministry on Friday released a map of the Indian airspace for drone operations which clearly limit where all drones can be flown (green zone), not flown (red list) or flown with previous permits (yellow zone).
The map is on the DGCA Digital Sky platform.
The Airveri Ministry in a statement said: “The Drone Airspace MAP is an Indian interactive map that limits the yellow and red zone throughout the country.
Green zone is an airspace of up to 400 feet that have not been determined as a red or yellow zone; and up to 200 feet above the area which is located between 8-12 km from the operational airport perimeter.
“” In the green zone, there is no permission of anything needed to operate the drone weighing all up to 500 kg.
The yellow zone is an airspace above 400 feet in the designated green zone; Above 200 feet of the area between 8-12 km perimeter of the operational airport and on land in the area it is located between 5-8 km from the operational airport perimeter.
“Drone operation in the yellow zone requires permission from the relevant air traffic control authority – Aai, IAF, Navy, things, etc.
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The yellow zone has been reduced from 45 km earlier up to 12 km from the airport perimeter.
The red zone is ‘zone without drone’ where drones can be operated only after permission from the central government.
Map of airspace can be modified by official entities from time to time, the ministry said.
“Anyone who plans to operate the drone must check the latest air air maps for any zone limits.
The drone airspace map is freely available on the SKY digital platform to all without login requirements.”