dronetravel.guideBriefings checked 8 Oct 2026

Countries · Western Europe (Benelux) · EASA rules

Belgium

An EU or EASA operator registration and pilot certificate are valid in Belgium. Residents outside the EU must register free with the DGLV and pass the EU A1/A3 exam from 250 g, as home certificates do not count. Check Droneguide before every flight; Wallonia bans drones over nature reserves.

Open after a step for this profile · checked 8 October 2026

39 rules · 65 sources, 44 of them official · 19 fields unconfirmed · DGLV / DGTA (Directorate-General Aviation, FPS Mobility and Transport), the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority · Drone Portal of the DGLV (operator registration, A1/A3 and A2 exams, SPECIFIC applications)

Everything below follows these two answers. Saved on this device, not sent anywhere.

Your answer

Some key fields rest on secondary sources; they are listed under what we could not confirm.

What decides it

  • Below 250 g, registration is still required if the drone has a camera or other sensor able to capture personal data, unless it complies with the toy directive 2009/48/EC.confirmed on the cited page
  • Display the operator number on every drone so it is visible and readable on the ground, by marker, sticker or QR code (on the battery compartment if the drone is too small, provided it is easy to reach), and upload it into the remote-ID system where one is fitted.confirmed on the cited page
  • The remote pilot must be at least 14 for A1 and A3 and at least 16 for A2. There is no minimum age for a C0 that is also a toy, or a privately built drone under 250 g, flown in A1.confirmed on the cited page
  • The bands listed for drone remote control, telemetry and video are 2400 to 2483.5 MHz at 100 mW EIRP and 5725 to 5875 MHz at 25 mW EIRP. The drone and remote control must carry the CE marking with an EU declaration of conformity referencing the radio equipment directive.confirmed on the cited page

Permits tied to a place or a time

These do not change the country's colour; they decide whether a particular flight is legal where and when you want it.

  • Flying over an assembly of people is outside the OPEN category and needs a SPECIFIC authorisation from the DGLV.
  • VLL 0, the box over each runway of a civil controlled aerodrome (runway length plus 3 km each end, 2 km wide), is permanently closed to all OPEN-category flights.
  • In VLL 1 around a civil controlled aerodrome (active per AIP or NOTAM), OPEN flights stay below 150 ft AGL and below the highest obstacle within 100 m, and need prior permission from SPACC and the zone manager, notification at start and end of each flight, direct remote ID and geo-awareness. Requests go through skeyes' free DAA Planner.
  • Uncontrolled civil aerodromes, heliports, seaports and royal domains need prior permission from the zone manager. Prisons also need direct remote ID and separate written approval for any recording; nuclear installations need permission, remote ID and geo-awareness; military domains need permission and ADIV approval for any remote sensing aimed at the installation.
  • Flights beyond visual line of sight, above 120 m, over an assembly of people or with dropping fall in the SPECIFIC category: an operational authorisation (EUR 500) or a standard-scenario declaration (EUR 150 a year) through the Drone Portal, after registering as an operator.
  • An operator holding a SPECIFIC authorisation from another member state must apply to the DGLV by email and may start once the DGLV confirms acceptability (EUR 250 per application).

Before you fly, in order

  1. Below 250 g, registration is still required if the drone has a camera or other sensor able to capture personal data, unless it complies with the toy directive 2009/48/EC.
  2. An operator registered in an EU or EASA state registers only there and need not register again in Belgium to fly in the OPEN category. Carry the proof of registration and display the number on the drone.
  3. Registration as a UAS operator is free.
  4. Display the operator number on every drone so it is visible and readable on the ground, by marker, sticker or QR code (on the battery compartment if the drone is too small, provided it is easy to reach), and upload it into the remote-ID system where one is fitted.
  5. A valid EU A1/A3 or A2 certificate issued in another member state is valid in Belgium without extra obligations in the OPEN category.
  6. No insurance is required where only drones under 900 g used for private purposes are flown.
  7. Flights beyond visual line of sight, above 120 m, over an assembly of people or with dropping fall in the SPECIFIC category: an operational authorisation (EUR 500) or a standard-scenario declaration (EUR 150 a year) through the Drone Portal, after registering as an operator.
  8. An operator holding a SPECIFIC authorisation from another member state must apply to the DGLV by email and may start once the DGLV confirms acceptability (EUR 250 per application).
  9. No higher than 120 m above the nearest point of the ground; within 50 m of an artificial obstacle taller than 105 m, up to 15 m above it at the request of the entity responsible for the obstacle.
  10. Flying a C2 close to people in subcategory A2 needs the A2 certificate: the A1/A3 certificate first, then a free A2 theory exam taken in person at the DGLV in Brussels and a signed declaration of practical self-training. Minimum age 16.
  11. A1: never over an assembly of people, and with a C1 not intentionally over uninvolved persons. A2: 30 m from uninvolved persons, 5 m in low-speed mode, never over them, 1:1 rule. A3: 150 m from residential, commercial, industrial or recreational areas, 30 m from persons, 1:1 rule, and at least the distance covered in 2 seconds at maximum speed.
  12. Flying over an assembly of people is outside the OPEN category and needs a SPECIFIC authorisation from the DGLV.
  13. Fly only within visual line of sight; follow-me mode is allowed up to 50 m from the remote pilot.
  14. Night flights are allowed only within visual line of sight and with an activated green flashing light on the drone.
  15. Check Droneguide before every flight, recreational or professional. Geozone access conditions apply on top of the category rules and cumulatively, the strictest applying where zones overlap. A geozone permission from skeyes or the zone manager is separate from a DGLV operational authorisation.
  16. VLL 0, the box over each runway of a civil controlled aerodrome (runway length plus 3 km each end, 2 km wide), is permanently closed to all OPEN-category flights.
  17. In VLL 1 around a civil controlled aerodrome (active per AIP or NOTAM), OPEN flights stay below 150 ft AGL and below the highest obstacle within 100 m, and need prior permission from SPACC and the zone manager, notification at start and end of each flight, direct remote ID and geo-awareness. Requests go through skeyes' free DAA Planner.
  18. Uncontrolled civil aerodromes, heliports, seaports and royal domains need prior permission from the zone manager. Prisons also need direct remote ID and separate written approval for any recording; nuclear installations need permission, remote ID and geo-awareness; military domains need permission and ADIV approval for any remote sensing aimed at the installation.
  19. Flights need not be notified, except in a geozone that requires notification.
  20. FPV flight needs an unmanned aircraft observer standing next to the remote pilot and watching the drone without aids.
  21. The bands listed for drone remote control, telemetry and video are 2400 to 2483.5 MHz at 100 mW EIRP and 5725 to 5875 MHz at 25 mW EIRP. The drone and remote control must carry the CE marking with an EU declaration of conformity referencing the radio equipment directive.
  22. Recordings are subject to the GDPR. Privacy is outside the DGLV's competence: complaints go to the Data Protection Authority or the police.
  23. The remote pilot must be at least 14 for A1 and A3 and at least 16 for A2. There is no minimum age for a C0 that is also a toy, or a privately built drone under 250 g, flown in A1.
  24. The rules make no distinction between recreational and commercial purpose; professionals may fly in the OPEN category within its conditions.
  25. Spare lithium batteries in cabin baggage only: up to 100 Wh without approval, 100 to 160 Wh with airline approval and two spares, over 160 Wh not allowed (IATA passenger guidance; airlines may be stricter).

Spare lithium batteries in cabin baggage only: up to 100 Wh without approval, 100 to 160 Wh with airline approval and two spares, over 160 Wh not allowed (IATA passenger guidance; airlines may be stricter).

How a visitor gets legal

Each step as the authority describes it, with who may apply, what it costs and how long it takes.

  1. Step 1

    Classify the flight

    Establish the take-off mass, the class label or legacy status, whether the drone has a camera, the subcategory and where you will fly.

    Visitors eligible · None · Immediate

    • Drone data

    Open the official page

  2. Step 2

    EU and EASA residents: bring your home registration and certificates

    Carry proof of your home operator registration and your A1/A3 or A2 certificate, and display your operator number on the drone. Nothing has to be filed in Belgium for OPEN-category flying.

    Visitors eligible · Home state fee · Home state procedure

    • Home operator registration
    • Home pilot certificate

    Open the official page

  3. Step 3

    Insurance first, if it applies

    Take civil-liability insurance before registering unless you fly only drones under 900 g for private purposes; at 20 kg or more, insurance under Regulation (EC) 785/2004. The registration form asks for the policy number.

    Visitors eligible · Insurer's premium · Before registration

    • Insurance policy number

    Open the official page

  4. Step 4

    UK, US and other non-EU residents: register with the DGLV

    Register as a UAS operator on the Drone Portal before flying if Belgium is the first EU state you fly in; the number is then valid across the EU. The published login methods are a Belgian eID or itsme only, so a visitor without either should contact uas@mobilit.fgov.be well before the trip.

    Visitors eligible · Free

    • Email address
    • Telephone number
    • Insurance policy number where insurance is required

    Open the official page

  5. Step 5

    UK, US and other non-EU residents: pass the EU A1/A3 exam from 250 g

    Home pilot certificates are not recognised. Take the free A1/A3 online course and exam through the Drone Portal (40 questions, 75 %, three attempts); the certificate link arrives by email within 24 hours of passing. Flying A2 also needs the in-person A2 exam at the DGLV in Brussels.

    Visitors eligible · Free · Online exam; certificate link within 24 hours of passing

    • Drone Portal account

    Open the official page

  6. Step 6

    Mark the drone

    Put the operator number on every drone, readable on the ground (marker, sticker or QR code), and upload it into the remote-ID system if the drone has one.

    Visitors eligible · None · Immediate

    • Operator number

    Open the official page

  7. Step 7

    Check Droneguide before every flight and request zone access

    Look up the location on Droneguide and meet every access condition shown. For the controlled zones around Ostend, Antwerp, Brussels, Charleroi and Liège, the Kortrijk RMZ and Defence zones, plan in DAA Planner and use DAA Fly on the day; for other zones contact the zone manager named on Droneguide.

    Visitors eligible · Free · Plan in advance; tactical authorisation on the day for skeyes zones

    • DAA account with a unique mobile phone number

    Open the official page

  8. Step 8

    Protected areas: check the region

    Wallonia: no drone flights over nature reserves. Flanders: no low flights over nature reserves, take off from open paths only, and a Filmloket permission before filming over any nature area. Brussels: no low flights, take-off or landing in nature reserves.

    Eligibility not stated

    Open the official page

  9. Step 9

    Beyond the OPEN category

    Flights beyond visual line of sight, above 120 m or over crowds need a SPECIFIC authorisation or declaration through the Drone Portal after operator registration. Applications are handled in order of submission with a feedback loop; no processing time is published.

    Eligibility not stated · EUR 500 per authorisation; EUR 150 a year per declaration

    Open the official page

The numbers

The engine's inputs, each with the verdict our verification pass gave it and the sources it rests on.

FieldWhat the pages sayVerdictSources
May a visiting pilot fly at allYes, after a registration or a notification.No flight permit or notification is needed in the OPEN category outside geozones that require one. What is needed is an operator registration (home EASA registration counts), pilot competency from 250 g, insurance for a drone of 900 g or more or any non-private use, and the access conditions of any geozone flown in.confirmed on the cited pageS1S2S3S22
EU or EEA registration recognisedYesAn operator registers only once, in the state of residence, and need not register again in Belgium to fly OPEN. EU and EASA pilot certificates (A1/A3, A2) are valid without extra obligations. The French key-information page names the EU plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.confirmed on the cited pageS3S18S19
UK registration recognisedNoThe authority's page for non-EU operators requires every resident outside the EU to register with the DGLV, which covers a UK resident, but no page names the UK, and the FAQ still lists the United Kingdom among the states where the EU regulation applies directly. Recorded in conflicts.partly confirmedS2S3S4
US registration recognisedNoA resident outside the EU registers with the DGLV if Belgium is the first member state flown in, and pilot certificates obtained at home are not recognised.confirmed on the cited pageS2
Local registrationRequired from 250 g. Cost: Free.The duty, the threshold, the fee and the portal are confirmed. Registration is required from 250 g or 80 J, below 250 g whenever a camera or personal-data sensor is fitted unless the drone is a toy, and in SPECIFIC at any mass. The registration form asks for an email address, a telephone number and the insurance number, and pulls identity data from the Belgian national register. What is not established is how a non-resident does it: the only Drone Portal login methods published are the Belgian eID and itsme, and no processing time or non-resident document list is published.partly confirmedS1S2S9S10S11S12S13S21S22
Remote IDC1, C2 and C3 drones carry direct remote identification; C0 and C4 do not need it. Where the drone has a remote-ID system the operator number must be uploaded into it. Some geozones require direct remote ID even in the OPEN category, and the SPECIFIC category requires it since 1 January 2024.The query premise said remote ID applies from C1 upwards; the authority's FAQ limits it to C1, C2 and C3. S37, the leaflet the research brief cited for this field, is unreachable.confirmed on the cited pageS1S3S20S37
InsuranceMandatory · Civil-liability insurance for bodily and material damage to third parties for an operator flying in the OPEN category, except where only drones under 900 g used for private purposes are concerned. At 20 kg MTOM or more, insurance under Regulation (EC) 785/2004.Royal decree of 8 November 2020, art. 12, as amended by the royal decree of 26 December 2022 in force 1 January 2023. A recreational visitor with a drone under 900 g needs no insurance under the decree; at 900 g and above, or for any non-private use, the insurance number is asked at registration. No minimum cover is published. The FAQ (S3) and the operator page (S7) still state the obligation without the 900 g exception; S36 is the standalone FAQ entry the research brief cited, archived only as the CAPTCHA page.confirmed on the cited pageS22S3S7S36
Altitude ceiling120 mAbove ground level, measured from the nearest point of the earth's surface, so it follows hills. Within 50 m horizontally of an artificial obstacle taller than 105 m the limit may be raised to 15 m above the obstacle at the request of the entity responsible for it. Geozones can impose lower limits.confirmed on the cited pageS3S6
Distance from peopleA1: may overfly uninvolved persons but never an assembly of people; with a C1, not intentionally. A2 (C2): never over uninvolved persons, 30 m horizontally from them or 5 m in low-speed mode, and the 1:1 rule. A3: only where uninvolved persons are not endangered, 150 m from residential, commercial, industrial or recreational areas, 30 m from persons, the 1:1 rule, and never closer than the distance the drone covers in 2 seconds at maximum speed.The research brief said the distance table was not in its extracts; it is on the authority's overview table and the PDF overview with endnotes.confirmed on the cited pageS5S6
Line of sightRequired in the OPEN category. Follow-me mode is the exception, up to 50 m from the remote pilot. Beyond visual line of sight moves the flight into the SPECIFIC category.confirmed on the cited pageS3S6S18
NightPermitted in the OPEN category as long as the flight stays within visual line of sight and a green flashing light on the drone is activated.confirmed on the cited pageS3S6
Class marksC0 to C4 plus legacy. A drone without a class label placed on the market before 1 January 2024 may fly only in A1 under 250 g or in A3 under 25 kg; one placed on the market after 31 December 2023 without a class label may not fly in the OPEN category. A privately built drone flies in A1 under 250 g and 19 m/s, otherwise in A3 under 25 kg.confirmed on the cited pageS1S8
FPVPermitted in the OPEN category only with an unmanned aircraft observer standing next to the remote pilot and watching the drone without aids, keeping it within visual line of sight.Both research passes left FPV unknown. The authority's own FAQ and the endnotes of its OPEN overview state it.confirmed on the cited pageS3S6
Commercial useNo distinction by purpose: professionals may fly in the OPEN category within its conditions. Above it, the SPECIFIC category costs EUR 500 for an operational authorisation, EUR 150 a year for a standard-scenario declaration, and EUR 250 per application for an operator registered in another member state to start operating in Belgian airspace.confirmed on the cited pageS3S7S18S22

Every rule we could confirm

Grouped by what they govern. A general rule decides the country's colour for a profile; a situational one applies in a place, a zone or a season.

Registration

Remote ID

Insurance

Minimum age

Permits

Airspace zones

Parks and protected areas

Altitude

Distance from people

Line of sight

Night

FPV

Dropping objects

Commercial use

Privacy

Radio conformity

Parks and protected areas

Who decides, what they decided, and whether there is a way in.

Where the no-fly zones are published

The authority's own map is the one that counts on the day; an app is a convenience, not a source.

Around civil controlled aerodromes: VLL 0 over the runways (runway length plus 3 km each end, 2 km wide) is closed to all OPEN flights; VLL 1 (4,500 m cylinder up to 400 ft, approach boxes, and the CTR above 400 ft) allows OPEN flights below 150 ft AGL only with SPACC and zone-manager permission, flight notification, remote ID and geo-awareness. Uncontrolled aerodromes: at least 800 m around the circuits, permission of the zone manager.

Official map
map.droneguide.be
Apps named
Droneguide, DAA Planner (skeyes), DAA Fly (skeyes)

Customs and the border

Declaration
Not established
Import authorisation
Not established
Radio conformity
The BIPT enforces the radio equipment directive: the drone and its remote control must carry the CE marking with an EU declaration of conformity referencing Directive 2014/53/EU, and power and frequency must be stated in the instructions. Listed bands: 2400 to 2483.5 MHz at 100 mW EIRP and 5725 to 5875 MHz at 25 mW EIRP. Non-compliant drones can be confiscated.

On the ground

What pilots, police and the press report actually happening. This is evidence about behaviour, not law: it never changes the status above, and it is dated and linked so you can judge it yourself.

Enforced14 confirmed cases · 2022-07 to 2026-09-16 · practice pass 8 October 2026

Fourteen dated press reports, 2022 to 2026, none involving a visitor: police find pilots by detection at events, Kleine-Brogel air base, Antwerp and airports, and seize the drone. Two fines located, up to EUR 12,000. Nothing found for nature reserves, tourist towns, the countryside or customs.

How people fly
The confirmed cases are ordinary local flying in the wrong place: a resident filming the Tomorrowland campsite from his garden, a man flying over houses and gardens out of sight and above 120 m in Hasselt, a night flight over central Mechelen that ended on a school playground, people testing a new drone, filming livestock, a go-kart track or a house for sale in the fields beside Kleine-Brogel air base, a real estate agent photographing a building in the extension of Charleroi's runway. The police commissioner at Kleine-Brogel says most do not know the rules and treat a drone as a toy. In the Hautes Fagnes the forest guard of the Fagne de Malchamps had the nature park remind drone owners in 2021 that the reserves had become popular with them and that overflight is banned.
Police and rangers
Detection does the finding. Hasselt's police located a pilot with the Skeydrone application and seized two drones in August 2024; Antwerp's drone team located two pilots in one week of November 2025, landed their drones, seized them and wrote official reports; skeyes detected the drone over Charleroi airport on 2026-09-16 and police took the pilot the same afternoon. At events under a temporary geozone, police seized 7 drones at Tomorrowland 2022, 11 in 2024 and 12 in 2025, one at Pukkelpop 2024, and 8 or 9 at Antwerp's Tall Ships Races in July 2026 with 9 official reports; Ghent's police counted six pilots over the Gentse Feesten zone in 2026. At Kleine-Brogel air base the Noord-Limburg police send a team when the base calls, write an official report on the spot and seize the drone, seven times from January to May 2026. Near Brussels Airport the aviation police seized a journalists' drone at the fence on 2025-11-14 although nothing showed it had flown, and wrote no report. None of the 14 confirmed cases names a foreign or visiting pilot. All of them sit in a geozone: a temporary event zone, a military zone or an airport control zone, which is where the law block's access conditions apply. No case was found under Wallonia's statutory ban over nature reserves or Flanders' low-flight ban, and no ranger encounter beyond the 2021 Hautes Fagnes reminder.
At the border
No usable report.
Fines actually reported
Two amounts actually imposed were located. A resident who flew a 249 g drone from his garden in Reet over Tomorrowland's DreamVille campsite on the first day of the 2023 edition was fined EUR 8,000, of which EUR 6,000 suspended; he paid the EUR 2,000 in instalments and got the drone back about two years later because he had lodged an objection. For Tomorrowland 2025 the aviation authority imposed 14 administrative fines ranging from EUR 200 to EUR 12,000, alongside 12 drones seized by police. Everything else located is a seizure and an official report with the amount still to be set: Runkst 2024, Pukkelpop 2024, Antwerp 2025, Mechelen 2025, Kleine-Brogel 2026, the Tall Ships Races 2026. The statutory range of art. 32 of the 1937 aviation law stays in the law block; no located amount comes near its top.

The law's own penalty schedule is separate: Not established, 3 published fine ranges below.

Where reports cluster

  • Tomorrowland, Boom and Rumst, including flights from neighbouring Reet

    Confirmed in three editions: 7 drones seized in 2022, 11 in 2024 and 12 in 2025 with 14 fines of EUR 200 to 12,000, and a EUR 8,000 fine for a garden flight over the campsite in 2023. Police were at the pilot's door within minutes.

  • Kleine-Brogel air base, Peer (Limburg)

    Confirmed twice: eight incidents in two months in 2024 and seven official reports from January to May 2026, the drone seized every time.

  • Antwerp city and its events

    Confirmed twice: two drones located and seized in November 2025 and 8 or 9 seized with 9 official reports during the Tall Ships Races in July 2026.

  • Brussels Airport (Zaventem) and its control zone, as far as Mechelen

    Confirmed twice: a journalists' drone seized at the airport fence in November 2025, and a Mechelen pilot flying inside the control zone without skeyes clearance whose drone crashed on a school playground. About thirty unauthorised drones a day are detected around the airport; the airport stoppages of 2025 and 2026 found no pilot.

  • Brussels South Charleroi Airport

    Confirmed once: a real estate agent photographing a building stopped operations for 25 minutes on 2026-09-16 and was taken by police the same afternoon.

  • Hasselt, the city and Pukkelpop

    Confirmed twice: a pilot located by detection and two drones seized in Runkst in August 2024, and one drone seized at Pukkelpop 2024. The police said 69 pilots ignored the Pukkelpop ban in 2023, before detection was used.

  • Ghent during the Gentse Feesten

    A no-fly zone 250 m around the centre for ten days with a municipal fine up to EUR 350 since 2024; six pilots caught in 2026, outcome not stated.

  • Hautes Fagnes nature reserves, Fagne de Malchamps near Spa

    A ranger-requested reminder in 2021 that overflight of Walloon nature reserves is banned and that drone owners had made the fens a playground. No case found.

  • Bruges, Ghent outside the festival, Dinant, the Ardennes, the coast, Hoge Kempen and central Brussels

    No dated case found in Dutch, French or English. Absence of a report is not evidence of tolerance.

  • Airport customs on arrival or departure

    No dated case found at any Belgian airport.

Dated reports

  • 2022-07 · Tomorrowland, Boom · press

    Drones were flown inside the festival's temporary no-fly zone.

    Seven drones seized; the Antwerp prosecutor's office said offenders risk fines of up to EUR 16,000. report

  • 2023-07 · Reet, over Tomorrowland's DreamVille campsite · press

    A resident flew a 249 g drone from his home over the campsite on the first day of the festival, unaware of the rules. The article dates the flight to two years before July 2025.

    Police at his door within minutes and the drone seized; a fine of EUR 8,000, of which EUR 6,000 suspended. He objected, and got the drone back about two years later. report

  • 2024-07 · Tomorrowland, Boom · press

    SkeyDrone detection logged more than 1,000 flights by 50 drones over the two weekends, over 90 per cent of them authorised.

    Police confiscated 11 drones and reported several violations to the aviation authority. report

  • 2024-08 · Kleine-Brogel air base, Peer · press

    Eight illegal drone incidents in two months, the pilots often local residents, some holding a drone certificate.

    Drones detected in the zone are seized and the pilot fined, the base commander said. report

  • 2024-08 · Pukkelpop, Kiewit, Hasselt · press

    One drone flew over the festival site under a detection system.

    The drone was seized and the file sent to the aviation directorate. report

  • 2024-08-27 · Runkst, Hasselt · press

    After weeks of reports of drones over houses and gardens, police used the Skeydrone application to locate the pilot on a Tuesday evening. He was not registered, flew out of sight and above 120 m.

    Intercepted in the Fonteinstraat; two drones seized. report

  • 2025-07 · Tomorrowland, Boom · press

    Flights inside the festival's temporary geozone.

    Police seized 12 drones and the aviation authority imposed 14 administrative fines of EUR 200 to EUR 12,000, reported in July 2026. report

  • 2025-11 · Antwerp · press

    The police drone team twice spotted drones whose administrative papers were not in order, in the week to 2025-11-09.

    Pilots located and identified, drones landed and seized, official reports written. report

  • 2025-11-14 · Brussels Airport fence, Nossegem · press

    Federal Police security staff stopped two people at the fence, one in a ski mask holding a small drone. Both had press cards; police found no sign the drone had flown near the airport.

    The aviation police seized the drone administratively; no official report was written. report

  • 2025-11-19 · Mechelen, inside the Brussels Airport control zone · press

    An unregistered drone of about 1 kg, flown at night over people without skeyes clearance, hit a building and fell on a school playground. The 47-year-old pilot held no certificate and had flown illegally before.

    Pilot identified; official report sent to the aviation directorate, which can fine; drone seized. report

  • 2026-05 · Kleine-Brogel air base, Peer · press

    Seven people flew drones over or near the base from January to May 2026, among them a farmer, a go-kart track owner and estate agents.

    An official report on the spot and the drone seized each time, under a zero-tolerance line, reported 2026-05-12. report

  • 2026-07 · Antwerp, during the Tall Ships Races · press

    Flights inside the temporary zone and against the rules around Antwerp airport between 10 and 14 July.

    Nine official reports; the article gives both 9 and 8 drones seized. report

  • 2026-07 · Gentse Feesten, Ghent · press

    Six pilots flew over the festival zone, where drones are banned.

    Counted in the police evaluation of the festival; the sanction is not stated. report

  • 2026-09-16 · Brussels South Charleroi Airport · press

    A privately owned drone in the extension of the runway around 14:00 stopped operations for 25 minutes. The pilot said he was a real estate agent photographing a building.

    Taken by police the same afternoon and to be questioned; he risks a fine. No later outcome located. report

What the law says it costs

Published penalty ranges. What has actually been charged, where anyone reported it, is in the section above.

OffenceRangeSources
Breach of EU civil-aviation regulations, including (EU) 2019/947, or of the royal decrees implementing the 1937 aviation law, where no special penalty is setImprisonment from 8 days to 1 year and a fine from EUR 200 to EUR 4,000,000, or either alone (law of 27 June 1937, art. 32). An administrative fine can be imposed instead of prosecution, within the same range increased by the statutory surcharges (art. 45 and 48).S23
Breach of ministerial regulations on aviationImprisonment from 8 days to 1 year and a fine from EUR 200 to EUR 1,000,000, or either alone (art. 32, second paragraph). Whether the geozone ministerial decree falls under this paragraph is not stated.S23S24
Intentional or negligent breach of the OPEN-category rulesThe minister may ban the remote pilot or operator from any UAS operation for up to 24 months and suspend or withdraw an A2 certificate (royal decree of 8 November 2020, art. 11). An administrative measure, not a fine.S22

Confiscation: The BIPT may confiscate a drone whose radio characteristics are not compliant and draws up an official report. Separately, an aircraft whose required documents are not produced, or whose registration marks do not match, may be detained until its identity or its operator's is established (law of 27 June 1937, art. 37).

Criminal liability: Yes. Breaches of the EU drone rules and the Belgian implementing decree are offences under art. 32 of the law of 27 June 1937, prosecuted by the public prosecutor of the place of the offence or of the defendant's residence (art. 36).

What we could not confirm

Printed rather than hidden. A brief that answers everything has usually guessed somewhere, and a gap here is a real gap in the official pages or a page we could not reach.

9 cited pages refused our checks and are marked unreachable in the source list.

Sources that disagree

  1. How a resident outside the EU without a Belgian eID or itsme logs into the Drone Portal to register and to sit the A1/A3 exam. The authority says they must register; the only login methods it publishes are eID and itsme.
  2. The registration processing time and the documents a non-resident supplies; the portal pulls identity data from the Belgian national register.
  3. Whether a foreign address and telephone number are accepted at registration.
  4. The geozone dataset behind Droneguide: whether it can be downloaded, and its format, licence and update cadence.
  5. Customs: any declaration, import authorisation or confiscation practice for a traveller's drone. FPS Finance was unreachable, and the practice pass found no press report in Dutch, French or English of a drone checked or seized at a Belgian airport or border.
  6. Any Belgium-specific lithium battery carriage rule.
  7. Whether the geozone ministerial decree falls under the EUR 1,000,000 or the EUR 4,000,000 ceiling of art. 32 of the 1937 aviation law.
  8. The surcharge multiplier that turns the statutory fine range into the amount actually payable; the statute does not state it.
  9. The text of the Brussels ordinance of 1 March 2012, art. 27, and of the Flemish decree of 21 October 1997, art. 35, both known here only through the Constitutional Court judgment.
  10. Which parts of Hoge Kempen National Park are nature reserves with a type 4 management plan, and whether the park has a drone rule of its own.
  11. Whether any Belgian Natura 2000 site carries a drone rule of its own.
  12. The Filmloket's procedure, fee and lead time, and whether it serves a visiting recreational pilot.
  13. Municipal drone rules in Bruges, Dinant, the Ardennes or on the coast; no municipal domain was searched. For Ghent the practice pass found only the press report of a police-regulation no-fly zone around the centre during the Gentse Feesten, not the regulation itself.
  14. Whether a recreational visitor is eligible for a SPECIFIC authorisation.
  15. The live state of every authority page after its archive capture date (captures run from 2025-04 to 2026-08).
  16. Whether a visiting or foreign pilot has ever been stopped, fined or had a drone seized in Belgium. None of the 14 cases the practice pass confirmed names one.
  17. Whether the Walloon ban over nature reserves or the Flemish low-flight ban has ever been enforced against anyone. The practice pass found no case, only a 2021 ranger-requested reminder for the Hautes Fagnes.
  18. How the seizures end. The press reports the official report and the seized drone, rarely the fine; the outcomes of the Charleroi 2026, Antwerp 2025 and 2026, Kleine-Brogel 2026 and Gentse Feesten 2026 cases were not located, and no published court decision was found.
  19. What HLN, Gazet van Antwerpen, Het Nieuwsblad, De Standaard and Het Belang van Limburg reported: they refuse every automated client used here, so the Flemish regional press was read only where VRT or other outlets relayed it.

What changed, and when

Dated changes to the rules, newest first.

  1. 1 March 2025

    Ministerial decree of 20 December 2024 amending the fixed geozones enters into force: new definitions, cross-border geozones, paramotor and balloon sites, revised VLL access conditions.

    S24S25

  2. 1 January 2024

    A drone without a class label placed on the market after 31 December 2023 may no longer fly in the OPEN category; legacy drones are limited to A1 under 250 g or A3 under 25 kg; the SPECIFIC category requires remote ID.

    S1S8S20

  3. 1 January 2023

    Royal decree of 26 December 2022 enters into force: insurance is no longer required where only drones under 900 g used for private purposes are flown; rules for model-aircraft clubs added.

    S22

  4. 15 July 2021

    Constitutional Court judgment 106/2021 rejects the federal action against the Walloon drone ban over nature reserves.

    S31

  5. 31 December 2020

    (EU) 2019/947 applies. The royal decree of 8 November 2020 enters into force and repeals the 2016 national drone decree; the ministerial decree of 21 December 2020 on fixed geozones enters into force.

    S22S24

  6. 14 February 2019

    Walloon decree amending art. 11 of the law of 12 July 1973 to prohibit drone overflight of every nature reserve in Wallonia (decree date; the in-force date was not read).

    S31

Checked 8 October 2026. Newer than that? Look here:

Rules move between our checks. The official pages publish the change; the community pages are where someone notices it first.

Official pages

Where pilots report

Sources

Every page this brief rests on, with the date we opened it and, where the page carries one, the date printed on the document itself.

  1. S1official

    Algemene informatie

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2025-10-10 · opened 2026-10-08

    Als u in België woont of als uw hoofdkantoor hier gevestigd is, dan moet u zich verplicht bij het DGLV registreren als "UAS-exploitant"

    Rule page. Live host returned a CAPTCHA; read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-05-10. Not cited by either pass (the gaps pass cited its parent link hub).

  2. S2official

    Niet-EU-exploitanten

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2022-09-23 · opened 2026-10-08

    Als u niet in de Europese Unie woont en met een UAS wilt vliegen in België, dan moet u zich dus registreren bij het DGLV als "UAS-exploitant"

    Rule page written for a visitor from outside the EU, cited by neither pass. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2025-06-12.

  3. S3official

    Veelgestelde vragen

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2025-10-10 · opened 2026-10-08

    Registratie: een UAS exploitant dient zich slechts éénmaal te registreren, namelijk in zijn/haar land van vestiging

    FAQ. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-07-11. Its insurance answer predates the 2023 amendment of the royal decree.

  4. S4official

    Questions fréquentes

    SPF Mobilité et Transports, DGTA · document dated 2025-10-10 · opened 2026-10-08

    ainsi qu'en Islande, au Liechtenstein, en Norvège, au Royaume-Uni et en Suisse

    FAQ, French. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-05-19.

  5. S5official

    Overzichtstabel (categorie OPEN)

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2025-10-08 · opened 2026-10-08

    Je moet een veilige horizontale afstand van min. 150m behouden van woon-, handels-, industrie- of recreatiezones

    Rule page. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-05-14.

  6. S6official

    Categorie OPEN (overview with endnotes)

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2024-01-01 · opened 2026-10-08

    Je kan in de categorie OPEN ook 's nachts vliegen, maar enkel voor zover de UAS-vluchtuitvoering VLOS blijft en een groen knipperlicht op je UAS geactiveerd is.

    PDF, "Versie 01/01/2024". Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2025-05-18. The gaps pass titled it "UAS-exploitant" with a 2025-11-03 date; both are wrong.

  7. S7official

    Exploitant (categorie OPEN)

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2025-01-28 · opened 2026-10-08

    UAS met een maximale startmassa < 20 kg: verzekering burgerlijke aansprakelijkheid

    Rule page. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2025-07-16.

  8. S8official

    Toestel

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2025-01-21 · opened 2026-10-08

    Een type van UAS zonder CX-label dat op de markt gebracht wordt na 1 januari 2024 mag niet meer vliegen in de categorie OPEN.

    Rule page. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2025-06-19.

  9. S9official

    Drone Portal

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2025-10-08 · opened 2026-10-08

    Zich registreren als exploitant is verplicht vanaf het moment dat u in het bezit bent van een UAS met camera.

    Procedure page. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-05-18.

  10. S10official

    Inloggen op het Drone Portaal

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2020-12-04 · opened 2026-10-08

    moet u zich identificeren door middel van uw elektronische identiteitskaart (eID). U kan daarbij gebruik maken van een kaartlezer of van de toepassing Itsme®

    Instruction sheet; date is the PDF creation date. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2024-07-14.

  11. S11official

    Zich registreren als exploitant

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2020-12-16 · opened 2026-10-08

    Voeg het emailadres en het telefoonnummer van de onderneming of van uzelf toe. Voeg eveneens het verzekeringsnummer toe.

    Instruction sheet; date is the PDF creation date, not the 2024-12-26 the gaps pass gave. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-03-16.

  12. S12official

    S'enregistrer en tant qu'exploitant

    SPF Mobilité et Transports, DGTA · document dated 2020-12-16 · opened 2026-10-08

    Ajoutez également le numéro de dossier de votre assurance.

    The same one-pager the research brief cited at its 2023 path (S44), at the 2025 path linked from the Drone Portal page. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-05-04.

  13. S13official

    OPEN A1/A3

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2026-01-29 · opened 2026-10-08

    Registreer of log in op het Drone Portal met eID of itsme®.

    Procedure page. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-06-12.

  14. S14official

    OPEN A2

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2026-03-05 · opened 2026-10-08

    Voor piloten op afstand die willen vliegen in de subcategorie A2 geldt bovendien een minimumleeftijd van 16 jaar.

    Procedure page. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-05-18.

  15. S15official

    Geografische zones

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2025-10-10 · opened 2026-10-08

    Belangrijk: Of het nu gaat om recreatieve of professionele exploitatie, het naleven van geozones is verplicht voor alle piloten op afstand.

    Rule page. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-05-18.

  16. S16official

    Wettelijke referenties

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2025-10-10 · opened 2026-10-08

    Privacywetgeving: piloten op afstand moeten rekening houden met de AVG (GDPR) bij het maken van opnames.

    Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2026-05-18.

  17. S17official

    Grensoverschrijdende vluchtuitvoeringen

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2025-10-08 · opened 2026-10-08

    De vluchtuitvoering in België mag aanvangen wanneer het DGLV u een bevestiging van aanvaardbaarheid verstrekt.

    Procedure page for SPECIFIC operators from other member states. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2025-11-18.

  18. S18official

    Stappenplan

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · opened 2026-10-08

    Er wordt geen onderscheid meer gemaakt naargelang het doel (recreatief/sportief of commercieel).

    Dutch text served at an /en/ path; no date printed. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2025-05-13, the oldest capture carrying a claim here.

  19. S19official

    Informations clés

    SPF Mobilité et Transports, DGTA · opened 2026-10-08

    ainsi qu'en Islande, au Liechtenstein, en Norvège et en Suisse.

    No date printed. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2025-07-20.

  20. S20official

    Wat is Direct Remote Identification?

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · opened 2026-10-08

    Een UAS met C1, C2 of C3 label zijn uitgerust met een systeem voor directe identificatie op afstand.

    FAQ entry. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2025-04-19.

  21. S21official

    Start2Drone

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2025-01-28 · opened 2026-10-08

    kan u zich gratis laten registreren als UAS-exploitant via het Drone Portaal van het DG Luchtvaart

    Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2025-07-20.

  22. S22official

    Koninklijk besluit van 8 november 2020 tot uitvoering van uitvoeringsverordening (EU) 2019/947 (consolidated)

    Belgisch Staatsblad, FOD Justitie · document dated 2020-11-18 · opened 2026-10-08

    behalve indien dit slechtsUAS betreffen die enkel voor privé-doeleinden worden gebruikt en waarvan de maximale startmassa minder dan 900 gram bedraagt

    Statute, read live; consolidated to 2023-08-10. Reached by following the link on the FAQ (S3). Carries art. 3 (competent authority), 7 (age), 11 (operation bans), 12 (insurance) and 23 (fees).

  23. S23official

    Wet van 27 juni 1937 houdende herziening van de wet van 16 november 1919 betreffende de regeling der luchtvaart (consolidated)

    Belgisch Staatsblad, FOD Justitie · opened 2026-10-08

    worden zij gestraft met gevangenisstraf van acht dagen tot één jaar en met geldboete van (tweehonderd euro tot vier miljoen euro), of met een van die straffen alleen.

    Statute, read live; consolidated to 2018-07-02. Named in the preamble of S22. Art. 32 (penalties), 36 (prosecution), 37 (detention), 45 and 48 (administrative fines).

  24. S24official

    Ministerieel besluit van 21 december 2020 tot vaststelling van vaste geografische UAS-zones (consolidated)

    Belgisch Staatsblad, FOD Justitie · document dated 2020-12-24 · opened 2026-10-08

    De in het eerste lid beschreven geografische UAS-zone is een zone waarin alle UAS-vluchtuitvoeringen in de categorie "open" verboden zijn.

    Statute, read live; consolidated to 2025-01-15. The quote is the VLL 0 provision (art. 29).

  25. S25official

    Arrêté ministériel du 20 décembre 2024 modifiant l'arrêté ministériel du 21 décembre 2020

    Belgisch Staatsblad, FOD Justitie · document dated 2025-01-15 · opened 2026-10-08

    Inwerkingtreding : 1 maart 2025

    Amending statute, read live. The authority's legal-references page links an unofficial mirror of it.

  26. S26official

    You and Your drone

    skeyes · opened 2026-10-08

    On https://map.droneguide.be you can find the official national map depicting UAS geographical zones

    Air navigation service provider's page.

  27. S27official

    Drones & Aerial Activities

    skeyes · opened 2026-10-08

    These zones are the controlled airspaces around the airports of: Ostend (EBOS); Antwerp (EBAW); Brussels (EBBR); Charleroi (EBCI); Liege (EBLG);

  28. S28official

    skeyes drone support

    skeyes · opened 2026-10-08

    The DAA tool is provided free of charge by skeyes.

  29. S29official

    Droneguide

    skeyes (map application, footer "©Unifly NV") · opened 2026-10-08

    JavaScript application; the served HTML carries no rule text, so nothing is quoted from it.

  30. S30official

    Activiteiten organiseren: dronegebruik boven natuurgebieden

    Agentschap voor Natuur en Bos · opened 2026-10-08

    Het is verboden om op geringe hoogte boven natuurreservaten te vliegen met een drone.

    Regional agency rule page.

  31. S31official

    Arrêt n° 106/2021 du 15 juillet 2021

    Cour constitutionnelle · document dated 2021-07-15 · opened 2026-10-08

    Dans les réserves naturelles, il est interdit : [...] - d'effectuer un survol avec un drone ».

    Judgment, not a rule page. It quotes the amended Walloon article verbatim (B.1) and rejects the action. The Brussels and Flemish provisions appear only in the parties' arguments.

  32. S32official

    Drones

    BIPT · opened 2026-10-08

    In case of non-compliance the drone can be confiscated and a report is made.

    Radio regulator's rule page with the band and power table.

  33. S33official tourism

    Veelgestelde vragen

    Nationaal Park Hoge Kempen · opened 2026-10-08

    Je kan de gebieden bezoeken tussen zonsopgang en zonsondergang.

    States no drone rule; neither does the visitor guide.

  34. S34official

    Een exploitatievergunning aanvragen

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer, DGLV · document dated 2022-06-23 · opened 2026-10-08

    Log u in op het Drone Portaal.

    Instruction sheet; PDF creation date. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2024-08-31.

  35. S35official

    Demander une autorisation d'exploitation

    SPF Mobilité et Transports, DGTA · document dated 2022-06-23 · opened 2026-10-08

    Connectez-vous au Portail Drones.

    Instruction sheet; PDF creation date. Read from the Internet Archive capture of 2024-09-23.

  36. S36officialcould not be opened

    Moet ik een verzekering afsluiten voor vluchtuitvoeringen in de categorie OPEN?

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer · opened 2026-10-08

    Live CAPTCHA; the only archive capture holds the CAPTCHA page. The same question and answer appear in S3.

  37. S37officialcould not be opened

    Ce drone est un aéronef

    SPF Mobilité et Transports · opened 2026-10-08

    Live CAPTCHA; no archive capture.

  38. S38officialcould not be opened

    BCAA webinar presentation (NL)

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer · opened 2026-10-08

    Live CAPTCHA; no archive capture.

  39. S39officialcould not be opened

    Présentation DGTA sur les drones (FR)

    SPF Mobilité et Transports · opened 2026-10-08

    Live CAPTCHA; no archive capture.

  40. S40officialcould not be opened

    Exploitant UAS (FR)

    SPF Mobilité et Transports · opened 2026-10-08

    Live CAPTCHA; no archive capture. The research brief cited it for the Droneguide rule, which S6 and S15 carry.

  41. S41officialcould not be opened

    Demander une autorisation d'exploitation (older file)

    SPF Mobilité et Transports · opened 2026-10-08

    Live CAPTCHA; no archive capture. S35 carries the same procedure.

  42. S42officialcould not be opened

    OnePagers (NL)

    FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer · opened 2026-10-08

    Live CAPTCHA; no archive capture.

  43. S43officialcould not be opened

    Customs and Excises

    SPF Finances · opened 2026-10-08

    Live CAPTCHA; no archive capture.

  44. S44officialcould not be opened

    S'enregistrer en tant qu'exploitant (2023 path)

    SPF Mobilité et Transports · opened 2026-10-08

    Live CAPTCHA; not archived at this path. S12 is the same one-pager at the 2025 path.

  45. S45press

    Politie en parket blikken terug op drie weekends Tomorrowland: "Veilige editie met weinig incidenten"

    VRT NWS · document dated 2022-08-02 · opened 2026-10-08

    7 drones in beslag genomen om de veiligheid van het publiek te garanderen

    Tomorrowland 2022; the Antwerp prosecutor's spokesperson gives the count and a ceiling of EUR 16,000.

  46. S46press

    Tot 8.000 euro boete voor drone boven Tomorrowland

    VRT NWS · document dated 2025-07-14 · opened 2026-10-08

    De politie stond meteen aan mijn deur en ik voelde me erg geïntimideerd

    The Reet case: a flight on the first day of Tomorrowland two years before the article, so 2023; EUR 8,000 fine, 6,000 suspended, drone returned after about two years. Also reports 11 drones seized at the previous edition. The court or authority is not named.

  47. S47press

    Police confiscate unauthorised drones as operators violate festival airspace regulations

    Unmanned Airspace · document dated 2024-07-31 · opened 2026-10-08

    The system detected more than 1000 flights over the two weekends, executed by only 50 different drones.

    Tomorrowland 2024: 11 drones confiscated, violations reported to the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority.

  48. S48press

    Politie neemt drones in beslag nadat piloot over tuinen vliegt in Runkst

    TV Limburg · document dated 2024-08-30 · opened 2026-10-08

    Met behulp van de Skeydrone-applicatie, die live droneposities kan detecteren, wist de politie de locatie van de piloot te achterhalen.

    Event on the Tuesday evening before publication, 2024-08-27. Read from the raw HTML; the fetch tool is refused by tvl.be.

  49. S49press

    Militaire vliegbasis Kleine-Brogel in Peer heeft veel last van illegale drones: 8 incidenten op 2 maanden tijd

    VRT NWS · document dated 2024-08-14 · opened 2026-10-08

    Een drone is geen speelgoed.

    The base commander says drones detected in the zone are seized and the pilot fined. No individual case is dated.

  50. S50press

    Enorm rustige Pukkelpopeditie volgens politie en parket

    VRT NWS · document dated 2024-08-19 · opened 2026-10-08

    De illegale drone werd in beslag genomen. Het dossier wordt overgemaakt aan de dienst luchtvaart die het verder oppikt.

  51. S51press

    Politie gaat illegale dronepiloten boven Pukkelpop lokaliseren

    VRT NWS · document dated 2024-08-13 · opened 2026-10-08

    69 individuele dronepiloten negeerden het geldende vliegverbod.

    The 69 is from the 2023 detection test and has no stated outcome. The EUR 8,000 is a ceiling quoted by police, not an amount imposed.

  52. S52press

    Belgian aviation authority encountered illegal drone shows and drone flying at 500 metres

    Dronewatch · document dated 2026-07-12 · opened 2026-10-08

    Police seized twelve drones, while the BCAA imposed fourteen administrative fines ranging from €200 to €12,000.

    Reports the aviation authority's 2025 figures for Tomorrowland. The authority's own release on news.belgium.be returned HTTP 403. GVA's headline gives 14 drones seized at Tomorrowland 2025; GVA refuses automated clients and was not read.

  53. S53press

    Intrusion de drones dans l'espace aérien : la police d'Anvers saisit deux appareils qui "présentaient un risque"

    La Libre Belgique (Belga) · document dated 2025-11-09 · opened 2026-10-08

    Les pilotes ont été identifiés et un procès-verbal a été établi à leur encontre. Les drones ont été saisis

    Flights in the week before the Sunday announcement. Replaces the research report's source, a Polish-language community site (aktualnosci.be), which it dated 2025-11-17.

  54. S54press

    2 journalisten staande gehouden bij Brussels Airport, drone in beslag genomen

    Dronewatch.nl · document dated 2025-11-17 · opened 2026-10-08

    De drone werd wel bestuurlijk in beslag genomen door de Luchtvaartpolitie.

    Event on Friday 2025-11-14 at about 14:30 at Nossegem, with police confirmation. Police found no sign the drone had flown and wrote no official report. The research report cited a blog repost and dated the event 2025-11-21.

  55. S55press

    Illegale drone crasht op speelplaats van school in Mechelen: "Vlucht was niet aangevraagd bij Skeyes"

    VRT NWS · document dated 2025-11-28 · opened 2026-10-08

    De vlucht werd niet aangevraagd bij luchtverkeersleider Skeyes

    Flight in the night of 18 to 19 November 2025. The official report goes to the aviation directorate, which can impose fines of several thousand euros.

  56. S56press

    Owner of illegal drone that crashed into school playground arrested in Flanders

    The Brussels Times · document dated 2025-11-28 · opened 2026-10-08

    Authorities confirmed that the man was neither certified as a drone pilot nor registered as a drone operator.

    Independent report of the S55 case. The headline says arrested; the body says identified.

  57. S57press

    Zeven boetes voor drones boven Kleine-Brogel

    VRT NWS (after Het Belang van Limburg) · document dated 2026-05-12 · opened 2026-10-08

    Noord-Limburg police: an official report on the spot and the drone seized, under a zero-tolerance line. The individual flights are not dated.

  58. S58press

    Politie Antwerpen neemt 9 drones in beslag tijdens The Tall Ships Races

    VRT NWS · document dated 2026-07-16 · opened 2026-10-08

    Drones kunnen niet alleen een veiligheidsrisico vormen, maar ook voor criminele doeleinden worden ingezet

    Flights from 10 to 14 July 2026. Nine official reports; the article gives both 9 and 8 drones seized, and HLN's headline says 8.

  59. S59press

    Politie stelde tijdens Gentse Feesten 111 pv's op voor geweld

    VRT NWS · document dated 2026-07-30 · opened 2026-10-08

    ook 6 dronepiloten die met hun drone boven de feestenzone vlogen, en dat is verboden.

    The page prints no year; related links date it to 2026. No sanction is stated.

  60. S60press

    Un drone a survolé l'aéroport de Charleroi ce mercredi, les opérations ont été interrompues

    La Libre Belgique (Belga) · document dated 2026-09-16 · opened 2026-10-08

    L'engin a été immédiatement intercepté

    Event on Wednesday 2026-09-16 around 14:00; operations stopped for 25 minutes; the pilot was taken by police and risks a fine.

  61. S61press

    Le drone qui a paralysé l'aéroport de Charleroi était piloté par un agent immobilier venu prendre des photos

    BruxellesToday · document dated 2026-09-17 · opened 2026-10-08

    Le parquet de Charleroi a confirmé jeudi matin que le pilote de l'appareil avait bien été interpellé par la police.

    Relays La DH: the pilot said he was a real estate agent photographing a building for a project.

  62. S62press

    Skeyes: dertig niet-toegelaten drones per dag opgemerkt rond Brussels Airport

    BRUZZ · document dated 2025-09-30 · opened 2026-10-08

    De meeste drones die we met ons volledig geautomatiseerde systeem opmerken, zijn recreatieve drones van mensen die geen vluchtplan hebben aangevraagd

    More than 31,000 drone flights detected in sensitive airspace in 2024, nine in ten unauthorised. A count of detections, not of cases.

  63. S63press

    Drone flying over Brussels Airport forces three flights to divert

    The Brussels Times · document dated 2026-09-13 · opened 2026-10-08

    Federal police have confirmed that an investigation to uncover the drone's operator is underway.

    Sightings on 2026-09-11 and 12 with no pilot identified. Cites skeyes' annual report: 46 unauthorised drone incidents in controlled airspace in 2025.

  64. S64press

    Pas de drones dans les réserves naturelles

    L'Avenir · document dated 2021-03-04 · opened 2026-10-08

    Depuis quelque temps, nos fagnes sont devenues un terrain de jeu apprécié par les détenteurs de ces objets volants. Or, il est interdit de survoler ces zones.

    A reminder by the Parc naturel des Sources at the forest guard's request, not a case. It also says Droneguide did not then show nature reserves.

  65. S65press

    Strenger droneverbod tijdens Gentse Feesten mét boetes voor piloten

    VRT NWS · document dated 2024-05-13 · opened 2026-10-08

    Overtreders riskeren een GAS-boete tot 350 euro.

    A ten-day no-fly zone 250 m around the city centre and the festival sites, written into Ghent's police regulation from 2024. A rule report, not a case.