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Bulgaria

An EU or EFTA operator registration is valid in Bulgaria. UK, US and other visitors must register in the first EU state they fly in; Bulgaria's portal uas.caa.bg costs 10.23 EUR but needs a Bulgarian qualified e-signature. Check the CAA geozone map before every flight.

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25 rules · 55 sources, 40 of them official · 16 fields unconfirmed · Главна дирекция „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" (ГД ГВА, Directorate General Civil Aviation Administration) · uas.caa.bg, the ГД ГВА electronic system for operator registration, pilot training and exams, and the geozone map; login only with an electronic identity (a qualified electronic signature, КЕП)

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Your answer

Every engine field and the workflow rest on official pages.

What decides it

  • A drone under 250 g still requires operator registration if it carries a camera or other sensor able to capture personal data, unless it is a toy under Directive 2009/48/EC.confirmed on the cited page
  • Display your operator number on every drone you fly, including privately built ones, and enter it into the drone's remote identification system.confirmed on the cited page
  • The minimum remote-pilot age is 16. No minimum applies in A1 with a C0 drone, with a privately built drone under 250 g, or under the direct supervision of a competent pilot. A pilot under 18 flies under a parent or guardian registered as the operator.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.

  • A flight that cannot meet the open-category limits (beyond line of sight, over 120 m, over 25 kg, dropping or spraying, an unmarked or over-4 kg drone in a town) needs a specific-category authorisation from ГД ГВА before it takes place.
  • No drone may fly in a prohibited or restricted area of the AIP (ENR 5.1), in airspace reserved in the airspace-use plan, or inside the guarded boundary of a public airport, except with a specific-category authorisation or the airport-zone permission of ГД ГВА.
  • Flying without permission in a geozone where drones are restricted or prohibited, in an activated airspace structure or inside a public airport's guarded boundary is prohibited by the Civil Aviation Act; the drone may be forced to land or removed, and the pilot bears the damage.
  • Check the CAA geozone map on uas.caa.bg before every flight. Of 881 published zones, 216 prohibit drones, 581 need a ГД ГВА authorisation applied for 5 or 7 working days or a month ahead, and the rest set conditions or require notifying the zone's contact 10 to 45 days ahead.
  • Airport zones are graded: at Sofia, for example, a ГД ГВА authorisation is needed above 50 m in the outer zone and from the ground in the inner zone, applied for 7 working days ahead. Flying in an airport-protection zone without a specific authorisation needs a risk assessment and ГД ГВА's permission, agreed with air traffic services and the airport.
  • Do not fly near or inside an area where an emergency situation has been declared.

Before you fly, in order

  1. A drone under 250 g still requires operator registration if it carries a camera or other sensor able to capture personal data, unless it is a toy under Directive 2009/48/EC.
  2. An operator registered in another EU or EFTA state flies on that registration and does not register in Bulgaria; no operator may be registered in more than one member state.
  3. Display your operator number on every drone you fly, including privately built ones, and enter it into the drone's remote identification system.
  4. A flight that cannot meet the open-category limits (beyond line of sight, over 120 m, over 25 kg, dropping or spraying, an unmarked or over-4 kg drone in a town) needs a specific-category authorisation from ГД ГВА before it takes place.
  5. Fly no higher than 120 m above the terrain, or up to 15 m above an obstacle taller than 120 m within 50 m of it at the owner's request.
  6. A1: over people but never over crowds. A2: at least 30 m from people, or 5 m in low-speed mode. A3: at least 150 m from residential, commercial, industrial or recreational areas.
  7. Keep the drone in direct sight at all times, except in follow-me mode with a C0 or C1 drone or when flying FPV with an observer.
  8. No drone may fly in a prohibited or restricted area of the AIP (ENR 5.1), in airspace reserved in the airspace-use plan, or inside the guarded boundary of a public airport, except with a specific-category authorisation or the airport-zone permission of ГД ГВА.
  9. Flying without permission in a geozone where drones are restricted or prohibited, in an activated airspace structure or inside a public airport's guarded boundary is prohibited by the Civil Aviation Act; the drone may be forced to land or removed, and the pilot bears the damage.
  10. Check the CAA geozone map on uas.caa.bg before every flight. Of 881 published zones, 216 prohibit drones, 581 need a ГД ГВА authorisation applied for 5 or 7 working days or a month ahead, and the rest set conditions or require notifying the zone's contact 10 to 45 days ahead.
  11. Airport zones are graded: at Sofia, for example, a ГД ГВА authorisation is needed above 50 m in the outer zone and from the ground in the inner zone, applied for 7 working days ahead. Flying in an airport-protection zone without a specific authorisation needs a risk assessment and ГД ГВА's permission, agreed with air traffic services and the airport.
  12. The CAA lists national parks among the places drones may not fly, but no park zone appears in the published geozone dataset and no park publishes a drone rule. Breaches of the Rila, Pirin and Central Balkan park regimes are fined 500 to 5,000 лв for a person.
  13. FPV goggles are allowed in the open category only with a drone observer standing beside you who keeps the drone in direct sight. FPV races with spectators need the specific category.
  14. The minimum remote-pilot age is 16. No minimum applies in A1 with a C0 drone, with a privately built drone under 250 g, or under the direct supervision of a competent pilot. A pilot under 18 flies under a parent or guardian registered as the operator.
  15. 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

    Check whether you need an operator registration

    You need one from 250 g, or below 250 g if the drone has a camera or other sensor that can capture personal data and is not a toy, and always in the specific category.

    Visitors eligible · None · Immediate

    • Drone data: take-off mass, class mark, camera

    Open the official page

  2. Step 2

    EU and EFTA residents: fly on your home registration

    Your home operator registration and pilot certificate are valid in Bulgaria; you do nothing different from flying at home. Do not register again.

    Visitors eligible · Home state fee · Home state procedure

    • Home state operator registration
    • Pilot certificate where required

    Open the official page

  3. Step 3

    UK, US and other residents: register as an operator on uas.caa.bg

    If Bulgaria is the first EU country you fly in, register on uas.caa.bg. Login needs a qualified electronic signature (КЕП); Bulgarian providers issue a mobile one after a passport or ID scan and a selfie. Foreign citizens enter their ЛНЧ and date of birth, address, e-mail and phone. A ГД ГВА administrator approves the registration.

    Eligibility not stated · 10.23 EUR · 1 working day

    • КЕП
    • ЛНЧ and date of birth
    • Address, e-mail, phone
    • Drone make and model

    Open the official page

  4. Step 4

    UK, US and other residents, 250 g and above: get the A1/A3 pilot certificate

    Take the CAA's online course and 40-question online exam through the pilot section of uas.caa.bg (same КЕП login). Qualifications from outside the EU are not accepted. The certificate is valid 5 years in every EASA state.

    Eligibility not stated

    • КЕП

    Open the official page

  5. Step 5

    Mark the drone and set Remote ID

    Put the operator number on every drone with a sticker (without the confidential characters after the dash) and enter it into the drone's remote identification system.

    Visitors eligible · None · Immediate

    • Operator number

  6. Step 6

    Before every flight: check the geozones

    Open the map on uas.caa.bg (or download its GeoJSON) and check the take-off point. In a zone that needs ГД ГВА's authorisation, apply 5 or 7 working days or a month ahead as the zone says; in a notification zone, tell the listed contact 10 to 45 days ahead. Prohibited zones, AIP restricted areas and airport boundaries are closed without a specific-category authorisation.

    Eligibility not stated · Free map · Map: immediate. Authorisation: 5 working days to 1 month

    Open the official page

  7. Step 7

    Paid work: file the professional-activity declaration

    Before any professional flight in the open category, file a declaration with ГД ГВА with an operations manual, staff competency, the fee and a liability insurance contract, and wait for its acceptance.

    Eligibility not stated · Up to 14 working days

    • Operations manual
    • Staff list with competency
    • Fee
    • Liability insurance contract

    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 prior authorisation is needed in the open category. What is needed: an operator registration from 250 g or for any camera drone (a home EASA registration counts), the A1/A3 online competency at 250 g and above, a minimum pilot age of 16 with exemptions, insurance only above 20 kg or for professional work, and the conditions of any geozone flown in. S12, the page the research cited for this, now returns 403; its text moved to S28.confirmed on the cited pageS29S31S12
EU or EEA registration recognisedYesThe CAA's FAQ: an operator flying in the open category in a state other than the one of registration does not need to do anything different. An operator may not be registered in more than one member state.confirmed on the cited pageS28S31S30
UK registration recognisedNoNot recognised. The CAA's FAQ says a citizen of a country outside the EU must register in the first EU country where they intend to fly. No page names the UK.partly confirmedS31S33
US registration recognisedNoNot recognised. Same branch as the UK; no page names the FAA.partly confirmedS31S33
Local registrationRequired from 250 g. Cost: 10.23 EUR. Time: 1 working day. Non-residents: Login with a qualified electronic signature (КЕП). Foreign citizens enter their ЛНЧ (the Bulgarian personal number for foreigners) and date of birth, plus address, e-mail and telephone, the drone's make and model, and an insurance policy where one is required..Registration is required from 250 g, or below 250 g with a camera or other sensor able to capture personal data unless the drone is a toy, and always in the specific category. Since 24.12.2025 a person from a third country may register in Bulgaria if it is the first EU state where they apply. Whether a visitor without an ЛНЧ, or without a КЕП a Bulgarian provider issues, can complete it is not stated. Every drones.caa.bg page the research cited (S3, S4, S8, S9, S10, S14, S15) returns 404, and the FAQ index it cited (S2) is a paginated page that no longer shows drone answers.partly confirmedS5S28S30S33S35S2S3S4S8S9S10S14S15
Remote IDDisplay the operator number on every drone and enter it into the drone's remote identification system. No Bulgarian page read lists which classes must carry Remote ID.The requester's premise of Remote ID on C1 and above was not confirmed on a Bulgarian page.partly confirmedS31S33
InsuranceNot mandatory for you · Mandatory for sport or recreational flights with a drone of more than 20 kg take-off mass, and for any professional or commercial work whatever the weightНаредба № Н-6 art. 29 т. 4 and the Civil Aviation Act art. 19а(1)3. No minimum cover is published. Whether a foreign policy satisfies the obligation is not stated. The inspector handbook the research cited for insurance (S11) returns 404.confirmed on the cited pageS33S34S31S11
Altitude ceiling120 mMeasured above the terrain, not above sea level, from the nearest point of the ground in hilly country. Over an obstacle taller than 120 m a flight may go up to 15 m above it, within 50 m of it, at the owner's request.confirmed on the cited pageS7S29S31
Distance from peopleA1: over people but never over crowds. A2: at least 30 m from people, or 5 m with low-speed mode active. A3: at least 150 m horizontally from residential, commercial, industrial or recreational areas, with no uninvolved people in the area of operation.The CAA's examples of crowds include beaches, parks, shopping streets during opening hours and ski slopes.confirmed on the cited pageS7S29S31
Line of sightRequired at all times in the open category, except in follow-me mode with a C0 or C1 drone, or when flying FPV with a drone observer beside the pilot.confirmed on the cited pageS7S31
NightNot establishedNo Bulgarian page or statute read mentions night flying or lights.not confirmedS7S31
Class marksC0 to C4 plus legacy. A drone without a class mark under 250 g may fly in A1; one of 250 g to 25 kg only in A3, even if it weighs under 900 g.The CAA's example: an unmarked DJI Mavic 3 may be flown only in A3.confirmed on the cited pageS7S29
FPVAllowed in the open category with a drone observer standing beside the pilot who keeps the drone in direct sight. FPV races with spectators fall in the specific category.confirmed on the cited pageS31
Commercial useProfessional work in the open category needs a declaration accepted by ГД ГВА (numbered BG.UAS.OPEN), with an operations manual, competency evidence, fee and liability insurance, accepted within 14 working days. Beyond the open category: an STS declaration, a specific-category authorisation or a LUC.Наредба № Н-6 art. 36 and 38 to 40.confirmed on the cited pageS33S29S31

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

Insurance

Minimum age

Permits

Airspace zones

Parks and protected areas

Towns and cities

Altitude

Distance from people

Line of sight

FPV

Events and crowds

Dropping objects

Commercial use

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.

No flight inside the guarded boundary of a public airport. Airport geozones are graded: at Sofia, authorisation above 50 m in the outer zone and from the ground in the inner zone, 7 working days ahead.

Official map
uas.caa.bg
Dataset
uas.caa.bg · GeoJSON download on uas.caa.bg; public OGC WFS 2.0 (layers VGeoCAAZonesPublic and VGeoBULATSAZonesPublic)
Updated
The CAA zones are mostly permanent; the air traffic layer carries activation windows by the hour (for example a zone active 16:15 to 23:00 UTC on the check date).
Apps named
The web map on uas.caa.bg, published by ГД ГВА

Customs and the border

Declaration
No drone-specific declaration was found. Bulgarian Customs' page on travellers from outside the EU exempts luggage brought in temporarily from the 430 EUR allowance for air travellers.
Import authorisation
Not established
Radio conformity
Not established

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.

Too few confirmed reports to say3 confirmed cases · 2025-02-07 to 2026-03-07 · practice pass 8 October 2026

No case of a drone pilot fined, stopped or losing a drone was found. The three confirmed reports are Sofia airport alerts in 2025 and 2026, none ending in a penalty or involving a visitor. Nothing covers the Black Sea resorts, Plovdiv, Rila Monastery, the national parks or customs.

How people fly
The one traveller account that could be opened describes ordinary sightseeing flights by a visiting photographer at Rila Monastery, over Bansko's main square, from a Rhodope railway halt and at the Shipka Memorial Church, with bystanders curious rather than suspicious and no police contact. A guide site for Buzludzha says recreational pilots may fly around the monument's exterior under the open category.
Police and rangers
Two places where checks are documented, neither with a penalty on a recreational pilot. At Sofia airport the airport's detection system raises the alert and the Interior Ministry and Border Police respond; the transport minister announced in February 2025 an antenna to locate drones within 40 km of Sofia. On 2026-03-07 the police traced an alert to an amateur aviation photographer, who handed over his equipment voluntarily, gave an explanation and was released; the same report says no drone took off and the system reacted to the radio signal of equipment being switched on, and aviation photographers denied he had a drone. In Rila National Park the directorate flies its own camera drone over the Seven Rila Lakes every day to enforce the bathing ban (2024), and its published registers list 95 violation acts from 2024 to 2026 (vehicles, snowmobiles, fires, fishing, grazing, bathing, ice climbing) and none for a drone. No report was found of police or rangers stopping a drone pilot at the Black Sea resorts, Nessebar, Sozopol, Plovdiv's old town, Rila Monastery, Pirin or Central Balkan. No case was found applying the 2025 forced-landing power (Civil Aviation Act art. 62б) or the 2026 offence of endangering an aircraft (Criminal Code art. 114е(2а)) to a recreational flight; both followed the 2025 airport incident, which experts quoted by the press called a military-type drone. Visitor share: none of the three confirmed reports involves a pilot from abroad.
At the border
No usable report.
Fines actually reported
No fine, seizure or prosecution actually applied to a drone pilot in Bulgaria was found. The 2025-02-07 Sofia airport case opened pre-trial proceedings under Criminal Code art. 340 with the operator still unidentified a week later, and no outcome was located. The person checked at the airport on 2026-03-07 handed over his equipment voluntarily and was released, with no fine reported.

The law's own penalty schedule is separate: Not established, 4 published fine ranges below.

Where reports cluster

  • Sofia Airport (Vasil Levski)

    Three dated alerts: 2025-02-07 (six flights delayed, operator not found), 2026-03-07 (airspace briefly closed, a flight from Cologne diverted to Varna, one person checked and released) and a night in March 2026 (three reports, no drone found). Every confirmed report in the country is from here.

  • Seven Rila Lakes and Rila National Park

    The park directorate patrols the lakes with its own camera drone against bathing; its 2024 to 2026 violation registers hold no drone case.

  • Rila Monastery, Bansko, the Shipka Memorial Church

    A visiting photographer's 2026 post describes flying at each with curious bystanders and no police contact. One community account, not a pattern.

  • Buzludzha Monument

    A guide site says exterior flying is permitted under the open category and asks pilots to avoid tourist groups; it is not shown to be the monument's operator, and no case was found.

  • Pirin and Central Balkan National Parks

    No case found. Pirin's directorate published monthly control reports from 2019 to May 2024 with totals only, no offence breakdown, and none mentions a drone.

  • Airport customs on arrival or departure

    No case found.

Dated reports

  • 2025-02-07 · Airspace around Sofia Airport · press

    A drone flew in the airport's airspace on the Friday evening and delayed the landing of six flights; none was diverted. Experts quoted by the press called it a military-type aircraft. The research report dated this March 2025.

    Pre-trial proceedings under Criminal Code art. 340, reported to the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office; the operator was not found by 2025-02-14 and no later outcome was located. report

  • 2026-03-07 · Sofia Airport · press

    The airport's detection system reported a drone on the Saturday afternoon; airspace was briefly closed and a flight from Cologne diverted to Varna.

    Police identified an amateur aviation photographer who handed over his equipment voluntarily, gave an explanation and was released. The report says no drone took off; aviation photographers denied that he had one. report

  • 2026-03 · Sofia Airport · press

    Three separate drone reports within one hour on the night before 2026-03-09; a flight from Brussels landed 11 minutes late.

    The Interior Ministry's chief secretary said the police established no drone. No pilot was identified. 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
Flying a drone without a required permission, or in breach of the applicable rules or the operator's procedures3,000 to 10,000 лв (Civil Aviation Act art. 143(1) т. 20)S34
Repeat breach under art. 1434,000 to 13,000 лв (art. 146)S34
Any other breach of the Act, its ordinances or the EU drone regulations with no penalty of its own1,000 to 10,000 лв (art. 147(1))S34
Breaching the regime of Rila, Pirin or Central Balkan National Park (not drone-specific)500 to 5,000 лв for a person, up to 10,000 лв for a companyS6

Confiscation: A drone flown without permission in a restricted or prohibited geozone, an activated airspace structure or a public airport's guarded boundary is forced to land or removed by force, and the violator bears the damage. Besides the fine, the offender may lose the right to the aviation activity for up to one year.

Criminal liability: Yes. Operating a drone in breach of the established order and thereby endangering an aircraft in flight is punished with 3 to 10 years' imprisonment (Criminal Code art. 114е(2а), in force 31 January 2026).

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.

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

Sources that disagree

  1. Whether a UK, US or other non-EU visitor can in practice register on uas.caa.bg: login needs a qualified electronic signature (КЕП) and the register asks foreigners for an ЛНЧ, which a tourist usually lacks. No other route is published.
  2. Whether the A1/A3 online exam is open to a visitor and offered in English.
  3. Any Bulgarian rule on night flying or lights.
  4. Which drone classes must carry Remote ID, by a Bulgarian source.
  5. A minimum insurance cover, and whether a policy issued abroad satisfies the obligation.
  6. The licence and update cycle of the geozone dataset.
  7. Whether any national park, nature park, Natura 2000 site or municipality restricts drones; Rila's site did not respond during the law pass and Pirin's only text read is a 2015 draft plan. Rila's site loaded on the practice pass: its visitor rules page does not mention drones and its 2024 to 2026 penalty registers hold no drone case, but no drone rule was read.
  8. Customs treatment of a visitor's drone beyond the general temporary-import exemption, and any radio or battery rule. The practice pass found no traveller report of a drone being checked or held at a Bulgarian airport either.
  9. The in-force date of Civil Aviation Act art. 62б, and the Council of Ministers ordinance on forced landing it calls for.
  10. The fines in euro: the consolidated Act still prints the amounts in лева.
  11. How often fines are imposed on visitors; no official statistic was found. vesti.bg asked ГД ГВА for violation, sanction and fine counts in August 2026 and no answer was located; the practice pass found no dated fine, seizure or prosecution of any drone pilot in Bulgarian or English.
  12. Whether any recreational pilot, local or visiting, has been stopped at the Black Sea resorts (Sunny Beach, Nessebar, Sozopol), Plovdiv's old town, Rila Monastery or in the national parks. No case was found in the Bulgarian press, the police feed carried by BTA or the Rila park registers.
  13. The outcome of the pre-trial proceedings over the 2025-02-07 Sofia airport drone, and whether the person checked there on 2026-03-07 had a drone at all: the police said none took off, and aviation photographers deny he had one.
  14. Whether the forced-landing power of Civil Aviation Act art. 62б or Criminal Code art. 114е(2а) has been applied to any flight; no case was found.
  15. The community record. Reddit and MavicPilots, where traveller accounts usually sit, refuse every client this project uses, so that half of the practice record is unread.
  16. The date the drone portal moved from drones.caa.bg to uas.caa.bg.

What changed, and when

Dated changes to the rules, newest first.

  1. 25 June 2026

    New section of Наредба № Н-6 in force letting designated entities provide the online A1/A3 training and the theory exams.

    S33

  2. 31 January 2026

    Criminal Code art. 114е(2а) in force: operating a drone in breach of the rules and endangering an aircraft in flight carries 3 to 10 years.

    S38

  3. 24 December 2025

    Amended Наредба № Н-6 in force: a person from a third country may register in Bulgaria if it is the first EU state of application, and foreigners register with their ЛНЧ and date of birth instead of an ЕГН.

    S33S17

  4. 17 October 2025

    An amendment to the Civil Aviation Act is published (ДВ бр. 87) adding art. 62б: flying without permission in restricted geozones, activated airspace structures or airport boundaries is prohibited and the drone may be forced to land. The consolidated text prints no separate in-force date.

    S34S18S16

  5. 1 January 2024

    The chapter of Наредба № Н-6 on declarations for standard scenarios in the specific category takes effect.

    S17

  6. 25 April 2023

    Наредба № Н-6 on the operation of unmanned aircraft systems is published and enters into force.

    S17S33

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

    Трябва ли да регистрирам своя дрон?

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    Не е необходимо да се регистрирате, ако Вашата БЛС: 1. тежи по-малко от 250 g и няма камера или друг сензор, способен да улавя лични данни

    Rule page (FAQ). Research pass 1 id 4.

  2. S2official

    Отговори на често задавани въпроси (page 1)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    Paginated index page; on the check date it shows flight-delay answers, not the drone answer the research quoted. Not a citation. Research pass 1 id 2.

  3. S3officialcould not be opened

    Начало (drone registration platform)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    404 page not found on every path, in curl and headless Chrome; the portal moved to uas.caa.bg. Research pass 1 id 3.

  4. S4officialcould not be opened

    Регистрирай Физическо лице

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    404. Research pass 1 id 5, gap pass id 2.

  5. S5official

    Регистрация на оператор на безпилотна летателна система

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    Размер на таксата за услугата 10.23 евро ... Срок за предоставяне на услугата 1 работен ден

    Administrative service page (register no. 3358); fee under Тарифа № 5, art. 117з(1). Still names drones.caa.bg. Research pass 1 id 6.

  6. S6official

    Какво трябва да знаете, посещавайки националните паркове „Рила", „Пирин" и „Централен Балкан"

    Министерство на околната среда и водите · document dated 2024-08-22 · opened 2026-10-08

    Нарушителите на режимите и нормите ... подлежат на санкции в размер от 500 до 5 000 лева за физическо лице и до 10 000 лева за юридическо лице.

    News item; no drone rule. Research pass 1 id 7.

  7. S7official

    Общи минимални изисквания за безопасна експлоатация на дронове

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · document dated 2024-01 · opened 2026-10-08

    максималната височина на полетите е до 120 m над терена (не надморска височина)

    Two-page leaflet, read in full. Research pass 1 id 8, gap pass ids 5 and 15.

  8. S8officialcould not be opened

    Експлоатация на БЛС

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    404. Research pass 1 id 9, gap pass id 3.

  9. S9officialcould not be opened

    Инструкции за използване на платформата за регистрация

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    404. Research pass 1 id 10, gap pass id 4.

  10. S10officialcould not be opened

    Платформа за регистрация на оператори на БЛС (user guide)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    404. Research pass 1 id 11, gap pass id 6.

  11. S11officialcould not be opened

    Наръчник на инспектора, изд. 3.1

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    404. Edition 3.2 (October 2025) is on caa.bg as an image scan with no text layer and was not read. Research pass 1 id 12.

  12. S12officialcould not be opened

    Обща информация

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    403, access denied (page unpublished); the text moved to S28. Research pass 1 id 13.

  13. S13official

    План за управление на НП „Пирин" 2014 to 2023 (draft for public discussion)

    Национален парк „Пирин" management plan project · document dated 2015-05-29 · opened 2026-10-08

    Изключение се прави за спасителни операции и поддържащи дейности на Парка, които трябва да бъдат разрешени от ДНП.

    Draft plan put to public discussion in 2015, not shown to be in force; the clause is about any aircraft flying below 100 m and does not name drones. Research pass 1 id 14.

  14. S14officialcould not be opened

    Платформа за регистрация на оператори на БЛС (user guide, second copy)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    404. Research pass 1 id 15.

  15. S15officialcould not be opened

    Наредба № Н-6 от 11 април 2023 г. (portal copy)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    404; the ordinance was read at S17 and, as amended, at S33. Research pass 1 id 1.

  16. S16official

    Закон за гражданското въздухоплаване (consolidated, 2021)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · document dated 2021-02 · opened 2026-10-08

    Superseded consolidation, carried for traceability. Gap pass search id 5.

  17. S17official

    Наредба № Н-6 от 11 април 2023 г. (text before the 2025 amendment)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · document dated 2024-07 · opened 2026-10-08

    Физическо лице, установило обичайното си местопребиваване в Република България ... може да кандидатства за вписване в регистъра

    Superseded on 24.12.2025 by S33. Gap pass id 7.

  18. S18official

    Закон за гражданското въздухоплаване (consolidated, 2023)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · document dated 2023-04 · opened 2026-10-08

    Superseded consolidation, carried for traceability. Gap pass id 8.

  19. S23official

    Агенция „Митници"

    Агенция „Митници" · opened 2026-10-08

    Home page; no drone content. Gap pass id 11.

  20. S24official

    Комисия за регулиране на съобщенията

    Комисия за регулиране на съобщенията (КРС) · opened 2026-10-08

    Home page; a news item on a drone academy, no rule. Gap pass id 10.

  21. S25official

    ДП „Ръководство на въздушното движение" (BULATSA)

    BULATSA · opened 2026-10-08

    Home page; links its drone page S37. Gap pass id 9.

  22. S26official

    Национален парк „Централен Балкан"

    Дирекция на Национален парк „Централен Балкан" · opened 2026-10-08

    No drone text. Gap pass id 14.

  23. S26bofficial

    Национален парк „Пирин"

    Дирекция на Национален парк „Пирин" · opened 2026-10-08

    No drone text. Linked from S6.

  24. S26cofficial

    Природен парк „Витоша"

    Дирекция на Природен парк „Витоша" · opened 2026-10-08

    No drone text. Reached by name, not from a cited page.

  25. S26dofficial

    Природен парк „Странджа"

    Дирекция на Природен парк „Странджа" · opened 2026-10-08

    No drone text. Reached by name, not from a cited page.

  26. S27officialcould not be opened

    Национален парк „Рила"

    Дирекция на Национален парк „Рила" · opened 2026-10-08

    No response. Linked from S6; the gap pass gave rilanationalpark.bg.

  27. S28official

    Обща информация (drones)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    За достъп до опцията „Дистанционно управляващ пилот" която ви прехвърля към сайта: uas.caa.bg е необходим Квалифициран електронен подпис (КЕП).

    Rule page, one click from the CAA drone section. Replaces S12.

  28. S29official

    Категории за експлоатация на БЛС

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    Експлоатацията в неограничена категория не изисква вземането на предварително разрешение от ГД ГВА, стига да се спазват съответните ограничения

    Rule page, one click from the CAA drone section.

  29. S30official

    Кога се изисква регистрация и сертификат?

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    Регистрация се изисква, когато е изпълнено поне едно от следните условия: максималната излетна маса (MTOM) на БЛС е равна на или по-голяма от 250 г

    Rule page, one click from the CAA drone section.

  30. S31official

    Често задавани въпроси (drones)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    като гражданин на страна извън ЕС, вие също трябва да се регистрирате в първата страна от ЕС, в която възнамерявате да оперирате.

    FAQ, one click from the CAA drone section. One answer still names drones.caa.bg.

  31. S32official

    Нормативни актове (drones)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    Index of the acts in force; links S33 and S34.

  32. S33official

    Наредба № Н-6 от 11.04.2023 г. за условията и реда за експлоатацията на безпилотни летателни системи (consolidated)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · document dated 2025-12-24 · opened 2026-10-08

    лице от трета държава, за което Република България се явява първата държава - членка на Европейския съюз, в която кандидатства за регистрация

    Statute, consolidated with the amendment of ДВ бр. 114 of 24.12.2025 (in force that day; one section from 25.06.2026). Read in full.

  33. S34official

    Закон за гражданското въздухоплаване (consolidated)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · document dated 2026-04-01 · opened 2026-10-08

    Наказва се с глоба от 3000 до 10 000 лева, който: ... извърши полет с безпилотно управляемо въздухоплавателно средство ... без съответното разрешение

    Statute, consolidated to the amendment of ДВ бр. 32 of 01.04.2026. Drone articles 19а, 62б, 143, 146, 147 read.

  34. S35official

    ГВА Регистрация на БЛС

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    Може да изтеглите GeoJSON файл с всички географски зони ... Влезте с електронна идентичност, за да получите достъп до всички функционалности

    Portal, rendered with headless Chrome; Bulgarian interface only.

  35. S36official

    VGeoCAAZonesPublic (geozone dataset)

    ГД „Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" · opened 2026-10-08

    Полети в тази зона над 50м могат да се изпълняват само след разрешение от ГД ГВА. Минимален интервал от време за подаване на заявление е 7 работни дни

    Dataset endpoint found in the portal's own requests. 881 zones on the check date; quote from the Sofia (LBSF) zone.

  36. S37official

    Информация за използването на безпилотни летателни системи (БЛС)

    BULATSA · opened 2026-10-08

    Процедурите и правилата за използване на БЛС са описани в страницата www.caa.bg/bg

    One click from S25.

  37. S38secondary

    Наказателен кодекс

    lex.bg · document dated 2026-06-16 · opened 2026-10-08

    С наказанието по ал. 1 се наказва и онзи, който експлоатира безпилотно въздухоплавателно средство в нарушение на установения за това ред

    Commercial database reproducing the Criminal Code, art. 114е(2а) (new, ДВ бр. 87 of 2025, in force 31.01.2026). Reached by search.

  38. S39official

    Стоки в личния багаж

    Агенция „Митници" · document dated 2022-11-21 · opened 2026-10-08

    430 евро или равностойността им в български лева за морски и въздушни пътници

    Rule page; no drone mention. Reached by search.

  39. S40official

    Правила за свободно използване на радиочестотния спектър

    Комисия за регулиране на съобщенията (КРС) · document dated 2021-11-05 · opened 2026-10-08

    Rules as published in ДВ бр. 92 of 2021; no drone provision. Reached by search.

  40. S41press

    До 50 000 евро глоба за дрон – защо санкциите предизвикаха спор

    NOVA · document dated 2026-08-12 · opened 2026-10-08

    Към момента тя е от 1500 евро до 5000 евро и се налага на хора, извършили административни нарушения

    Cited by the research report as [1]. The 15,000 to 50,000 EUR range is a bill, not an enacted fine. It dates the triggering airport incident to March of the previous year, which matches no located event: the airport incidents found are 2025-02-07 and 2026-03-07.

  41. S42press

    Какви са правилата за дроновете в България и кога се изисква регистрация

    Vesti.bg · document dated 2026-08-12 · opened 2026-10-08

    Но конкретните размери на глобите и актуалният брой санкции не могат да бъдат коректно изведени от предоставената информация

    Cited by the research report as [2]. The outlet asked ГД ГВА for the number of violations, sanctions and total fines over three years; no answer was located.

  42. S43press

    Издирват собственика на дрона, който беше засечен около летището

    Dnes.bg · document dated 2025-02-08 · opened 2026-10-08

    Работи се по издирване на собственика на дрона, засечен снощи в пространството около летище София

    The research report cited two comment pages of this article ([6], [7]). Event the evening before, 2025-02-07; pre-trial proceedings under Criminal Code art. 340; no flights diverted.

  43. S44press

    Гроздан Караджов: 6 пъти дронове са навлизали над летищата на България

    24 часа · document dated 2025-02-14 · opened 2026-10-08

    прокуратурата очаквам бързо да разреши случая и да намери извършителя

    The transport minister a week after the 2025-02-07 incident: the drone came and disappeared, the perpetrator not yet found. The rest of the article is behind a free registration.

  44. S45press

    От март засичат всеки дрон в радиус от 40 км в София (Обзор)

    24 часа · document dated 2025-02-10 · opened 2026-10-08

    ще пусне антена, която да локализира дроновете в зона от 40 км в София

    Announcement by the transport minister after the 2025-02-07 incident. Partly behind a free registration; no case located with the antenna was found.

  45. S46press

    Drone Spotted Over Sofia Airport, Airspace Briefly Closed

    BTA · document dated 2026-03-07 · opened 2026-10-08

    Airspace was briefly closed but has since reopened, and the airport is operating normally.

    Event the same Saturday afternoon; a flight from Cologne diverted to Varna. The photo caption dated 2026-02-10 is a file photo.

  46. S47press

    МВР за дрона, затворил летището в София: Установен е любител фотограф, доброволно е предал техниката си

    БНТ · document dated 2026-03-07 · opened 2026-10-08

    Установен е любител фотограф, който снимал кацащи и излитащи самолети. Той доброволно е предал техниката си на служителите на МВР.

    Reports the Interior Ministry's statement. The same article says no drone took off and the airport's anti-drone system reacted to the frequencies of equipment being started.

  47. S48press

    Фотографи: Няма задържан колега с дрон до летище "Васил Левски"

    БНР, Програма Хоризонт · document dated 2026-03-08 · opened 2026-10-08

    Спотърската общност винаги е спазвала правилото, че летищата са места, забранени за дронове

    Aviation photographers deny that the man checked on 2026-03-07 had a drone; they say the check found none and he was photographing aircraft.

  48. S49press

    (М)истерия с дронове над летище София: Спипаха служител с радиостанция и фотоапарат - шпионин ли е?

    Флагман · document dated 2026-03-09 · opened 2026-10-08

    Три отделни сигнала за дронове над аеродрума са били подадени в рамките на един час.

    Burgas outlet with a speculative headline; its facts are the Interior Ministry chief secretary's statements: no drone established, and the man checked on 2026-03-07 had worked for a German airline since 2008.

  49. S50press

    Рискове и мерки срещу навлизането на дронове: Сигурни ли са българските летища?

    bTV Новините · document dated 2026-03-15 · opened 2026-10-08

    Наколко безпилотни летателни апарата са засечени от системата за наблюдение на летището.

    Says two aircraft were diverted that week, which merges the 2026-03-07 alert with the later reports; dates the earlier incident to 2025-02-07 with six flights affected. Sofia, Varna and Burgas airport operators decline to describe their measures.

  50. S51press

    Дрон с камера следи за хора, които се къпят в Седемте рилски езера

    24 часа · document dated 2024-09-10 · opened 2026-10-08

    Дрон с камера следи всеки ден за спазването на забраната да няма къпещи се в Седемте рилски езера.

    The park's own drone, not a visitor's. The 5,000 лв figure in the lead is the fine for bathing.

  51. S52official

    Регистър на съставени АУАН и издадени наказателни постановления

    Дирекция „Национален парк Рила" · opened 2026-10-08

    Регистър съставени АУАН и издадени наказателни постановления 2025 г.

    Links PDF registers for 2024 (49 acts), 2025 (29) and 2026 to date (17). None of the 95 acts concerns a drone. The site, which did not respond during the law pass, loaded on this pass.

  52. S53official

    Отчети

    Дирекция „Национален парк Пирин" · opened 2026-10-08

    Monthly control-activity reports from January 2019 to May 2024, with gaps, read as PDFs: inspections, acts, penalty orders and sums only, with no offence breakdown and no mention of drones.

  53. S54community

    Bulgaria - The Travel Photography Guide

    Sumfinity · document dated 2026-07-23 · opened 2026-10-08

    instead of suspicion, the reaction on the square was curiosity, people wanting to peek at the screen

    Cited by the research report as [3]. A visiting photographer's trip report; flights at Rila Monastery, Bansko, a Rhodope railway halt and Shipka, dated May with no year.

  54. S55secondary

    Visitor Rules & Guidelines - Buzludzha Monument, Bulgaria

    buzludzhamonument.com · document dated 2026-04-18 · opened 2026-10-08

    Recreational drone pilots can fly around the exterior, provided they follow standard EASA regulations for open-category flights.

    Cited by the research report as [4] and typed operator there. The site sells tours through GetYourGuide links and is not shown to be the Buzludzha Project Foundation; modified 2026-07-27.

  55. S56press

    Забранените зони за дронове у нас: летища, военни обекти, затвори (Графика)

    24 часа · document dated 2025-02-19 · opened 2026-10-08

    Експерти са категорични, че той е военен и е предназначен за шпионаж.

    About the 2025-02-07 Sofia airport drone. The rest of the article is behind a free registration.