Countries · North Atlantic (Kingdom of Denmark, outside the EU) · easa-via-danish-order
European drone rules apply here: fly on your EASA certificate, register with Trafikstyrelsen if your drone carries a camera, insure to 0.75 million SDR, hold 5 km from Vága Floghavn and 2 km from every helipad, and stay off protected areas from 15 April to 30 August.
Open after a step for this profile · checked 7 October 2026
Every engine field and the workflow rest on official pages.
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).
Each step as the authority describes it, with who may apply, what it costs and how long it takes.
Step 1
Establish MTOM, whether the drone carries a camera or other personal-data sensor, its C mark, its category and the intended operation.
Step 2
If you hold an EASA-country or Danish certificate, carry a certificate suitable for the drone. It is valid and permits flight without prior permission.
Step 3
A drone up to 250 g needs no certificate. Treat that as a competency exemption only: registration, distance, season and property rules are unaffected, and the A2 exception routes are unavailable to you.
Step 4
Register as a UAS operator with Trafikstyrelsen if any trigger applies: 250 g or more, over 80 joules, or a personal-data sensor such as a camera. Processing time for the Faroe Islands is unknown, and so is whether a non-resident can complete the registration online.
Step 5
The recognition statement covers EASA countries and Denmark only. No official page extends it to UK or FAA credentials, and no Faroese certificate can be issued at all. Verify with Trafikstyrelsen before travel; that last step is our inference, not an official instruction.
Step 6
Obtain liability insurance of at least 0.75 million SDR, approximately 7 million DKK, unless the drone is a C0 toy or under 250 g without a C0 mark.
Step 7
Check the official geozone map and the Faroese distance requirements before choosing a launch point: 5 km from Vága Floghavn, 2 km from every helicopter landing site, 150 m from fisheries inspections and whale hunts, the protected-area season, roads, power lines and police property. The map states that it does not display all areas and locations where flying is not permitted, so it is a starting point, not a compliance answer.
Step 8
To fly inside a geographic drone zone, apply to Trafikstyrelsen. Permission is granted for commercial, research or public-interest operations deemed necessary, and requires an A2 competence certificate. The application is billed at 1,300 DKK per hour (2026) whether or not it is approved. Processing time for the Faroe Islands is unknown.
Step 9
Obtain property-owner or occupant consent where the flight crosses houses and their gardens or enclosed property, or comes within 5 m of a residential building.
Step 10
Carry the certificate, operator-registration evidence, insurance, identification and any permissions. No official consolidated checklist exists, so this is prudent practice rather than a stated requirement list.
The engine's inputs, each with the verdict our verification pass gave it and the sources it rests on.
| Field | What the pages say | Verdict | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| May a visiting pilot fly at all | Yes, after a registration or a notification.European rules apply and a visitor may operate as they would within the EU, subject to the Faroese distance requirements, insurance, protected-area seasons and property consent. | confirmed on the cited page | S1 |
| EU or EEA registration recognised | YesEuropean drone certificates are valid on the Faroe Islands; a certificate from any EASA country allows flight without prior permission, and Danish certificates are also valid. This is certificate recognition only. It does not touch insurance, the Faroese distances, the protected-area season or property consent. | confirmed on the cited page | S1S2 |
| UK registration recognised | Not establishedThe rule page's recognition statement extends to EASA countries and Denmark only. No official page states UK recognition, and none states UK non-recognition. Do not classify UK credentials as recognised. | not confirmed | S1 |
| US registration recognised | Not establishedNo official page located addresses FAA registration, TRUST or Part 107. | not confirmed | S1 |
| Local registration | Required from 250 g. Cost: 65 DKK (2026).Registration is made with Trafikstyrelsen and yields a unique operator number. Three triggers, not one: MTOM of 250 g or more, the ability to transfer over 80 joules of kinetic energy to a person in a collision, or a sensor able to record personal data such as a camera, unless the drone is a toy. thresholdG records the MTOM trigger only, so a sub-250 g camera drone must still register. Processing time is unknown for the Faroe Islands: a Denmark-scoped geozone page states 30 days for geozone applications, does not mention the Faroe Islands and is not carried over. What a non-resident applicant must supply, and whether a Faroese or Danish address, MitID or local phone number is needed, is unknown. | partly confirmed | S5S1S3S10 |
| Remote ID | Drones with class marks C1 to C4, C5 and C6 must be operated with active and updated direct remote identification systems and geo-awareness functions. Activating Remote ID requires operator registration, the operator number and a three-digit code.The obligation's exact reach over legacy non-C-marked drones is not stated. | confirmed on the cited page | S6S2 |
| Insurance | Mandatory, at least 0.75 million SDR (approximately 7 million DKK) · Every operation, except toy drones carrying a C0 mark and drones under 250 g without a C0 markThe obligation and the figure are confirmed; the research pass's framing of the duty as covering every operation at any weight is wrong, because the order exempts C0 toy drones and sub-250 g drones without a C0 mark. | partly confirmed | S1S4 |
| Altitude ceiling | 120 mMeasured relative to the terrain beneath the drone. Exception: up to 15 m above a man-made structure exceeding 120 m with the owner's permission, for example a chimney or a wind turbine. | confirmed on the cited page | S1 |
| Distance from people | Set by the European rules via the class and certificate matrix, not restated numerically on the Faroe page. Drones under 250 g may overfly people but not assemblies of people; assemblies of people may not be overflown at any weight. | confirmed on the cited page | S1 |
| Line of sight | The drone must remain within the remote pilot's visual line of sight during all operations. | confirmed on the cited page | S1 |
| Night | Not establishedNeither the Faroe rule page nor the Faroese orders examined state a night-flight condition. | not confirmed | S1S4S5 |
| Class marks | Open category: a C mark from C0 to C4 is required. Specific category: C5 for STS-01 and C6 for STS-02. From 1 January 2025 new drones placed on the market must be C-marked, and distance requirements apply to non-C-marked drones over 250 g. | confirmed on the cited page | S6S1 |
| FPV | Not establishedUnknown for the Faroe Islands. The authority publishes an FPV page, but it is Denmark-scoped and not referenced by the Faroe rule page. | not confirmed | S1 |
| Commercial use | Not separately prohibited. Operations that cannot meet open-category conditions fall into the specific category and require a risk assessment. | confirmed on the cited page | S1 |
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.
A drone certificate from any EASA country, or a Danish certificate, is valid on the Faroe Islands and allows flight without prior permission; you must hold a certificate suitable for the drone you are flying.
Certificate recognition only. It does not touch registration, insurance, the Faroese distances, the protected-area season or property consent.
The authority's recognition statement covers certificates from EASA countries and Denmark only, and it is currently not possible to obtain a drone certificate in the Faroe Islands.
The brief's wording: a UK or US visitor therefore has no confirmed route to a recognised certificate, which also closes FRO-22 (geozone permission requires A2) and FRO-18 (protected-area season requires A2) to them. No official page states UK or FAA non-recognition either; verify with Trafikstyrelsen before travel.
The UAS operator must register for a drone with MTOM of 250 g or more, or able to transfer over 80 joules to a person in a collision.
A drone up to 250 g needs no drone certificate; all other Faroese rules still apply.
A competency exemption only. The A2 exception routes at the airport, the helicopter landing sites and the protected areas are unavailable to a pilot without a certificate.
The operator must register a drone of any weight that carries a sensor able to record personal data, such as a camera, unless the drone is a toy.
The sensor trigger sits in the Faroese order (BEK 113, Annex 1, Article 14(5)), not only in Danish guidance.
New drones placed on the market from 1 January 2025 must carry a C mark; from the same date distance requirements apply to non-C-marked drones over 250 g.
The brief files this row under the category 'class marking', for which RuleCategory has no value. The Faroese amendment took effect 15 November 2024.
Drones marked C1 to C4, C5 or C6 must be operated with active, updated direct remote identification and geo-awareness.
Activating Remote ID requires operator registration, the operator number and a three-digit code.
Portal mechanic described on the authority's FAQ.
Drone operations must be covered by valid liability insurance of at least 0.75 million SDR, approximately 7 million DKK.
Insurance is not required for toy drones with a C0 mark, or for drones under 250 g without a C0 mark.
Flying closer than 5 km to Vága Floghavn requires permission from Trafikstyrelsen, a valid reason and specific competencies.
The authority states that this applies to individuals without a drone certificate or with an A1/A3 certificate. The A2 route is FRO-08b.
Flying within 300 m of property owned by the police requires the police's permission.
Permission for a geographic drone zone may be granted for commercial, research or public-interest operations deemed necessary, and an A2 competence certificate is required.
Recreation is not among the stated grounds, so a recreational visitor has no route. The application is billed at 1,300 DKK per hour (2026) whether or not it is approved.
Drone operations may not take place closer than 5 km horizontally from a runway at a publicly approved aerodrome. In practice this is Vágar Airport (Vága Floghavn).
The distance is confirmed; the research pass's blanket effect of closed is contradicted, because both a permission route and an A2 route exist.
A pilot holding an A2 competence certificate may fly closer than 5 km to Vága Floghavn.
The brief states this A2 route inside FRO-08; it is split out so the permit effect and the conditions effect do not sit on one row. The A2 certificate, not the drone's weight, is the deciding variable.
Drone operations may not take place closer than 2 km horizontally from a helicopter landing site (HEMS).
The distance is confirmed; the research pass's effect of closed is contradicted by the A2 band in FRO-09b.
An A2 holder may operate in the 2 km to 1 km band up to 40 m above runway level at helicopter landing sites, except at Vága Floghavn. Maximum height equals 40 m plus pad elevation AMSL minus pilot elevation AMSL.
Operations over public roads with a speed limit above 70 km/h require permission from the infrastructure manager and the authority, and a competence certificate.
Operations closer than 5 m to live overhead power lines require the infrastructure manager's permission and a competence certificate.
Operations may not take place closer than 150 m from areas where the Fisheries Inspection is operating. If a fisheries inspection begins, operations must cease immediately.
Operations may not take place closer than 150 m from areas where a whale hunt (grindadráp) is taking place, and whale hunts may not be overflown. If a whale hunt begins, operations must cease immediately.
The instrument governs the conflict in the sources: hold 150 m and do not overfly. The authority's guidance says these zones have no minimum distance but cannot be overflown, which understates the statute.
A tethered drone may be operated up to 15 m above a permanent man-made obstacle higher than 25 m in air-safety-critical areas, with a competence certificate and visual line of sight.
From 15 April to 30 August, operations over environmental protected areas, including Ramsar zones, are permitted only for operations conducted on behalf of the authorities or the property owner.
A visiting recreational pilot may not fly over these areas at all in this window, whatever the drone weighs and whatever certificate is held. The window covers the whole Faroese seabird breeding season.
From 1 September to 14 April, a pilot holding an A2 certificate may fly over environmental protected areas established to protect the environment.
Drone flight may take place only outside aviation-safety-critical areas, security-critical areas and particularly sensitive nature areas.
Statutory baseline in section 126 b. The sub-250 g certificate exemption does not touch it.
Operations over houses and their gardens require the owner's or occupant's consent. No flying over enclosed property marked by fences, hedges or walls without permission, and no flying within 5 m of a residential building without permission.
Land access and aviation permission are separate: consent under section 19 runs to the owner or occupant, geozone permission runs from Trafikstyrelsen, and neither substitutes for the other.
Maximum altitude in the open category is 120 m above the terrain beneath the drone.
Up to 15 m above a man-made structure exceeding 120 m is permitted with the structure owner's permission.
The drone must remain within visual line of sight throughout the operation.
Flight or attempted flight is prohibited if the pilot has consumed alcohol; breach is punishable by fine.
The brief records this row's effect as closed. It is a prohibition on the pilot's state rather than on a place, so it is stored as a condition on every flight; left as closed and unscoped it would make the engine report the whole country closed to every profile.
Specific-category operations require a risk assessment setting out the risks and the mitigating measures.
The trigger is the specific category, not commerce as such: a commercial operation that meets open-category conditions needs no authorisation. AppliesTo has no field for that boundary, so a commercial profile reads permit at the country level.
No Faroe-specific lithium-battery allowance or prohibition exists in any source checked; airline and aviation-security rules govern.
Recorded by the brief as a confirmed absence of a Faroese rule, not as a Faroese permission.
Who decides, what they decided, and whether there is a way in.
Only operations conducted on behalf of the authorities or the property owner are permitted. A visiting recreational pilot may not fly over these areas at all, whatever the drone weighs and whatever certificate is held.
A pilot holding an A2 competence certificate may fly over areas established to protect the environment.
Drone flight may take place only outside these areas. The sub-250 g certificate exemption does not touch it.
The authority's own map is the one that counts on the day; an app is a convenience, not a source.
5 km horizontally from a runway at a publicly approved aerodrome, in practice Vága Floghavn; closer requires Trafikstyrelsen permission, a valid reason and specific competencies, and an A2 holder may fly closer. 2 km horizontally from every helicopter landing site, with an A2 band from 2 km to 1 km up to 40 m above runway level except at Vága Floghavn.
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.
Patchy enforcement5 confirmed cases, 1 we could not open, from 10 dated reports read · 2019-08-15 to 2025-09-22 · practice pass 7 October 2026
Police here do act on drone reports: in 2021 a foreign pilot was charged and his drone seized at a whale hunt, and another drone was shot down over one. Every case found involves a whale hunt, a warship or a complaint about flying near homes, and the most recent is from 2025.
The law's own penalty schedule is separate: Acted on sometimes, 5 published fine ranges below.
Any active grindadráp (whale hunt), wherever one is running
The one context with repeated enforcement. A drone over the hunt at Hvannasund was shot down with a rifle in June 2021 and the operator took it to the police himself; a second drone was seen over a hunt at Vestmannasund the same week, unshot; and in August 2021 a foreign pilot filming a hunt near Valaknúkur was charged and his drone seized. Hunts are called at short notice, so this is a condition to watch for rather than a place to avoid.
Vága Floghavn (Vágar Airport) and its 5 km zone
Both dated guides treat the zone as off limits to ordinary recreational flying, and one puts Trælanípa inside it. The police said in 2019 that flying inside the zone was among the things being reported to them.
Villages and residential areas
In 2019 the police said they were receiving several reports of drones over residential areas, asked the public to report sightings, and said it was often foreigners flying without permission. The order's own distance is 150 m.
Mykines
Two dated guides describe drones as banned outright because of the nesting colonies and the island's protected status. No dated enforcement report exists for the island.
Vestmanna bird cliffs
A dated photography guide says not to fly near the cliffs in the breeding season and frames it as both a rule and an ethical limit. No stop reported.
Múlafossur and Gásadalur
The most described drone viewpoint on the islands: the guidance is to launch from the cliff ground south of Gásadalur and hold 150 m off the village. No stop reported.
Sørvágsvatn and Trælanípa
One guide puts the whole area inside the 5 km Vágar Airport zone and calls drones prohibited there; the other lists Trælanípa among the paid hikes where drones are not flown.
Kallur lighthouse, Kalsoy
Listed with Trælanípa among the paid hikes where drones are not allowed. This is one line in one dated guide, not an incident, and it is the only evidence located for the site.
Tórshavn
The only place with a dated police action: a drone over a docked French warship in September 2025, investigated and closed with no suspect identified.
Ramsar sites, including Nólsoy and Skúvoy
Two dated guides describe them as closed to drones because of the birdlife.
2019-08-15 · Residential areas and the 5 km zone around Vága Floghavn · press
The police said publicly that they were receiving several reports of illegal drone flying, over residential areas and closer than 5 km to the airport. The duty officer, Tina Jacobsen, said it was often foreigners flying without permission, though not only foreigners.
The police appealed to the public to report drone sightings. No fine, charge or confiscation is described in the report. report
2021-06-27 · Hvannasund · press
A drone was flying above an active grindadráp when a member of the hunting crew shot it down with a rifle. The pilot, a foreign visitor, took the drone to the police himself and reported the shooting.
The police opened an investigation covering both sides: where the drone was in relation to the hunt, which rules applied to it, who fired, whether anyone was endangered, and whether the pilot's permission to fly was in order. No charge or fine appears in the coverage located. report
2021-06 · Vestmannasund · press
A second drone was noticed over a whale hunt later in the same week as the Hvannasund shooting.
No shots were fired at this one. No further action is reported. report
2021-08-10 · Valaknúkur, Skálafjørður · press
A Nordic foreign national, already known in connection with whale hunts, hid near Valaknúkur to film a grindadráp with a drone.
He was charged with flying a drone without permission and the drone was seized as evidence. He contested the seizure, which was going before the court on the day the report was published, 11 August 2021. The outcome of that review was not located. report
2025-09-22 · Tórshavn harbour · press
A drone was flown for about twenty minutes over a French warship docked in Tórshavn. The vessel's crew reported it on the evening of 22 September and described a person near the National Hospital they took for the operator. Nothing establishes who flew it or whether it was a recreational flight.
The police investigation was reported closed on 27 November 2025 without identifying a suspect. No arrest, fine or confiscation. report
2026-03-04 · Faroe Islands, locations not specified · community
[unverified] A thread on r/FaroeIslands titled Drone Usage in April, in which a visitor set out where they believed a drone could be flown and referred to the registration requirement and the distance and altitude limits. Reddit is blocked for every client on this machine, so the thread could not be opened and neither its existence, its date nor its contents are confirmed here.
[unverified] No police, ranger or local intervention appears in the research pass's summary of the thread. Nothing in this row carries weight, and it is excluded from the level reading. report
Published penalty ranges. What has actually been charged, where anyone reported it, is in the section above.
| Offence | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Breach of Annex 1, Articles 4 to 11, 14, 19, 20 or 22 of the Faroese drone order | Fine or imprisonment up to 4 months | S5 |
| Breach of section 126 b (critical areas and particularly sensitive nature areas), section 126 c(1) or section 126 g(2) to (3) of the Aviation Act as in force for the Faroe Islands | Fine, amount not stated in any instrument checked | S7 |
| Flying after consuming alcohol (section 126 e(1) to (3)) | Fine, amount not stated | S8 |
| Corporate offenders | Criminal liability for legal persons under chapter 5 of the Penal Code | S5 |
| Disqualification in specified cases | Unconditional disqualification from operating a drone for between 2 and 10 years; conditional disqualification also provided | S7S8 |
Confiscation: Neither the royal decree nor the consolidated Aviation Act as in force for the Faroe Islands contains a confiscation power for drones; they provide fines and disqualification.
Criminal liability: Breach of Annex 1, Articles 4 to 11, 14, 19, 20 and 22 of the Faroese drone order is punishable by a fine or imprisonment for up to 4 months; legal persons may incur criminal liability under chapter 5 of the Penal Code; unconditional disqualification from operating a drone for between 2 and 10 years applies in specified cases.
Each spot carries the rule that applies on that ground, which can be stricter than the country's.
The puffin island; a protected area closed to everyone but the authorities and the landowner from 15 April to 30 August, with a landing fee the rest of the year.
Westernmost island · checked 2026-10-07
The fall that drops straight into the sea below the village; EU rules apply and the village landowner decides on take-off from the ground.
Vágar · checked 2026-10-07
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.
2 cited pages refused our checks and are marked unreachable in the source list.
Minimum distance from a whale hunt
BEK 114 section 14 (S4): operations may not take place closer than 150 m from areas where a whale hunt is taking place.
The authority's Faroe rule page (S1): whale-hunting zones have no minimum distance but cannot be overflown.
Both are official. The instrument governs: hold 150 m and do not overfly. The guidance understates the statute.
Hourly processing fee for permits and dispensations
The fee schedule (S3), which names the Faroe Islands: 1,300 DKK per hour (2026).
The geozone application page (S10), which is Denmark-scoped: 1,100 DKK per hour.
The engine uses 1,300 DKK per hour, because S3 is the page that names the Faroe Islands, and the figure is labelled by year.
Date the Faroese framework entered into force
The authority's FAQ (S2): from 1 February 2024 rules apply on the Faroe Islands resembling the Danish rules.
BEK 113 section 9 and BEK 114 section 35 (S5, S4): the orders enter into force on 15 February 2024.
Official against official. The instruments carry the operative date; the enabling royal decree entered force 1 January 2024.
Dated changes to the rules, newest first.
7 October 2026
Link audit: the authority's old Danish Q&A page and the previous English path of the Faroe rule page both return HTTP 404. The rule page was recovered at its new path, and the live FAQ states that European drone regulations apply on the Faroe Islands, the opposite of the wording the research pass took from the retired page.
1 January 2025
New drones placed on the market must carry a C mark, and distance requirements apply to non-C-marked drones over 250 g.
15 November 2024
The amending order on C marking entered into force, and it excludes Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2019/947 from application in the Faroe Islands.
15 February 2024
Both Faroese drone orders entered into force: BEK 113 on rules and procedures for operating unmanned aircraft, and BEK 114 on supplementary provisions. The authority's FAQ says 1 February 2024, which matches neither instrument.
1 January 2024
The royal decree bringing the Aviation Act drone amendments into force for the Faroe Islands entered into force.
Rules move between our checks. The official pages publish the change; the community pages are where someone notices it first.
The authority's own Faroe rule page and the file's S1; it carries a last-updated stamp, so a change to it is visible.
Where the authority announces new orders and rule changes. Danish only, and the items render in a browser rather than in a plain fetch.
The official tourism board's drone page, in English, restating the Faroese distances and the 15 April to 30 August protected-area season.
The airport's own drone page, which names Trafikstyrelsen and the police as the authorities in charge and restates the 5 km and 2 km distances.
Where zone changes appear; it warns on its own terms that it does not display every area closed to flying.
The local English-language outlet that carried the only drone incident located; this search lists its drone items newest first.
The police are the on-the-ground authority for drones here and publish their own notices; the items render in a browser rather than in a plain fetch.
The islands' only airport posts operational notices, and its drone page sits in the same section.
A dated photographer's guide that says which viewpoints it treats as flyable; guides of this kind are where visiting pilots' practice gets described.
The Northern Isles tourism board's local-rules page, with a drone section, for Klaksvík and the northern islands.
A dated creator guide that names the islands and paid hikes it treats as closed to drones, and the newest practice-facing page located; r/FaroeIslands would be the obvious community channel but is blocked from this machine, so it is not listed.
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.
S1official
Drone flying on the Faroe Islands
On the Faroe Islands, European drone regulations and the Faroese order on drones apply … European drone certificates are valid on the Faroe Islands.
Rule page (authority guidance). The page's own stamp is 09-04-2025, about eighteen months before the check, so the guidance is not current-to-last-month.
S2official
Fra d. 1. februar 2024 gælder regler på Færøerne, der minder om de regler, vi har i Danmark.
FAQ guidance page. Its 1 February 2024 date matches neither Faroese instrument.
S3official
Fee: 65,- DKK (2026); Hourly Fee: 1300,- DKK (2026); Fee: 130,- DKK (2026)
Fee schedule; the amounts are labelled 2026 and the page states that the hourly rate covers Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
S4official
BEK 114 of 31-01-2024 for the Faroe Islands, supplementary provisions on drones
Droneoperationer må ikke finde sted nærmere end 5 km horisontal afstand fra en bane
Statutory instrument, in force (Galdandi); published 9 February 2024, in force 15 February 2024 per section 35. The quote is section 9.
S5official
BEK 113 of 31-01-2024 for the Faroe Islands, rules and procedures for operating unmanned aircraft
Overtrædelse af bestemmelser i bilag 1, artikel 4-11, 14, 19, 20 og 22… kan straffes med bøde eller fængsel
Statutory instrument carrying Regulation (EU) 2019/947 as Annex 1, as amended by BEK 1076/2024; in force 15 February 2024 per section 9. The quote is section 8(1).
S6official
BEK 1076 of 03-10-2024 amending the Faroese order on rules and procedures for unmanned aircraft
Bekendtgørelsen træder i kraft den 15. november 2024.; Artikel 13 (Finder ikke anvendelse på Færøerne)
Amending statutory instrument; in force 15 November 2024.
S7official
Anordning 1576 of 11-12-2023 bringing Aviation Act amendments into force for the Faroe Islands
Overtrædelse af § 126 b, stk. 1, § 126 c, stk. 1, og § 126 g, stk. 2 og 3, straffes med bøde.
Royal decree; in force 1 January 2024.
S8official
Flyvning med droner må alene ske uden for flyvesikkerhedsmæssigt kritiske områder, sikringsmæssigt kritiske områder
The quote is section 126 b.
S9official
DRONUSONUR, map of geographic drone zones on the Faroe Islands
dronusonur/dronezones does not display all areas and locations were flying with UAS is NOT permitted
Map service entry and terms page; no document date shown, and no dataset download, licence statement or revision date.
S10official
Application for flying in geographical drone zones
The expected processing time is 30 days.; The fee is billed at a rate of 1,100 DKK per hour
Procedural page, Denmark-scoped. Retained for the audit trail and not relied on for any Faroese field: it does not mention the Faroe Islands, it is built around MitID, and its hourly rate conflicts with the fee schedule that does name the Faroe Islands.
S11officialcould not be opened
Spørgsmål og svar (retired Q&A page)
Dead, HTTP 404. The research pass's citation [1]. The quote it hung its territorial claim on, that the rules do not apply to Greenland and the Faroe Islands, does not appear on the live FAQ that replaced this page, which says the opposite. Backs no claim in this file.
S12officialcould not be opened
Drone flying on the Faroe Islands (previous path)
Dead, HTTP 404. The research pass's citation [3]. The page moved to /operations-outside-denmark/ and was recovered there as S1, so no claim was lost, but the original citation does not resolve. Backs no claim in this file.
S13press
Drone Incident Over French Warship in Tórshavn Concludes Without Arrests
The alleged drone activity was reported by the crew of the French vessel on the evening of September 22; the investigation led by Kári Jacobsen did not result in identifying any suspects.
The practice pass's only confirmed incident. The research pass cited the paginated category index instead, which now holds December 2025 items and no drone item; this permalink was recovered through the outlet's own drone search.
S14secondary
Faroe Islands Photography Guide: Fjords, Cliffs and Light
You can fly from the cliff area south of Gasadalur, but you must maintain 150 meters from the village itself.; Drones are prohibited at Traelanipa.
Photographer's guide, classified secondary rather than the research pass's operator, which is not a type in this schema. Backs site guidance and the DKK 5,000 figure only; the page reports no incident.
S15secondary
How to Elope in the Faroe Islands: The Ultimate Guide
Drones are strictly banned on Mykines and in Ramsar-protected zones (like Nólsoy and Skúvoy); You must stay 5 km away from Vágar Airport and 2 km away from all official helicopter landing pads
Wedding photographer's guide, classified secondary. It also lists Trælanípa and Kallur lighthouse among the paid hikes where drones are not allowed, and it states no penalty figure and no registration requirement.
S16secondary
Drone Laws in Denmark (2026): Rules, Fines, Urban Ban
Ramsar-protected areas (Mykines, Nolsoy, Skuvoy) ban drones completely.
Cited only for the Ramsar and Mykines ban it corroborates. Its Faroese section also claims EU certificates are not valid here and a 100 m ceiling, both contradicted by the authority's own page (S1), so nothing else on it is relied on.
S17secondary
Faroe Islands Visa and Entry Guide
Do not pack meat, animal products, plants, medicines, drones, or unusually large quantities without checking the applicable rules.
The only dated page located that mentions a drone at the border at all. It does not say drones are generally acceptable as personal belongings and does not mention receipts, so the research pass's reading of it was dropped.
S18press
Fleiri fráboðanir um ólógliga flúgving (Several reports of illegal flying)
Tína er ofta útlendingar, sum flúgva við dronum uttan loyvi, tó ikki bara. (It is often foreigners who fly drones without permission, though not only.)
Faroese, with an English gloss in the quote. The duty officer named is Tina Jacobsen. Found by searching the Faroese press after the English-language evidence collapsed; no English-language source located mentions it.
S19press
Prinsipielt er tað so, at tú kanst gott lata skot av, um tað ikki er vandi fyri tí. (In principle you may fire a shot, if there is no danger in it.)
Faroese, with an English gloss. The quote is the police's own framing of whether the shooter committed an offence. Covers the same 27 June 2021 event as S20 and S21.
S20press
Drona skotin niður í grindadrápi í gjár (Drone shot down at a whale hunt yesterday)
Grindamenn varnaðist eina dronu, sum fleyg uppi yvir grindadrápinum (The whalers noticed a drone flying above the whale hunt)
Faroese, with an English gloss. States that the pilot was a foreign visitor and that the police examined the pilot's licensing and authorisation as well as the shooter's conduct.
S21press
Kanna mál um dronur í Hvannasundi (Investigating the case of drones in Hvannasund)
Viðkomandi, sum fleyg dronuna er sjálvur komin til løgregluna við henni, og málið verður nú kannað. (The person who flew the drone came to the police with it himself, and the case is now being investigated.)
Faroese, with an English gloss. The only source located that records the second drone, over a hunt at Vestmannasund the same week, which was not shot at.
S22press
Er nú skuldsettur fyri dronuflúgving uttan loyvi (Now charged for drone flying without permission)
maðurin nú er skuldsettur fyri at flúgva við dronu uttan loyvi (the man is now charged with flying a drone without permission)
Faroese, with an English gloss. The only charge and the only equipment seizure located for this country. The flight was activist documentation of a whale hunt, not recreational, and it predates the 2024 Faroese orders.