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Spots · Iceland · Coast · South Coast

Dyrhólaey

A nature reserve with a sea arch and nesting cliffs; since 17 May 2026 the agency grants drone permits here for commercial purposes only.

Closed to you for this profile · last checked 2026-10-07

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The two readings

By the book

What the official pages say, for an operator registered in the EU or EEA flying the drone you chose above.

Iceland, for you
Open after a stepDecided by registration, minimum age.
This ground, today
Closed to youNature reserve: permits are granted for commercial purposes only since 17 May 2026; a recreational pilot cannot obtain one.

Ground rules in force on 7 October 2026

On file, out of season today

On the ground

Too few confirmed reports to say3 dated reports, 2025-12-25 to 2026-07-31 · practice pass 2026-10-07

The only practice report we could open is a press piece from December 2025 about visitors flying past a no-drone sign; no check, fine or seizure of a visitor's drone is documented anywhere we looked, and three reports are too few to read the country either way.

No report we found names Dyrhólaey

These are the three newest reports from Iceland instead; read them as the country's weather, not as this spot's.

Where it is

63.4011, -19.1268: a gazetteer position good to a few hundred metres, not a launch point. The scale bar is on; the pin carries your status here.

Launch notes

No launch notes yet for this spot.

Best time

Closed to recreational pilots

Nearest aerodrome: Vík Airport (BIVI, small airport), 12.1 km (computed 2026-10-07).

Coastal cliffs under cloud, placeholder imageplaceholder photo
placeholder (Lovable prototype image, generated) · placeholder, not for publication · AI-generated image

Field notes

What happened on the ground here, from pilots who flew it, dated and kept apart from the official rules.

No field notes yet.

Last checked 2026-10-07. Newer than that? Look here:

Rules move between our checks. These are the pages that publish the changes first, split into the official ones and the places where pilots report what is happening.

Back to the Iceland card · Samgöngustofa / Icelandic Transport Authority

Official pages

Where pilots report