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Mykines

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.

Open after a step for this profile · last checked 2026-10-07

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.

Faroe Islands, for you: Open after a stepDecided by registration, Remote ID.
This ground, today: Open after a stepNo rule applies on this ground beyond the country's general rules.

Ground rules in force on 7 October 2026

No rule applies on this ground beyond the country's general rules. The seasonal rules below are out of their window today.

On file, out of season today

Protected area: closed to drones from 15 April to 30 August except on behalf of the authorities or the landowner.
Closed to you · confirmed · season 04-15/08-30
- S3Fees and charges

On the ground

Patchy enforcement10 dated reports, 2019-08-15 to 2026-08-22 · practice pass 2026-10-07

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.

Reports that name Mykines

Mykines · hotspot
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.

Where it is

62.1000, -7.6500: 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

Ask at the village before launching; the island is private land.

Best time

September, after the puffins

Nearest aerodrome: Mykines Heliport (EKMS, heliport), 0.3 km (computed 2026-10-07).

Sea cliffs under cloud, placeholder image — placeholder (Lovable prototype image, generated) · placeholder, not for publication · AI-generated image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 Faroe Islands card · Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority (Trafikstyrelsen)

Official pages

Trafikstyrelsen, drone flying on the Faroe Islandsofficial
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.
Trafikstyrelsen drone newsofficial
Where the authority announces new orders and rule changes. Danish only, and the items render in a browser rather than in a plain fetch.
Visit Faroe Islands, drone rulesofficial
The official tourism board's drone page, in English, restating the Faroese distances and the 15 April to 30 August protected-area season.
Vága Floghavn, drone flying informationofficial
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.
DRONUSONUR, the official drone-zone mapofficial
Where zone changes appear; it warns on its own terms that it does not display every area closed to flying.

Where pilots report

Faroe Islands Daily, drone searchpress
The local English-language outlet that carried the only drone incident located; this search lists its drone items newest first.
Faroese Police (Løgreglan) news listofficial
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.
Vága Floghavn (Vágar Airport) newsofficial
The islands' only airport posts operational notices, and its drone page sits in the same section.
Aerial Media, Faroe Islands photography guideoperator
A dated photographer's guide that says which viewpoints it treats as flyable; guides of this kind are where visiting pilots' practice gets described.
VisitNorth, local laws and regulationsofficial
The Northern Isles tourism board's local-rules page, with a drone section, for Klaksvík and the northern islands.
Shawna Rae Photography, Faroe Islands guideoperator
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.