{"id":302406,"date":"2019-03-03T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=302406"},"modified":"2019-03-01T15:36:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T13:36:48","slug":"this-map-shows-the-no-fly-zones-for-drones-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/302406\/this-map-shows-the-no-fly-zones-for-drones-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"This map shows the no-fly zones for drones in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drone-flying in South Africa is governed by the South African Civil Aviation Authority which has set out regulations for remotely piloted aircraft (RPAS).<\/p>\n<p>The regulations set out the requirements for flying a drone in the country, as well as the areas where you are prohibited from flying and the dangers of flying in certain zones.<\/p>\n<p>As per the regulations, the SACAA prohibits flying a Remotely Piloted Aircraft, or toy aircraft 50 metres or closer from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Any person or group of persons (like a sports field, road races, schools, social events, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Any property without permission from the property owner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Unless authorised by the SACAA, you also can&#8217;t fly\/operate a remotely piloted aircraft or toy aircraft:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>near a manned aircraft,<\/li>\n<li>10 km or closer to an aerodrome (airport, helipad, airfield),<\/li>\n<li>that weighs more than 7 kg,<\/li>\n<li>in controlled airspace,<\/li>\n<li>in restricted airspace, or<\/li>\n<li>in prohibited airspace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>No Fly Zones<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Africa also has a number of specific no-fly zones.<\/p>\n<p>These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>military zones;<\/li>\n<li>aerodromes;<\/li>\n<li>airports;<\/li>\n<li>helipads;<\/li>\n<li>a nuclear power plant;<\/li>\n<li>a prison;<\/li>\n<li>a police station;<\/li>\n<li>a crime scene;<\/li>\n<li>a court of law;<\/li>\n<li>national key points;<\/li>\n<li>national parks and protected\/conservation areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Western Cape Government also recently <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westerncape.gov.za\/general-publication\/no-fly-zones-drones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published<\/a> <\/strong>a detailed interactive map showing which areas are designated no-fly zones in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1dysv62Uj_lMC07jtE99-x8iRVNU\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/246023\/gauteng-launches-its-first-drone-programme-heres-what-theyre-being-used-for\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gauteng launches its first drone programme: here\u2019s what they\u2019re being used for<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drone-flying in South Africa is governed by the South African Civil Aviation Authority which has set out regulations for remotely piloted aircraft (RPAS).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":282097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9878],"tags":[26,13774],"class_list":["post-302406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-headline","tag-western-cape-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302406"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302618,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302406\/revisions\/302618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}