🇦🇪 Drone laws in United Arab Emirates
GCAA registration mandatory before any drone flight. Tourist registration via UAE Drone Centre portal; UAE has strictest enforcement among Gulf states.
Registration + flight rules
- Registration threshold
- Any
- Max altitude
- 394 ft AGL
- Visual line-of-sight
- Required
- Remote ID
- Not required
- Authority
- General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA)
No-fly zones
- Within 5 km of airports
- Government and military areas
- Above 120 m AGL
Permit / portal
Last verified 2026-04-28.