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Consumer Drone 🇲🇽 Mexico

VERIFIED · 2025-01-15NOT YET GRADED

SCT registration required for drones over 250g

ANSWER

Can I bring Consumer Drone into Mexico?

RESTRICTEDVERIFIED · 2025-01-15

SCT registration required for drones over 250g

QUANTITY / LIMITS

Personal use with SCT registration

DOCUMENTS

  • SCT registration

DECLARATION

Required at the destination customs authority

SOURCE

sat.gob.mx
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Full details

Mexico requires drones over 250g to be registered with the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT). Foreign operators can register online. No-fly zones include airports, military installations, and archaeological sites. Maximum altitude 120m.

PRACTICAL ADVICE

Register before flying. Archaeological sites (Chichén Itzá, Teotihuacán) are strict no-fly zones.

OFFICIAL SOURCES · VERIFIED 2025-01-15

RULE DETAILS

QUANTITY LIMITS

Personal use with SCT registration

DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED

  • SCT registration

LEGAL REFERENCE

Mexican Civil Aviation Law, NOM-107

AIR TRAVEL IS SEPARATE

This page covers destination customs rules in Mexico. Whether you can carry consumer drone through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.

IATA DANGEROUS GOODS

Consumer Drone is classified under Class 9 — Miscellaneous dangerous goods. Cabin and checked-baggage rules apply on top of any destination regulation.

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