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Drone Rules for Aeroporto Estirão do Equador

Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas (am) • Brazil
Atalaia do Norte - State of Amazonas, 69650-000, Brazil
Lat: -4.52343 • Lng: -71.564

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The proposed rule edit for Estirão do Equador Airport (SWEE) has been approved. The sources confirm that the airport's perimeter is classified as restricted airspace, requiring prior flight coordination through the SARPAS NG portal.
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  • https://aisweb.decea.mil.br/?i=aerodromos&codigo=SWEE — Official airport technical parameters listed under code SWEE on AISWEB and the restrictions mandated by DECEA's operational instruction ICA 100-40 classify this military airfield perimeter as restricted airspace, strictly requiring prior flight coordination through the SARPAS NG portal.
  • https://www.gov.br/anac/pt-br/assuntos/drones — Official airport technical parameters listed under code SWEE on AISWEB and the restrictions mandated by DECEA's operational instruction ICA 100-40 classify this military airfield perimeter as restricted airspace, strictly requiring prior flight coordination through the SARPAS NG portal.
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Rule category Ground Air
Flight status Unknown Permission
Summary — Critical No-Fly Zone covering Estirão do Equador Airport (SWEE). All unauthorized drone flights are strictly prohibited within this airspace to eliminate catastrophic collision risks with military transport aircraft, national security patrols, and essential logistical supply flights.
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The Estirão do Equador Airport (ICAO: SWEE), located in the isolated border district of Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas, is an infrastructure asset of extreme strategic value for Brazil’s national defense and border integration. Situated deep in the western Amazon near the Peruvian border, this military-administered airfield is primarily utilized by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and the Brazilian Army to sustain the local Special Border Platoon (PEF), execute tactical surveillance, and distribute critical supplies and medical relief to isolated indigenous and riverside communities.

Because tactical transport aircraft (such as the C-105 Amazonas and C-98 Caravan) operate at low altitudes over surrounding dense jungle corridors and the Javari River basin under visual flight rules (VFR), any uncoordinated drone activity within this high-security sector poses an immediate mid-air collision hazard. An airspace incident here would directly compromise sovereign defense operations and vital logistical lifelines. Consequently, spontaneous or recreational drone flights within the airfield perimeter, its obstacle limitation surfaces, or its protective security grids are completely prohibited under federal law (Brazilian Penal Code, Art. 261).
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+ The Estirão do Equador Airport (ICAO: SWEE), located in the isolated border district of Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas, is an infrastructure asset of extreme strategic value for Brazil’s national defense and border integration. Situated deep in the western Amazon near the Peruvian border, this military-administered airfield is primarily utilized by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and the Brazilian Army to sustain the local Special Border Platoon (PEF), execute tactical surveillance, and distribute critical supplies and medical relief to isolated indigenous and riverside communities.
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+ Because tactical transport aircraft (such as the C-105 Amazonas and C-98 Caravan) operate at low altitudes over surrounding dense jungle corridors and the Javari River basin under visual flight rules (VFR), any uncoordinated drone activity within this high-security sector poses an immediate mid-air collision hazard. An airspace incident here would directly compromise sovereign defense operations and vital logistical lifelines. Consequently, spontaneous or recreational drone flights within the airfield perimeter, its obstacle limitation surfaces, or its protective security grids are completely prohibited under federal law (Brazilian Penal Code, Art. 261).