Drone Rules for Carauari Airport
Critical No-Fly Zone covering Carauari Airport (SWCA). All unauthorized drone flights are strictly prohibited within this airspace to eliminate severe collision risks with regional commercial flights, essential supply transports, and vital aeromedical evacuation flights.
The Carauari Airport (ICAO: SWCA), located in the municipality of Carauari, Amazonas, is an indispensable infrastructure asset in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Because the region relies heavily on air travel for connectivity, the airport serves as a life-saving logistical hub, accommodating regional passenger routes, cargo aircraft delivering essential goods, oil and gas exploration charters, and emergency medical flights servicing isolated communities.
Because approaching and departing aircraft execute low-altitude operations and visual flight (VFR) patterns directly over the surrounding river corridors, dense forest borders, and the local urban area, uncoordinated drone activity within this active sector creates an immediate mid-air collision hazard. An aviation accident in this isolated region would severely disrupt local supply networks and emergency services. Therefore, spontaneous or recreational drone flights within the airfield perimeter, its obstacle limitation surfaces, or its protective safety grids are completely prohibited under federal law (Brazilian Penal Code, Art. 261).