Drone Rules for Aeroporto de Lábrea
Critical No-Fly Zone covering Lábrea Airport (SWLB). All unauthorized drone flights are strictly prohibited within this airspace to eliminate catastrophic collision risks with commercial regional turboprops, air taxi flights, and vital medical/humanitarian relief aircraft.
Lábrea Airport (SWLB), serving the municipality of Lábrea in the southern region of the State of Amazonas, acts as a primary logistical lifeline for this remote section of the western Amazon basin. Given the vast distances and challenging ground infrastructure in the region, the airport is vital for connecting local communities to the state capital, Manaus, and neighboring Purus river territories. It handles scheduled regional commercial turboprops (such as Cessna Grand Caravans), essential air taxi networks, banking logistics, and critical emergency aeromedical evacuations.
Because arriving and departing aircraft execute low-altitude approach and departure paths directly over the surrounding riverbanks, transit roads, and rural-urban boundaries, uncoordinated drone activity poses an immediate and severe mid-air collision hazard. A drone incident in this remote airspace could critically compromise emergency transit lines where alternative airfields are hundreds of miles away. Consequently, spontaneous or recreational drone flights within the airfield perimeter, its obstacle limitation surfaces, or its active traffic patterns are completely prohibited under federal law (Brazilian Penal Code, Art. 261).
Sources
Regulatory & Administrative Authorities: Department of Airspace Control (DECEA), National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), and the Amazonica Flight Information Region (CINDACTA IV).
Primary Framework: ICA 100-40 (DECEA regulations on Unmanned Aircraft Systems) and Article 261 of the Brazilian Penal Code.
Flight Planning Portal: Airfield protection grids, regional safety parameters, and mandatory airspace authorization protocols are managed via SARPAS NG and Aisweb.