Drone Rules for Texeira de Freitas Airport
Critical No-Fly Zone covering Teixeira de Freitas Airport (SNTF). All unauthorized drone flights are strictly prohibited within this airspace to eliminate severe collision risks with scheduled regional commercial turboprops, medical evacuation aircraft, and essential general aviation.
Teixeira de Freitas Airport – 9 de Maio (SNTF), located along the BA-290 highway in the rural sector of Teixeira de Freitas, Bahia, serves as a vital socio-economic and logistical gateway. It directly connects the extreme south of Bahia, northeastern Minas Gerais, and northern Espírito Santo to major national commercial aviation hubs. The airport regularly handles regional commercial passenger aircraft (such as ATR 72 turboprops), general aviation, and critical public flights including aeromedical transports, government safety missions, and banking logistics.
Because the airport sits in a flat, rural-urban transition zone, arriving and departing aircraft execute low-altitude visual (VFR) and night operations directly over the surrounding approach and departure paths. Any uncoordinated drone activity within these active traffic lines poses an immediate and severe threat of a mid-air collision, which can endanger lives and damage regional infrastructure. Spontaneous or recreational drone flights within the airfield perimeter, its obstacle limitation surfaces, or its designated security zones are strictly banned under federal law (Brazilian Penal Code, Art. 261).
Sources
Regulatory & Administrative Authorities: Department of Airspace Control (DECEA), National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), and the Municipality of Teixeira de Freitas / Bahia State Infrastructure Secretariat (SEINFRA).
Primary Framework: ICA 100-40 (DECEA regulations on Unmanned Aircraft Systems) and Article 261 of the Brazilian Penal Code.
Flight Planning Portal: Operational safety grids, airfield restriction parameters, and formal airspace clearance protocols are managed via SARPAS NG and Aisweb.