Drone Rules for Aeroporto Regional de Jericoacoara - Comandante Ariston Pessoa
Critical No-Fly Zone covering Jericoacoara Regional Airport (SBJE). All unauthorized drone flights are strictly prohibited within this airspace to eliminate collision risks with scheduled national commercial jetliners, regional charter turboprops, and tourism-related general aviation.
Jericoacoara Regional Airport – Comandante Ariston Pessoa (SBJE), located along state highway CE-085 in the neighboring municipality of Cruz, Ceará, is the primary aviation gateway for the globally renowned tourist destination of Jijoca de Jericoacoara. The airport manages regular, high-capacity commercial jet traffic from major national airlines, alongside a steady stream of private charters, executive flights, and utility aircraft that significantly cut travel times down from the state capital, Fortaleza.
Because the airfield sits amidst open coastal plains and rural-urban transit routes, arriving and departing aircraft execute low-altitude instrument (IFR) and visual (VFR) approach corridors directly over surrounding areas. Any uncoordinated drone activity in these landing and takeoff pathways creates an immediate, severe hazard of a mid-air collision with a passenger aircraft. Spontaneous or recreational drone flights within the airfield perimeter, its obstacle limitation surfaces, or its active traffic patterns are completely banned under federal law (Brazilian Penal Code, Art. 261).
Sources
Regulatory Authorities: Department of Airspace Control (DECEA), National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), and the Ceará 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, airport restriction parameters, and formal airspace clearance protocols are managed via SARPAS NG and Aisweb.