Drone Rules for Aeroporto Municipal de Poços de Caldas
Critical No-Fly Zone covering the Poços de Caldas Municipal Airport (SBPC). All unauthorized drone flights are strictly prohibited within this airspace to eliminate severe collision risks with regional executive aircraft, flight training lines, private gliders, and emergency aeromedical flights.
The Poços de Caldas Municipal Airport – Embaixador Walther Moreira Salles (SBPC), located in the southern region of the city of Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, is a highly active general aviation hub. Situated at an altitude of over 4,100 feet on a volcanic plateau, the airport frequently experiences unique weather patterns and serves as a major base for corporate executive flights, localized flight school training, aeromedical evacuations, and intense glider (sailplane) recreational operations.
Because gliders and training aircraft operate at lower speeds, quiet profiles, and specific low-altitude traffic patterns around the airfield, they are uniquely vulnerable to mid-air hazards. Any uncoordinated drone activity within this airspace introduces an immediate threat to aviation safety. Spontaneous or recreational drone flights within the airfield perimeter, its obstacle limitation surfaces, or its active visual flight (VFR) corridors are completely 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 Poços de Caldas.
Primary Framework: ICA 100-40 (DECEA regulations on Unmanned Aircraft Systems) and Article 261 of the Brazilian Penal Code.
Flight Planning Portal: Airport safety restriction grids, dynamic NOTAMs, and mandatory airspace access coordination are managed via SARPAS NG and Aisweb.