Drone Rules for Aeroporto Bartolomeu Lisandro
Critical No-Fly Zone covering Bartolomeu Lisandro Airport (SBCF/SBFS). All unauthorized drone flights are strictly prohibited within this airspace to eliminate catastrophic collision risks with commercial passenger turboprops, offshore helicopter operations supporting the Campos Basin oil fields.
The Bartolomeu Lisandro Airport (IATA: CAW, ICAO: SBCF/SBFS), located in Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, is a vital strategic logistics hub. It serves as a major base for regional commercial aviation and handles heavy rotary-wing traffic (helicopters) transporting personnel and cargo to oil and gas platforms in the Campos Basin.
Because aircraft and offshore helicopters execute low-altitude instrument (IFR) and visual (VFR) approaches directly over the surrounding urban periphery, highways, and rural fields, uncoordinated drone operations present an immediate mid-air collision hazard. An aviation incident in this area could critically disrupt energy sector operations and risk lives. Consequently, spontaneous or recreational drone flights within the airfield perimeter, its obstacle limitation surfaces, or its designated security protection grids are completely prohibited under federal law (Brazilian Penal Code, Art. 261).