Drone Rules for Helipuerto San Vicente de Alcántara
Under Real Decreto 517/2024, drone operations inside the active aeronautical safety zone of Helipuerto San Vicente de Alcántara, located in the province of Badajoz (Extremadura), are strictly prohibited from the ground level up unless a formal operational coordination agreement is signed with the facility manager.
An airspace evaluation for Helipuerto San Vicente de Alcántara, situated in the municipality of San Vicente de Alcántara within the Badajoz province (Extremadura), emphasizes the definitive prohibitions enforced under Real Decreto 517/2024. UAS operations face a default ban within this facility's active safety zone (servidumbres aeronáuticas), with the restriction taking effect directly from the surface level (0 meters AGL) upward to safeguard incoming and outgoing helicopter traffic. While remote pilots commonly rely on a 2.5km radius around the landing pad as an acceptable reference value to map out local low-altitude flight risks, any physical entry into this protected envelope legally requires lifting the default ban through a signed Operational Coordination Agreement with the facility operator. Furthermore, operators must consult official charts to determine if their planned trajectories intersect with Controlled Airspace (CTR); if a CTR overlap exists, obtaining an explicit flight authorization from ENAIRE or the responsible air traffic control provider is a mandatory legal prerequisite in addition to the infrastructure coordination.