Drone Rules for Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra - Hospital Pediátrico
Drone flights in the open category are entirely prohibited within the airspace of the Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra in the city of Coimbra, Coimbra district, to protect highly critical neonatal and pediatric emergency transport corridors.
The safety perimeter around the Hospital Pediátrico de Coimbra covers a highly sensitive air corridor serving specialized pediatric and neonatal emergency medical teams in the city of Coimbra and the broader Coimbra district. As an integral component of the regional university hospital center, this specialized infrastructure handles time-critical helicopter transfers of young patients requiring immediate care. To guarantee completely unobstructed approach vectors and prevent catastrophic mid-air collisions with unmanned aircraft, strict legal limits are enforced. Under Portuguese Decree-Law (Regulamento 1093/2016), all open-category drone operations are strictly prohibited within the safe radius of this medical facility, and flights can only legally proceed with explicit, prior authorization from ANAC.