Drone Rules for Heliporto Chamusca
Open-category drone flights are completely restricted within the low-altitude airspace surrounding the Heliporto da Chamusca in the town of Chamusca, Santarém district. This safety measure ensures completely clear flight paths for emergency response and civil protection helicopters.
An evaluation of the tactical airspace surrounding the Heliporto da Chamusca underscores its vital role as a deployment base for civil protection and emergency logistics in the town of Chamusca, located within the Santarém district. This helipad facilitates critical helicopter operations that rely on unhindered low-altitude approach vectors to handle regional emergencies and wildfire interventions. Because uncoordinated unmanned aerial activity inside this emergency response perimeter creates severe collision hazards for first responders and flight crews, strict safety boundaries are actively enforced. In compliance with Portuguese Decree-Law under Regulamento 1093/2016, all open-category drone flights are completely prohibited within the infrastructure's safe radius, meaning operations can only legally proceed if the operator has obtained explicit, prior authorization from ANAC.