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Can I fly
here?

Touch and hold a spot. See the official drone-zone data for that location: what applies, why, and where it came from.

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official sources16 countries175,052 zonesfree in beta

The Drone App on iPhone: the map around Royan, 232 zones in view, a spot held and its answer — Temporarily restricted, two overlapping restrictions.
The Drone App on Apple Watch: the map around you, clear to fly
Official. Every restriction keeps its source beside it, so you can check the rule instead of taking our word for it.
Current. Every country carries the date its data was published, shown in the app — so you can see what you are flying on. Poland’s activations are read live.
Clear answer. A consistent result across borders, with the original rule and its conditions still visible.

Why this app exists

Official airspace data is hard to use when you’re about to fly.

The rules are published across maps, portals, PDFs and data feeds. Finding the right one can take longer than your pre-flight check.

At the field, you need a clear answer — and the source behind it.

01

The rules are spread out

Each authority publishes in its own format, and the same zone name can mean different things across a border.

02

Zones stack and overlap

Ceilings, floors, conditions — whether a zone even applies can depend on your drone and your certificate.

03

And it all moves

Temporary restrictions appear at a few hours’ notice — long after you picked the spot.

A clearer way to read
a complicated map.

The app turns varied source data into six clear statuses. The original wording stays one tap away, so you can see what the status means. Pick one.

Choose a zone type to preview
You may fly here

No authority has published a restriction over this ground. The national default rules — category, height, distance from people — still apply.

What the app shows
The area unshaded, with the default ceiling for your category.
What it never means
Permission. Clear is the absence of a published zone, not a licence — and never a substitute for your own pre-flight check.
You may fly, lower

Open, but under a ceiling below the national default — approach paths, corridors, the edges of controlled airspace.

What the app shows
The zone shaded, with the ceiling in metres and the band it covers.
Where the number comes from
The authority’s own figure. Where units differ, we convert and say so.
Only if you qualify

Open on conditions: an authorisation, a notification, a certificate, daylight only — or several at once.

What the app shows
Each condition listed separately, in the authority’s wording, so you can see which ones you already meet.
Where it leads
Where the authority runs a portal or a form, the app carries the link.
Closed to you

No flight here for your category — aerodromes, military ground, prisons, nuclear sites, some national parks.

What the app shows
The zone solid, the reason, and the authority that closed it.
If there’s a way in
Where the authority states an exemption route, the app shows that too.
Restricted, for now

A restriction with a start and an end — an air display, a state visit, a wildfire, a search.

What the app shows
The window in your local time, checked against the moment you plan to fly.
Why it matters most
These are the zones that appear after you chose the spot.
No data means no

Where we hold nothing for an area, the app shows it restricted — not clear. Missing data fails safe, in the same red as a real prohibition.

Why it works this way
A blank map that reads as green is the most dangerous screen this app could draw. Every ambiguity resolves toward the restrictive answer.
The rule behind it
We never invent a restriction, and we never remove one.

One app. Four devices.

The Drone App on iPhone

iPhoneIn beta · The full app

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The Drone App on iPad: the map over western Europe, every published zone drawn in its colour.

iPadIn beta · The bigger map

The Drone App on Mac, in a window: the same map over western Europe.

MacIn beta · The same app, on the desk

The Drone App on Apple Watch: the compass rose over the map

Apple WatchIn beta · On the wrist

What we hold ourselves to

Green is never permission.

An app that tells you where you may fly is only worth having if you can trust how it got there. We wrote the rules we build under — and you should hold us to them.

Read our principles

We never invent a zone

Where an authority publishes nothing, the app says so — by name.

Sources are credited

Every authority is named on every page. It’s a licence condition, and we like it that way.

Data has a date

Previews are labelled. Refresh times are stated. Nothing is quietly mixed in.

Funded by pilots

No advertising, no trackers. The app is paid for by the pilots who use it.

Take off knowing.

The beta is open and free. Tell us where you fly and we’ll tell you when your next country is on the map.

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