New rules, fines for people using drones close to airports
Posted Mar 16, 2017 7:56 am.
Last Updated Mar 16, 2017 12:04 pm.
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OTTAWA, ON. – The federal government is enacting stricter measures and fines for anyone who flies a drone too close to an airport or plane.
Transport Minister Marc Garneau unveiled the measures in an effort to help curb the number of incidents in which recreational drones have come too close to planes, which has more than tripled since 2014.
The government will require all recreational drone operators to mark their drone with their contact information and forbid their use at night.
Drones will no longer be able to fly higher than 295 feet, within 246 feet of any buildings, cars or people, or within nine kilometres of any airport across the country.
The rules don’t apply to commercial, academic or research drone use. Anyone violating the new rules could be slapped with a fine of up as much as $3,000.
