Can I fly here now?
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Guidance only, not official. You are responsible for flying legally and safely.
Can I fly a drone here?
Flying weather, daylight and drone zones for the selected position and time. The colour only reflects the weather. Whether you may fly depends on the airspace and the rules.
Flying weather now
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Wind m/s
Temp °C
Good weather does not mean you may fly. Check the airspace before you fly.
Check airspaceFinding your position
Plan ahead: see the forecast on Yr (opens in a new tab)
Before every flight
This portal is guidance only and not official. Always check NOTAM and the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway before you fly.
Why this colour?
Yellow and red factors are shown here, with their value, limit and how far they are from the next colour, for now. Everything else is under “Show all”.
Cold warning for batteries
Data from MET Norway, licence CC BY 4.0. All times are Norwegian time.
About the assessment and thresholds
Weather data comes from MET Norway (Locationforecast 2.0, complete), including real wind gusts, fog and low cloud. Further ahead, MET does not provide gusts or fog, so those factors are shown in grey (“no data”). Grey does not count as yellow, but it never gives green either. Kp (NOAA SWPC) and data age are shown for information only and do not affect the colour. Sunrise, sunset and civil twilight are calculated in your browser using NOAA’s solar formula. The green, yellow and red thresholds are our own cautious estimates for small drones, not official limits. Green requires every weather factor to be green, and missing data never gives green.
Drone zones (airports, protected areas and other zones) are not part of the flying weather. They are shown separately and can never give green.
The manufacturer’s limits for your drone (wind, temperature) always take priority over these estimates. Changes are saved only in this browser.
How reliable is the forecast?
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About probability
All percentages and ranges here come directly from MET (Locationforecast 2.0, complete). We never make up our own percentages.
Chance of precipitation and thunder are MET’s own probabilities for the period shown next to them (next hour or next 6 hours). Precipitation between is MET’s minimum and maximum for the same period.
Wind and temperature “probably between” is MET’s 10th and 90th percentile. This means 8 out of 10 outcomes in MET’s model fall between the two numbers. The wider the gap, the less certain the forecast.
Overall assessment (Fairly certain, Moderately certain, Uncertain) is our own assessment, not a percentage. Fairly certain: up to 6 hours ahead and a spread in the wind forecast of 2 m/s or less. Uncertain: more than 48 hours ahead, 6‑hour blocks, no spread data or a spread above 4 m/s. Otherwise moderately certain. These limits are our own cautious estimates.
Drone zones where you are
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Information only, never a green light. Temporary bans (for example where emergency services are at work) are not included. See the map, all zones and where to check temporary bans.
Daylight today
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Sunrise, sunset and civil twilight (sun 6 degrees below the horizon) are calculated in your browser using NOAA’s solar formula and may differ slightly.
Wind and precipitation
12 time steps from now. You can see the colour for each hour in the time selector at the top.
Show chart of wind, gusts and precipitation
Wind
Gusts
Precipitation mm/h
Dashed lines are our own cautious thresholds. When gusts are missing (further ahead), no gust line is shown.
The assessment is guidance only and is based on our own cautious thresholds. It does not tell you whether flying is allowed. Always check official sources.
Airspace and drone zones
Shows whether the position is inside a 5 km zone around an airport, a protected area or another drone zone, and how far it is to the zone boundary. Information only: always use the official maps before you fly. This portal is not official.
Zones at the selected position
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Selected position.
Tap the map to choose another position. The map shows zones from the dronesoner.no data file and protected areas from the Norwegian Environment Agency. Temporary bans and NOTAMs are not included.
About the data and how distance is measured
“Without permission from the local air traffic services unit, it is not permitted to fly an unmanned aircraft closer than 5 km to an airport.”
Regulation on unmanned aircraft, section 7, second paragraph, Lovdata
Explanation, not legal adviceWe use the zones exactly as the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway publishes them on dronesoner.no. Whether you are inside or outside, and the distance to the boundary, is measured against the polygons in the file, not against a single point at the airport.
Zones: Civil Aviation Authority of Norway / dronesoner.no, ED-318 file issued 18.10.2026, licence NLOD 2.0. Terms. The Civil Aviation Authority of Norway itself says: “The Civil Aviation Authority of Norway cannot guarantee that all data is complete or error-free at all times.”
Protected areas: Norwegian Environment Agency, nature conservation areas (Naturbase), licence NLOD 2.0. The link to the conservation regulations comes from the Norwegian Environment Agency’s data.
Simplification: the polygons are simplified with a tolerance of 25 m and coordinates rounded to 4 decimal places to keep the files small. Near a zone boundary the answer may therefore be off by a few tens of metres. Zones fetched 18.10.2026.
Temporary bans: check them yourself
Temporary bans are not included here. This includes areas where emergency services are at work, and NOTAMs. Check these yourself just before you fly:
“It is also prohibited to fly over or near protected areas and national parks, military areas, gas terminals, prisons and embassies, oil platforms and areas where emergency services are at work.”
Civil Aviation Authority of Norway, drone rules
Permission at airports
This portal is not official. Check dronesoner.no and NinoxDrone2 yourself. NinoxDrone2 covers 17 airports, while the dronesoner.no file has 5 km zones for 48. Text in quotation marks is quoted word for word from Avinor.
“NinoxDrone2 can be used to apply to fly inside the 5 km zone at the 17 airports shown on the map in NinoxDrone2.”
Avinor, questions and answers about NinoxDrone2
“If the control tower is closed, you are not allowed to fly within 5 km of the airport.”
Avinor, questions and answers about NinoxDrone2
At other airports you cannot apply in NinoxDrone2. Avinor refers to its drone map:
“The drone map also shows drone rules and contact details for all airports.”
Avinor, drone map
NinoxDrone2: apply to fly near an airport
A short guide to Avinor’s app for getting permission within 5 km of an airport.
How to apply for a flight in NinoxDrone2
Applies to the 5 km zone around airports. NinoxDrone2 is Avinor’s app for applying for permission to fly within 5 km of the 17 airports shown in the app. The steps are a short summary of Avinor’s own pages. Text in quotation marks is quoted word for word from Avinor. This portal is not official. Check dronesoner.no and NinoxDrone2 yourself.
“If you are within 5 km of an airport, you must apply for permission to fly. You cannot fly until the control tower has approved your request to take off. If the control tower is closed, you are not allowed to fly within 5 km of the airport.”
Avinor, questions and answers about NinoxDrone2
1Check whether you are inside the 5 km zone
The app shows the 5 km zone at 17 airports. Other restricted areas are not shown in NinoxDrone2, so also check dronesoner.no and NOTAMs. If the airport is not in the app, you will find contact details in Avinor’s drone map (Avinor: “The drone map also shows drone rules and contact details for all airports.”).
2Download the app or use the website
NinoxDrone2 is available in the App Store and on Google Play. Web version: utm.avinor.no/avm (“/avm must be included”).
3Install one authenticator app
Signing in requires Microsoft Authenticator, Google Authenticator or FreeOTP. Choose only one. The codes are valid for 30 seconds.
4Create an account and register as an operator
Private individuals register as an operator, not a pilot, and choose “natural person”. See the user guide, pages 1 to 10.
5Upload your certificate of competency as a screenshot
PDF files are not accepted. Avinor recommends a screenshot of the certificate from flydrone.no, not a photo taken with a camera.
6Add your drone
Profile, blue person icon, “operator account”, “assets”, “add drone”. The drone must always be marked with your operator ID.
7Submit a flight plan and wait for a reply
Yellow means the plan is waiting for the control tower. Blue means the plan is approved, but you must request “take off”. Only when the area turns green may you fly, and only within the area and time you applied for.
8Watch out for cancellations
A plan that breaks the rules, for example by flying too high, is cancelled automatically without notice. It is shown with a black border and under “cancelled plans”.
9Tap “end flight” when you have landed
The air traffic controller keeps the area closed to other traffic until you report back. Avinor: “So remember to report when you have landed!”
Fetched 17.10.2026, last checked 24.10.2026, from avinor.no/praktisk-info/drone/sporsmal-og-svar-om-ninoxdrone2, avinor.no/praktisk-info/drone and on avinor.no/praktisk-info/drone/dronekart. Outside the 5 km zone, registration is not required, but Avinor encourages it so that emergency services can see your flight.
Drone rules under 250 grams
Open category A1 and C0. For now, this page only covers rules for drones under 250 g. For other drones, see the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway.
Rules for A1 and C0 under 250 g
Open a rule to see a word-for-word excerpt from the official source, with a link to the page it comes from. The excerpts are not complete; always read the full source.
The quotes were collected on 17.10.2026. “Last checked” is shown for each rule (automatic check of the source). Registration and the online course are done at flydrone.no.
Kp index today
Geomagnetic activity can interfere with your drone’s compass and GPS.
Kp index
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What is Kp?
Kp measures geomagnetic activity on a scale from 0 to 9. A high Kp can interfere with compass and GPS. Data from the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. Kp is shown for information only and does not affect the flying weather colour. Times are Norwegian time.
Checklist before you fly
Go through the list before every flight.
Pre-flight checklist
Our own reminder list, based on the drone rules of the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway. Saved only in this browser.