{"id":55066,"date":"2026-06-23T08:18:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=55066"},"modified":"2026-06-23T08:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:19:01","slug":"flying-a-drone-in-sharjah-new-rules-are-now-in-effect-in-the-emirate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/flying-a-drone-in-sharjah-new-rules-are-now-in-effect-in-the-emirate\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying a Drone in Sharjah? New Rules Are Now in Effect in the Emirate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Love capturing aerial photos, unique angles, or city views from above? Before you start flying your drone in Sharjah, there&#8217;s a new law you should know about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the new regulations, <strong>drone owners in the emirate need approval before flying<\/strong> and must follow the rules on where and how their devices can be operated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new law applies to drones used for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Content creation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recreation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commercial activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Photography<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/image00002-scaled-e1782202518152-1024x456.jpeg\" alt=\"Sharjah Drone Racing Champions\" class=\"wp-image-8521\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone who wants to fly a drone in the UAE can <strong>apply for a recreational or commercial drone licence through the General Civil Aviation Authority&#8217;s platform<\/strong>. The service is currently available to UAE residents only, and access for tourists could be added in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More news for Sharjah residents<\/strong>: a new dual <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/sharjah-big-transport-project-al-taawun-tunnel\/\">underground tunnel will soon be built beneath Al Taawun Road<\/a><\/strong>, one of the busiest routes connecting Sharjah and Dubai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss these summer events in the emirate: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/khorfakkan-mango-festival\/\">Khorfakkan Mango Festival<\/a><\/strong> in the end of June and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/al-dhaid-dates-festival\/\">Al Dhaid Dates Festival<\/a><\/strong> in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love capturing aerial photos, unique angles, or city views from above? Before you start flying your drone in Sharjah, there&#8217;s a new law you should know about. Under the new regulations, drone owners in the emirate need approval before flying and must follow the rules on where and how their devices can be operated. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":51680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15500,"slug":"sharjah","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/sharjah\/","api_id":3,"title":{"rendered":"Sharjah"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}