Pernambuco
Drone photo & video · Fernando de Noronha
In short
Drone photo & video in Fernando de Noronha starts at $300: 60 min on location with a photographer who works in Fernando de Noronha, and 25 edited photos + a 1-minute edited film delivered to a private gallery within 7 days.
Why choose drone photo & video in Fernando de Noronha?
Aerial pictures of Fernando de Noronha are the ones everyone has seen: the Dois Irmãos hills, Sancho from above, the curve of the inner sea. Most of them were made under rules that no longer allow a hired session to repeat them. The Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) treats drones differently in its two units on the island, and a drone booking here starts by drawing the line between them.
Worth knowing about Fernando de Noronha
ICMBio reserves drone flights over the Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha for scientific research, so Sancho, Leão, Sueste and the Baía dos Golfinhos are off limits to a hired drone. Over the APA no ICMBio authorisation is needed, but the island’s airport sits inside it, and DECEA’s ICA 100-40 requires a Termo de Coordenação and 4 calendar days’ notice in SARPAS for any flight in its restriction zone.
What does the session in Fernando de Noronha look like?
- Praia da Conceição and the Morro do Pico
- Inside the APA, the drone can rise over the inner sea with the peak behind.
- Praia do Boldró
- Wide APA sand and surf lines from above, at sunset.
- Vila dos Remédios
- The colonial church and village over the bay, cleared with DECEA first.
What does drone photo & video in Fernando de Noronha include?
- 60 minutes on location, with the time in the air set by batteries, wind and airspace
- 25 edited aerial photos
- A 1-minute edited aerial film with licensed music
- Flown under third-party liability insurance, with the drone registered in ANAC’s SISANT and the flight authorised in SARPAS
- Photos and film delivered within 7 days
FAQ — Drone photo & video in Fernando de Noronha
Can a drone photograph Baía do Sancho on Fernando de Noronha?
Not on a hired session. ICMBio allows drone flights in the Parque Nacional Marinho de Fernando de Noronha only for scientific research, with a SISBIO authorisation and a signed responsibility form, and Baía do Sancho is inside the park. Drone photo and video on the island is flown over the APA beaches and the village instead.
What does a drone need to fly over the APA on Fernando de Noronha?
No ICMBio authorisation, but the federal aviation rules still apply on Fernando de Noronha: a drone of 250 g or more registered in ANAC’s SISANT, a radio homologated by ANATEL, and every flight authorised by DECEA in SARPAS. Near the island’s airport, ICA 100-40 adds a Termo de Coordenação and 4 calendar days’ notice.