Airspace map for your sites
Proximity to runway centrelines, approach and departure paths, and any restricted area.
15 km ring · Ngurah Rai
KKOP drone permit handling
Formal approval to fly inside the 15 km airport safety zone. Flying it without one carries up to three years' imprisonment and fines to Rp1 billion under Indonesian aviation law.
- 15km
- No-fly buffer around the runway
- 14–21
- Working days · fringe of the buffer
- 30–45
- Working days · airport-adjacent
- 3yrs
- Maximum penalty for flying unapproved
Drone weight does not remove a KKOP obligation. Under 2 kg is still banned inside the 15 km buffer without written approval.
- Legal basis: UU No. 1 Tahun 2009, PM 90 Tahun 2015 and PM 37 Tahun 2020
- Buffer covers Kuta, Seminyak, Jimbaran, Nusa Dua and much of the South Bali coast
- Chain: DGCA/DKPPU, AirNav Indonesia, airport authority, NOTAM where required, FSC via SMS-FSC
- Documents: risk assessment, flight profiles, pilot credentials, insurance, site-owner consent, battery cycle logs
- Penalty for an unapproved flight that endangers traffic: up to 3 years and Rp1,000,000,000
- Slots planned around peak arrivals and departures, monsoon gusts and community event calendars
What handling covers
What a KKOP package actually contains
Approvals inside the buffer fail on incomplete data far more often than on the flight itself. These are the parts that get built before anything is submitted.
Why KKOP applications get denied
Approvals fail most often on incomplete data, weak risk mitigation and unclear flight profiles — not on the shot itself. Every submission goes through official written channels only: DGCA/DKPPU, AirNav, the airport authority and SMS-FSC.
The closer a site sits to the runway axis or a critical approach sector, the more conservative the flight design has to be. That is decided before filing, from the airspace map, not negotiated afterwards.
Season matters. November to March brings gusts, rain and low cloud; April to October is more predictable but adds dust on take-off pads and heat in the batteries. Permit windows are built around both.
How we file
Four stages inside the buffer
Nothing is submitted until the stage before it is complete. That is what keeps a KKOP application out of the rejection pile.
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01
Airspace analysis
Your pins are mapped against runway centrelines and approach sectors. This sets the altitude ceiling and the timing window before anything is written.
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02
Risk package
A structured assessment covering airspace class, ground risk, crowd density, infrastructure and seasonal weather, aligned with what AirNav expects to receive.
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03
Filing
Submitted through DGCA/DKPPU, AirNav and the airport authority, with a NOTAM where required and Flight Security Clearance via SMS-FSC.
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04
Operation day
Crew briefing, safe zones, arming rules, hand signals and direct lines to security — plus abort terms that can halt the flight instantly.
Fringe-of-buffer sites with clear lateral separation from approach paths typically run 14–21 working days. Airport-adjacent venues, night shoots and events run 30–45, as of August 2026.
Support around the filing
What international crews ask for most often once the application is in.
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Email support through the window
Document updates, schedule changes and authority clarifications while the application is open.
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Korean-language guidance
Written explanations and checklists in Korean, so producers can brief local stakeholders cleanly.
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Post-flight compliance pack
Logs, incident reports where applicable and evidence of compliance, compiled for insurers and internal EHS teams.
Questions before you file
Send the pins before you lock the schedule
Site pins, dates and the flight concept. We come back with where they sit against the buffer, the realistic lead time and a quote.
