With a comprehensive new announcement, the Federal Ministry of Transport is adapting the requirements and procedures for low-level military flights over Germany. The regulations not only affect military flight operations themselves, but also have considerable significance for civil aviation, especially for VFR pilots, glider pilots, motorised pilots and operators of small airfields without a control zone. The following article explains the new regulations on low-flying areas, minimum altitudes, operating times and protective measures for aerodromes. It also shows,

With a new announcement, the Federal Ministry of Transport is creating a clear legal framework for gliding sectors within airspaces C and D outside the control zones for the first time. These areas can be activated temporarily and allow gliding and other VFR operations under simplified conditions - in airspaces that are normally reserved for IFR traffic. The regulation facilitates air sports, improves the interaction between controlled and uncontrolled traffic and is an important component of the

With a new announcement, the Federal Ministry of Transport is creating the basis for special VFR sectors within the controlled airspaces of classes C and D. These areas, which can be activated temporarily, allow flights under visual flight rules under special conditions and are intended to meet the increasingly diverse requirements of general aviation. The measure supports gliding, parachuting, air sports events and special localised forms of operation, while at the same time relieving the burden on air traffic control. The following article explains the background, mode of operation and effects

A new regulation by the Federal Ministry of Transport will create standardised sectors in control zones in Germany for the first time, in which the operation of unmanned aircraft - such as professional drones - is permitted under defined conditions. This measure represents an important step towards harmonising the growing drone operations with existing manned aviation. The following article explains the background to the regulation, describes how these new sectors work and what they mean, and shows how they

German Air Traffic Control (DFS) has published new regulations on the vertical separation of controlled flights from airspace boundaries. This adjustment affects numerous commercial airports in Germany as well as the approach and area control service. The aim is to clarify the procedures in the transition area between controlled and uncontrolled airspace and to define the interaction between IFR traffic and activities in neighbouring airspace more clearly. The article explains the background, describes the practical significance of the new requirements and categorises them into

With effect from 1 January 2026, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) will end the mutual recognition of Austrian hang glider, paraglider and paragliding licences for persons resident in Germany. This ends a regulation that has been in place for almost three decades and allowed the simple exchange and use of Austrian licences in German airspace. From the new year, pilots trained in Austria who are resident in Germany must hold a German pilot's licence.