Pre-flight preparation

The Austro Control Dronespace system offers you numerous features to simplify your drone flight planning.
When you open the Austro Control Dronespace system, the interactive map displays color-coded zones indicating any flight restrictions that must be considered prior to commencing your flight:
 
Legend for drone flight zones with color-coded symbols indicating flight planning requirement, flight restriction, information zone, and prohibited zone – guidance for safe drone operations.


Quick Check and flight plan submission

To determine which flight restrictions apply to your operation, you can perform a “Quick Check” using the flight planning feature and then submit your flight plan directly within the Austro Control Dronespace system. This is done through a 3-step process:
 
  1. Define your flight geometry (i.e., flight route)
  2. Enter flight details and your contact information
  3. Review a summary of applicable airspace restrictions
 
Screenshot of the Austro Control Drone Space app showing a flight area map and selection step for pre-flight planning – step-by-step view for creating a flight plan.

Flight execution

The color of your flight plan indicates its current status and sequentially follows the steps shown below.
Please note that your flight plan is only considered active once it reaches the green “Flying” status.
Within a control zone, receiving the “Flying” status confirms take-off clearance from air traffic control.
 

Four-part visual showing drone flight zones with information on altitude limits, required authorizations, and warning messages – visual guide for safe flying according to airspace restrictions.

If you have submitted a flight plan via the Austro Control Dronespace system—for example, for a flight within a control zone—please always check whether you have received a message from air traffic control. These messages will be displayed in the Dronespace app.
 
Please note that you must always comply with the content of these messages.
After reading, confirm the message in the app.
 
 
You can find more details on flight execution here.

Austro Control Dronespace App

Flight plan submission and approval, Quick Check function, and operator registration – flying drones made easy and safe with both the  desktop-Version and the app.
Further information can be found in our guides and our Dronespace folder