ENAIRE manages more than 2,200 drone operations in Spain over the summer

Drone operations in Spain remained at a high level throughout summer 2026. Between June and August, ENAIRE coordinated a total of 2,218 drone operations, reflecting the consolidation of the professional use of drones for an increasingly diverse and specialised range of activities.

Catalonia once again recorded the highest number of operations of any Autonomous Region, with 516 over the summer as a whole. Madrid ranked second with 451, followed by the Basque Country with 255. Together, the three regions accounted for almost 55% of all activity recorded over the period.

Andalusia recorded 209 co-ordinations and the Canary Islands 167, also confirming strong activity linked to the use of drones for aerial work such as infrastructure inspections, audiovisual recording and environmental monitoring, among other uses.

June was the busiest month, with 809 operations managed, while July and August recorded very similar figures, with 707 and 702 operations, respectively. This stability reflects the growing maturity of Spain’s drone ecosystem and the need for advanced tools to ensure safe integration with manned air traffic and support operational planning, such as ENAIRE Planea (planea.enaire.es) for submitting requests and ENAIRE Drones (drones.enaire.es) for flight planning.

Galicia saw particularly strong growth over the summer, rising from 29 operations in June to 44 in August. The Valencian Community also stood out, with 111 operations over the period as a whole, as did Castile and León, with 90.

Breakdown by Autonomous Region