{ "name": "dronelicencechecker.co.uk International Drone Licence Equivalence", "title": "International Drone Licence Equivalence", "url": "https://dronelicencechecker.co.uk/datasets/international-drone-licence-equivalence/", "csv": "https://dronelicencechecker.co.uk/datasets/international-drone-licence-equivalence.csv", "markdown": "https://dronelicencechecker.co.uk/datasets/international-drone-licence-equivalence/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-05", "license": "https://dronelicencechecker.co.uk/terms", "headline": "The International Drone Licence Equivalence carries 3 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 3 to 18 year, read 26 September 2026.", "quotes": [ "The International Drone Licence Equivalence carries 3 published figures read from 4 sources' own pages, from 3 to 18 year, read 26 September 2026.", "4 of the 11 named sources read in full publish a figure; 7 publish none, read 26 September 2026." ], "citation": "\"dronelicencechecker.co.uk International Drone Licence Equivalence\", updated 2026-10-05, https://dronelicencechecker.co.uk/datasets/international-drone-licence-equivalence/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "year", "n": 2, "median": 6.75, "min": 3, "max": 10.5, "p25": null, "p75": null, "mean": 6.75, "units": { "day": 2, "year": 2 }, "published_sources": 4, "named_sources": 11, "read_sources": 11, "not_published": 7, "published_share": 0.364 }, "by_axis": {}, "rows": [ { "source": "legislation.gov.uk: UK Regulation (EU) 2019/947", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/947", "figure": "18 years", "value": 18, "unit": "year", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "[F55The CAA] shall issue a unique digital registration number for UAS operators [F56who are at least 18 years of age] and for the UAS that require registration, allowing their individual identification.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b2d33e7682c1e30ee81d55d9a1df53892d2c683936d63733b708464f9f83e6f9" }, { "source": "legislation.gov.uk: UK Regulation (EU) 2019/947", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/947", "figure": "3 years", "value": 3, "unit": "year", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "quote": "all the relevant qualifications and training courses completed by the remote pilot and the other personnel in charge of duties essential to the UAS operation and by the maintenance staff, for at least 3 years after those persons have ceased employment with the organisation or have changed their position in the organisation; the maintenance activities conducted on the UAS for a minimum of 3 years;", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b2d33e7682c1e30ee81d55d9a1df53892d2c683936d63733b708464f9f83e6f9" }, { "source": "eCFR: 14 CFR Part 107, Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-107", "figure": "60 days", "value": 60, "unit": "day", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "A person subject to an order of rescission under paragraph (d)(3) of this section may petition the FAA to reconsider the rescission of a declaration of compliance by submitting a request to the FAA in a manner specified by the Administrator within 60 days of the date of issuance of the rescission.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "1b472d30cde7c18a924f2b5d8bafe8329539f29118870a0baacf77179be05ae0" }, { "source": "eCFR: 14 CFR Part 107 Subpart C, Remote Pilot Certification", "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-107/subpart-C", "figure": "30 days", "value": 30, "unit": "day", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "The holder of a remote pilot certificate with small UAS rating issued under this subpart who has made a change in permanent mailing address may not, after 30 days from that date, exercise the privileges of the certificate unless the holder has notified the FAA of the change in address using one of the following methods:", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "06f4587ce76dcd1c6b4f860d6b749cdf6599029be4ad800f7502b11215b31439" }, { "source": "FAA: certificated remote pilots including commercial operators", "url": "https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators", "figure": "3 years", "value": 3, "unit": "year", "vat": null, "axis": {}, "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "quote": "Registration costs $5 and is valid for 3 years.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "88192cdd1aa206597ef99340bb8ce9fe6301e99ebb0c089e5645700dc08564f7" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "EASA: Open category - low risk civil drones", "url": "https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/domains/drones-air-mobility/operating-drone/open-category-low-risk-civil-drones", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "EASA: drone operator registration, authorisations and pilot competency", "url": "https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/node/143656", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "FAA: Become a certificated remote pilot", "url": "https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators/become_a_drone_pilot", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "CASA: Drones", "url": "https://www.casa.gov.au/drones", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Transport Canada: getting a drone pilot certificate", "url": "https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/drone-safety/drone-pilot-licensing/getting-drone-pilot-certificate", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "Transport Canada: apply for an RPAS Operator Certificate (RPOC)", "url": "https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/drone-safety/drone-pilot-licensing/apply-rpas-operator-certificate-rpoc", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "easa.europa.eu", "url": "https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/node/143656", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/domains/drones-air-mobility/operating-drone/open-category-low-risk-civil-drones", "label": "EASA: Open category - low risk civil drones", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/node/143656", "label": "EASA: drone operator registration, authorisations and pilot competency", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators/become_a_drone_pilot", "label": "FAA: Become a certificated remote pilot", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.faa.gov/uas/commercial_operators", "label": "FAA: certificated remote pilots including commercial operators", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-107", "label": "eCFR: 14 CFR Part 107, Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-107/subpart-C", "label": "eCFR: 14 CFR Part 107 Subpart C, Remote Pilot Certification", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.casa.gov.au/drones", "label": "CASA: Drones", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/drone-safety/drone-pilot-licensing/getting-drone-pilot-certificate", "label": "Transport Canada: getting a drone pilot certificate", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://tc.canada.ca/en/aviation/drone-safety/drone-pilot-licensing/apply-rpas-operator-certificate-rpoc", "label": "Transport Canada: apply for an RPAS Operator Certificate (RPOC)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/947", "label": "legislation.gov.uk: UK Regulation (EU) 2019/947", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/node/143656", "label": "easa.europa.eu", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 4 of the 11 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 7 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source in year (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences), so N counts sources, never sentences; 8 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per jurisdiction per authorisation: what the equivalent of a UK Flyer ID, Operator ID and A2 CofC is called there, who issues it, what it requires and how long it lasts, quoted from that jurisdiction's own authority - EASA and the national aviation authority for the EU, the FAA and 14 CFR Part 107 for the United States, CASA for Australia, Transport Canada for Canada. The derivation nobody publishes: the RECOGNITION matrix - whether a UK certificate is accepted in each jurisdiction and whether that jurisdiction's is accepted here - beside the like-for-like requirement comparison, so a UK operator taking a drone abroad, and a visitor bringing one here, both get a verdict rather than a link to a foreign regulator's homepage.", "embed": "

3 to 10.50 year

2 published figures, International Drone Licence Equivalence, across 4 sources, read 26 September 2026

Source: dronelicencechecker.co.uk International Drone Licence Equivalence
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