Guinea GN
Guinea's civil aviation authority (AGAC) has not published a codified, technical drone regulation (weight classes, altitude limits, etc.), which leads some secondary sources to describe drones as 'unregulated.' However, a joint communiqué from the Ministries of National Defense and Transport requires every drone holder to register their equipment with both the Army General Staff and the national air navigation agency, and states that all drone use without prior authorisation from these institutions remains banned, with violators facing prosecution and confiscation. This is a security-driven, military-co-administered framework rather than a simple gap — there is no accessible route for an ordinary tourist to get authorised in advance, so recreational drone flying should be treated as effectively banned in practice.
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Visitors can't fly drones in Guinea
- Flying not allowed for visitors
Guinea's civil aviation authority (AGAC) has not published a codified, technical drone regulation (weight classes, altitude limits, etc.), which leads some secondary sources to describe drones as 'unregulated.' However, a joint communiqué from the Ministries of National Defense and Transport requires every drone holder to register their equipment with both the Army General Staff and the national air navigation agency, and states that all drone use without prior authorisation from these institutions remains banned, with violators facing prosecution and confiscation. This is a security-driven, military-co-administered framework rather than a simple gap — there is no accessible route for an ordinary tourist to get authorised in advance, so recreational drone flying should be treated as effectively banned in practice.
Flying
- A joint communiqué from the Ministries of National Defense and Transport requires every drone holder ('détenteur de drone') to register and catalogue their equipment with both the Army General Staff and the national air navigation agency
- All drone use in Guinean airspace is stated to remain banned unless prior authorisation has been obtained from these institutions — there is no distinction made between individual/recreational and commercial holders
- Violation carries real consequences: the communiqué warns of judicial prosecution and confiscation of the equipment
- AGAC itself has not published detailed technical rules (altitude, VLOS, weight classes); in this gap, general ICAO-based guidance is sometimes cited (VLOS, roughly 150 m/490 ft ceiling, distance from airports and people), but this is not a substitute for the mandatory registration/authorisation described above
- No public route for a short-term foreign visitor to complete the army/ANAC registration and authorisation process was found
Commercial use: No public commercial drone authorisation process beyond the same Army General Staff / national air navigation agency registration and prior-authorisation requirement was found. Treat any professional operation as needing direct, case-by-case coordination with these Guinean authorities well in advance.
Registration & classes
| Registration | Yes (all drones) Registration is done with the Army General Staff and the national air navigation agency, not through a simple civilian AGAC process — no online portal, fee schedule, or visitor-accessible procedure was found. This is a heavier, security-oriented registration model rather than an ordinary civil aviation drone registry. |
|---|---|
| Pilot test | Unknown No public pilot test/licence scheme confirmed. No pilot licensing scheme was confirmed publicly; the binding constraint for a visitor is the registration/authorisation requirement described above, not a separate pilot exam. |
| Remote ID | No No Remote ID broadcast requirement was found for any operator category. |
| Insurance | Unknown No public information on drone insurance requirements in Guinea was found. |
| Foreign registration accepted | No There is no confirmed visitor-accessible pathway to complete the Army General Staff / national air navigation agency registration and authorisation process in time for a typical tourist trip. Contact AGAC directly well before travel if drone use is important to your trip; expect this to be a slow, security-vetted process rather than a standard civil aviation permit. Treat recreational tourist drone flying as banned in practice given the stated penalties for unauthorised use. |
Weight classes
| Class | Weight | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| All drones | any weight | The Army General Staff / national air navigation agency registration and prior-authorisation requirement applies without a published weight-based exemption; treat all drone use as requiring authorisation regardless of size. |
Import & export
- None realistic for a tourist. Given the requirement for prior Army General Staff / national air navigation agency authorisation before any use, and the stated penalty of confiscation and prosecution for unauthorised drones, bringing an unregistered drone into Guinea carries genuine legal and confiscation risk.
- Registration and prior authorisation from the Army General Staff and national air navigation agency are described as mandatory before use; no separate, simpler import process for personal/tourist drones was found.
- Batteries: No Guinea-specific lithium-battery rule was found; standard international air-travel limits apply, though this is secondary to the authorisation issue.
- Contact AGAC (cpe@agac.gov.gn) or Guinea's National Civil Aviation Directorate before travelling if you intend to bring a drone — public guidance is thin and the binding requirement (army/ANAC authorisation) is not a routine tourist process.
- Given the stated risk of prosecution and confiscation, the realistic advice is to leave the drone at home unless you have secured prior authorisation.
- Secondary sources describing Guinea as simply 'unregulated' likely refer to the absence of AGAC's own technical civil rules, not the separate military/security authorisation requirement, which does carry real penalties.
Export
- No drone-specific export rule was found.
Costs
| Operator registration | Unknown Validity: Not specified publicly. |
|---|---|
| No public pilot test/licence scheme confirmed | Unknown |
| Import taxes | ? % duty + ? % VAT Usually only for drones you buy abroad and bring in to keep. |
Guides
Bringing a drone to Guinea as a visitor Visitors
- Assume you cannot fly without prior authorisation
A joint Defense/Transport ministry communiqué requires registration with the Army General Staff and the national air navigation agency and bans all use without prior approval from these bodies. Open
- Contact AGAC well before travelling
Email AGAC (cpe@agac.gov.gn) to ask about the current registration/authorisation process — there is no publicly documented visitor-accessible route.
- Expect confiscation risk if undeclared
The regulation explicitly warns of judicial prosecution and confiscation of equipment for unauthorised drone use.
- Do not rely on 'unregulated' claims
Some guides describe Guinea as having no drone rules; that likely refers only to AGAC's own technical civil rules, not the separate and enforceable army/ANAC authorisation requirement.
- Consider leaving the drone at home
Given the lack of an accessible tourist authorisation process, the realistic choice for most visitors is not to bring a drone, or to arrange authorisation with AGAC/the Army General Staff well in advance of travel.
Sources
- Mosaïqueguinée — Drones en Guinée : sous réserve d'une préalable autorisation, toute utilisation demeure interdite · accessed 24 Sept 2026
- Autorité Guinéenne de l'Aviation Civile (AGAC) — official site · accessed 24 Sept 2026
- drone-laws.com — Guinea Drone Laws 2026 · accessed 24 Sept 2026
How the score is built
- Drone flying banned for visitors−95
- Drone import banned−95
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