I'll be traveling from the US to Mexico in February 2018 and was reading the forum and found this thread indicating that "foreigners" can't fly in Mexico... that led to more research and I found a link from 9/2017 (which chrome translated for me) that confirmed that, with a caveat:
4.7.17. RPAS with foreign registration or registration or operated by foreign RPAS operators for scientific purposes, must request permission from the Ministry of National Defense in compliance with article 29 section XVIII of the Organic Law of the Federal Public Administration.
4.7.18. A RPAS with foreign registration or registration or operated by foreign RPAS operators, other than those mentioned in paragraph 4.7.17 of this Official Mexican Standard, may not operate in Mexico, unless there is a bilateral agreement between the Aeronautical Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority of the registration / registration status.
I did not search to find out if the US has a 'bilateral agreement' yet. Am curious if anyone knows the status of any 'agreement' that may be in the works?
I've also attached a pdf.(
DOF - Diario Oficial de la Federación).
Note too that there is a ‘new’ circular CO AV-23/10 R4 (revision 4; link was dated Dec 8, 2017).
However, the actual circular itself, once again as noted in this tread, could not be translated by chrome (too large).
<<The update of the regulatory framework of RPAS and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) continues. The publication of Revision 4 of Compulsory Circular CO AV-23/10, which establishes the requirements to operate a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) in Mexican airspace, is scheduled for the next few days. (
Trabaja la SCT en la regulación sobre sistemas de aeronaves pilotadas a distancia (RPAS), también llamadas “drones” | Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes | Gobierno | gob.mx)>>