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Flight restriction for the 2024 European Men's Football Championship

As a protective measure on the occasion of UEFA EURO 2024, flight restricted areas will be 
(ED-R) and areas with radio communication and transponder obligation (RMZ/TMZ) at the venues Berlin, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich and Stuttgart. 

The following overviews are an aid to official publication. 

Official announcements apply.

Established area with radius
condition
Excluded for inter alia:
ED-R "EM 1" with 3.704 m
(2 NM)
In ther estricted area described, all flights of flight models and unmanned aircraft systems are prohibited.
  • Operations flights of the Federal Police and state police forces
  • Flights on behalf of and at the instigation of the police
  • Rescue and civil protection flights
ED-R "EM 2" with
5.556 m
(3 NM)
In the restricted area described above, all flights, including the operation of flight models and unmanned aircraft systems, are prohibited.
  • Operations flights of the Federal police, state police forces and Bundeswehr
  • Flights on behalf of and at the instigation of the police, with the approval of the police, state aircraft and the Bundeswehr with reference to UEFA EURO 2024, in rescue and civil protection operations, ambulance flights
  • Flights under instrument flight rules only (interchangeable procedures – Y and Z flight plans – are not allowed) that comply with ICAO standards set out in Annex 17 (Aviation Security) or Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 
  • Flights of flight models and unmanned aeronautical systems at a distance of more than 2 NM around the airfields, taking into account the provisions of § 21h LuftVO and provided that a flight altitude of 120 m above ground is not exceeded
ED-R "EM 3"
with
55.560 m
(30 NM)
In the restricted area described above, all flights, including the operation of flight models and unmanned aircraft systems, are prohibited.
  • Operations flights of the Federal police, state police forces and Bundeswehr
  • Flights on behalf of and at the instigation of the police, with the approval of the police, state aircraft and the Bundeswehr with reference to UEFA EURO 2024, in rescue and civil protection operations, ambulance flights
  • flights exclusively under instrument flight rules (exchange procedures – Y and Z flight plans – are not allowed) which comply with ICAO standards set out in Annex 17 (Aviation Security) or Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008; 
  • Flights of flight models and unmanned aircraft systems at a distance of more than 2 NM around the venues, taking into account the provisions of § 21h LuftVO and provided that a flight altitude of 120m above ground is not exceeded
TMZ/RMZ
with
22.224 m
(12 NM)

Carrying and using a transponder with automatic height transmission and Radio-telephony contact with the associated ground station is mandatory.

  • Flights in area ED-R "EM 2"
  • Operations flights of the Bundeswehr
  • Police flights and on behalf of the police
  • Rescue and civil protection flights
  • Ambulance flights 
  • Flight models and unmanned aircraft systems up to a flight altitude of up to 120m above ground

In principle, all level 1 areas (ED-R "EM 1") will take effect for each match from 14 June 2024 to 14 July 2024 on the days with matches at the venues in the period from 3 hours before the scheduled start of the match to 4 hours after the start of the match. 

Stage 2 (ED-R "EM 2") and Stage 3 (ED-R "EM 3") will be announced by DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH with a lead time of approx. 48 hours before activation via NOTAM if required.

The centre coordinates of the venues are:

Berlin
52,51472N
13,23944E
Dortmund
51,49250N
7,45194E
Düsseldorf
51,26167N
6,73306E
Frankfurt
50,06694N
8,65361E
Gelsenkirchen
51,55472N
7,06750E
Hamburg
53,58722N
9,89861E
Köln
50,93361N
6,87500E
Leipzig
51,34500N
12,34417E
München
48,22000N
11,61444E
Stuttgart48,79139N
9,23417E


Current NOTAM (as of 24.06.2024):

D1888/24:
Activation of  ED-R Stuttgart 2 on 26/06/2024 from 13:00 (UTC) until 20:00 (UTC)

D1889/24:
Activation of TMZ/RMZ Stuttgart on 26/06/2024 from 13:00 (UTC) until 20:00 (UTC)

In addition, existing flight restriction areas will be extended in their temporal effectiveness. 

Official announcements apply. 

Please note the information below (German only):

Further information can be found on the  AIS-C Portal of DFS Deutschen Flugsicherung (DFS) GmbH