# Can I fly a drone in Lahti, Finland?

No published drone zone covers the exact centre of Lahti, but 6 restricted zones fall within 10 km of it, the nearest 3 km away. Check your exact take-off point before you fly.

## Key facts
- Restricted zones within 10 km of the centre: **6**
  - Requires authorisation: 6
- Zones covering the city centre: **none**
- No zone over the centre states a height at which its restriction stops; the EU open-category limit of 120 m applies
- Published by: Traficom / Fintraffic ANS (Finland)
- Official source: https://www.droneinfo.fi/
- Measured within 10 km of 60.9827, 25.6615

## Zones nearest the centre of Lahti

| Zone | Restriction | Distance from centre | Restricted up to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lahden pääpoliisiasema UAS | Requires authorisation | 3 km | 200 m AGL |
| Liipolan tietunneli L UAS | Requires authorisation | 3 km | 120 m AGL |
| Liipolan tietunneli I UAS | Requires authorisation | 3 km | 120 m AGL |
| Kymijärven voimalaitos UAS | Requires authorisation | 3 km | 120 m AGL |
| Patomäen tietunneli UAS | Requires authorisation | 3 km | 120 m AGL |
| UAS-ilmatilavyöhyke Päijät-Hämeen keskussairaala | Requires authorisation | 4 km | not stated |

## Who to ask for permission

- **Traficom** (6 zones near Lahti)

## Frequently asked questions

### Can I fly a drone in Lahti?
No published drone zone covers the exact centre of Lahti, but 6 restricted zones fall within 10 km of it, the nearest 3 km away. Check your exact take-off point before you fly. Lahti is in Finland, where the UAS geographical zones are published by Traficom / Fintraffic ANS (Finland) under Regulation (EU) 2019/947, Article 15. Always confirm against the official source before a flight.

### Where can't I fly a drone in Lahti?
Inside Lahti's UAS geographical zones. Within 10 km of the centre canfly? tracks 6 restricted zones: 6 requiring authorisation. They are published by Traficom / Fintraffic ANS (Finland) and shown on the map at https://canfly.io/map.

### How high can I fly a drone in Lahti?
The EU open category caps you at 120 m above ground across Finland, and lower where a zone says so. No zone over the centre of Lahti publishes a height at which its restriction stops, so treat 120 m as the limit and check the zones nearby before you launch.

### Who do I ask for permission to fly a drone in Lahti?
Traficom / Fintraffic ANS (Finland), which publishes Finland's UAS geographical zones under Regulation (EU) 2019/947, Article 15. Its official source is https://www.droneinfo.fi/.

## How this was worked out

A zone counts if any part of it falls within 10 km of 60.9827, 25.6615 - Lahti's centre as recorded by GeoNames. That radius scales with population and is NOT the administrative city boundary, so a zone just outside the city limits still appears. Population 121,622 (GeoNames record updated 2025-11-18).

City names, coordinates and populations from GeoNames (https://www.geonames.org/), licensed CC BY 4.0. Zone data is the official national dataset, unmodified except for normalisation to ED-269.

Full country picture: https://canfly.io/drone-zones/finland
Interactive map: https://canfly.io/map?country=FIN&lat=60.9827&lon=25.6615&radius=10000

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**Citing this page:** canfly?, “Can I fly a drone in Lahti?”, https://canfly.io/drone-zones/finland/lahti (data as of 2026-07-31).
canfly? aggregates the official UAS geographical zones that EU and EEA states publish under
Regulation (EU) 2019/947, Article 15. It is not an air-traffic or flight-authorisation service;
critical flights must be confirmed against the national authority.