Drone Operator Services

Here is how this works in practice. Aerial filming in Peru is covered jointly by the DGAC. The MTC under Resolución Directoral N° 1086-2015, with CORPAC managing airspace coordination and the INC, SERNANP, and the Ministerio de Cultura layering heritage and protected-area permits on top. The operating ceiling is 120 metres, no-fly zones extend around every active airport and military fitting, and the INC keeps permanent restricted overlays across Machu Picchu — where commercial drone use is good banned without top permission — alongside the Sacred Valley, Caral, Chan Chan, Kuelap, and the Líneas de Nasca.

Here is the short of it. SERNANP gates the Manú, Tambopata, Paracas, and Huascarán reserves, while urban centres like Miraflores, San Isidro, and Cusco need Municipalidad sign-off plus PNP coordination. Peruvian operators register craft through the DGAC online portal, file flight plans against CORPAC's airspace system, and budget around 30 business days for commercial-use authorisation. The drone teams in our network hold the DGAC commercial pilot certificate, carry mandatory third-party RC insurance to the level the INC and SERNANP need, and book every permit before the production van leaves the rental house.

Here is the breakdown. Selection is driven by what the shot list actually asks for. Heavy-lift cinema drones flying ARRI Mini LF or RED V-Raptor packages on Ronin 4D or Freefly Movi heads suit feature establishing work over the Sacred Valley ridgelines, the Colca Canyon, the Cordillera Blanca, or the Amazon canopy of Madre de Dios. Compact sites like the DJI Inspire 3 and Mavic 3 Cine cover commercial and documentary work in tighter Lima and Cusco districts where airspace and crowd density preclude larger rigs.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. FPV operators handle the high-speed reveal and through-window passes that recent Peruvian luxury automotive and gastronomy campaigns shot through Miraflores agencies have favoured. Indoor drones operate inside Cinesphere stages. Every operator we recommend has prior credits at the genre and tempo of the production, holds CORPAC clearance for the specific airspace blocks the shot list crosses, and works fluently with Peruvian fixers handling PNP, port authority, INC, and SERNANP liaison who must sign off on each flight window — with SUNAT carnets and IGV 18% handled cleanly throughout.