Remote ID: each country's broadcast rule and its dates.

United States: FAA, 14 CFR Part 89

What it rests on. faa.gov could not be opened for this site's research. The US rules below come from the Federal Register, the Cornell LII copy of the CFR, FAA talking points of 1 July 2024 published on FAASafety.gov, and, where marked, a third-party copy of the codified text.

Dates. Part 89 was published as a final rule in the Federal Register on 15 January 2021 (Amendment 89-1, in the rule document starting at 86 FR 4390, docket FAA-2019-1100). Its effective date is reported two ways: the Federal Register text gives 16 March 2021, while a trade report, seen as a search summary, says it moved to 21 April 2021 for administrative reasons. The rule required producers to comply with the production sections by 16 September 2022 and operators to comply with the operating sections from 16 September 2023.

Who it covers. Under 89.101(a), the operating rules apply to people flying unmanned aircraft registered, or required to be registered, under Part 47 or 48, and to foreign civil unmanned aircraft flown in the US (read from a search summary of the eCFR and a third-party copy of the codified text, because the official eCFR could not be opened). The FAA's July 2024 talking points say this covers every drone flown under Part 107 and drones over 0.55 lb flown for fun under Section 44809.

The rule. 14 CFR 89.105 (LII): since 16 September 2023 no one may fly an unmanned aircraft in US airspace unless the flight meets 89.110 or 89.115, except as the FAA authorises or under 89.120. The FAA describes three ways to comply:

• A standard Remote ID drone (89.110, read from a third-party copy of the codified text): broadcasts from takeoff to shutdown; its Remote ID may not be disabled; if broadcasting stops, the pilot must land as soon as practicable.
• A broadcast module (89.115(a), LII): a module listed on an FAA-accepted declaration of compliance and tied to the aircraft's registration, broadcasting from takeoff to shutdown; the person at the controls must be able to see the aircraft at all times and must land as soon as practicable if the broadcast fails.
• An FAA-Recognized Identification Area, or FRIA (89.115(b), LII): an aircraft without Remote ID may fly only if it and the person at the controls stay inside the FRIA for the whole flight, with the aircraft in sight.

According to the FAA's summary, a standard Remote ID drone broadcasts a unique identifier, the drone's location, altitude and velocity, the control station's location and altitude, emergency status and a time mark; a broadcast module sends the take-off location instead of the control station's. The FAA says Remote ID broadcasts no name, address or other private information, and that only the FAA and law enforcement can link it to registration data. Registrations must be updated with the Remote ID serial number of the drone or module.

Home-built drones. 89.501(c), read from a third-party copy of the codified text (the official eCFR could not be opened), exempts home-built aircraft from the design and production rules unless built as standard Remote ID aircraft. The Federal Register preamble says home-built aircraft stay under the operating rules (a broadcast module or a FRIA), that the term replaced the proposed "amateur-built", and that producers of complete kits are subject to the production rules while a hobbyist assembling a kit is not.

FRIAs. The FAA's July 2024 talking points say only FAA-recognised community-based organisations and educational institutions may request a FRIA; a FRIA gives no airspace authorisation; approval lasts 48 calendar months unless renewed; and Remote ID-equipped drones flying in one must keep broadcasting.

Enforcement and racing. In a policy published on 15 September 2023 (Federal Register document 2023-20074), the FAA said it would use enforcement discretion for operator noncompliance on or before 16 March 2024, citing broadcast module supply problems and a FRIA backlog (412 approved and 1,206 not yet reviewed as of 18 August 2023). Its July 2024 talking points name drone racing organisations as an example of operators that may ask the FAA for authorisation to deviate from the operating rules. No later FAA statement could be read.

Declarations of compliance are submitted by producers; the FAA said it had accepted over 300 by June 2024. Rule 89.115(a) turns on that FAA-accepted declaration, not on a seller's description.

United Kingdom: CAA

The CAA distinguishes Direct Remote ID, broadcast from the aircraft and receivable nearby over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, from Networked Remote ID, sent over the internet; it calls the two together its preferred long-term solution, with Direct Remote ID the interim.

• From 1 January 2026: UK1, UK2 and UK3 class drones, and UK5 and UK6 in the Specific category (the CAA's table gives UK5 and UK6 as not applicable in the Open category). The requirements sit in a statutory instrument that began to come into force on that date. The Drone and Model Aircraft Code, CAP2320 (March 2026, p.43, point 32), says the operator must add their Remote ID and switch the function on before flying a UK1, UK2 or UK3 aircraft, and that non-compliance may lead to prosecution.
• From 1 January 2028: UK0 drones of 100 g or more with a camera, model aircraft such as UK4 unless exempted, privately built drones of 100 g or more with a camera, and legacy drones of 100 g or more with a camera. The CAA says Remote ID will then be required for all drone and model operations unless the operator holds a CAA exemption.

The CAA says UK Remote ID broadcasts the Operator ID, the aircraft's serial number, its position, height and course, the remote pilot's position and an emergency status, and no personal identifying data. Each registered operator receives a Remote ID number, similar to but not the same as the Operator ID, whose private part the CAA says must never be written on the aircraft. The rules followed a consultation in November 2023 and the CAA's recommendations in CAP3105, which the Department for Transport accepted.

European Union: EASA

EASA's publication of 20 December 2023 says that from 1 January 2024, drones with C1, C2 and C3 class marks, and drones flown in the Specific category below 120 m, must operate with active, updated remote identification. C1 to C3 drones are sold with it fitted, and a compliant module can be attached where it is not built in. EASA recommends remote ID for legacy drones unless they weigh under 250 g, and operators must enter their registration number into the drone's remote ID where it has one.

Spain's aviation safety agency, AESA (page last modified 21 May 2026), lists what direct remote identification must transmit: the operator registration number and verification code, the drone's serial number, a timestamp, position and height, trajectory and ground speed, the pilot's position and emergency status. AESA says add-on modules are marketed with an EU Declaration of Conformity and that EASA publishes a list of them, but that AESA does not verify their compliance and the declaration is the manufacturer's responsibility.

Which classes: Germany's transport ministry lists direct remote identification for C1, C2 and C3 and not for C4. A search summary attributes to EASA a list that adds C5 and C6. The regulation text that would settle this could not be read, so the C5 and C6 position is unconfirmed. No EASA statement was found on whether a privately built drone flown in the Open category must carry remote ID.

Canada: proposed only

In Canada, Remote ID is at the proposal stage only; no final rule was found. Transport Canada's summary of its information sessions (page last modified 14 August 2026) describes Notice of Proposed Amendment NPA 2026-005: Remote ID by weight for drones from 250 g up to and including 150 kg, explicitly including FPV drones and model aircraft, with microdrones under 250 g exempt unless a payload or heavier battery brings them to 250 g or more. Legacy and home-built drones would comply by retrofitting a device such as a broadcast module. Only community-based organisation fixed sites and microdrones would be carved out, with a Special Flight Operations Certificate as a route to fly without it. Transport Canada anticipates full implementation for pilots in 2030. A trade report, seen as a search summary, says the proposal was published on 8 June 2026 with consultation closing on 9 September 2026; the Transport Canada page read does not give the closing date.

Australia: consultation only

No Australian Remote ID rule or start date was found on an official page. Search summaries, unconfirmed because the government pages timed out, show a public consultation on a Remote ID discussion paper, described as a first stage toward possible requirements. Dates given in commercial blogs cite no official document and are not used here.