FOR YOUR PROJECT
A service designed around the result.
International agencies, relocation and real-estate buyers, producers scouting Madrid, event organisers and companies with a Madrid office who need a drone operator in Madrid they can brief, book and pay without speaking Spanish.
What it can include
- English-speaking coordination from brief to delivery
- Address check against Madrid airspace zones
- Certified pilot and insured operation
- Photos, 4K video and vertical clips
- Written quote within 24 hours
Drone services in Madrid, coordinated in English
Madrid is one of the most rewarding places in Spain to film from the air and one of the most regulated. Much of the capital and its ring, from the Castellana towers to the villas of Pozuelo and the sheds of the Corredor del Henares, sits in controlled airspace linked to Madrid-Barajas, Cuatro Vientos, Getafe and Torrejón. So we start every job with the exact address, not with a camera.
Our clients write to us in English and often sit outside Spain: an agency in London producing a campaign for a Spanish brand, a relocation consultant documenting a house in Boadilla for a family that has not yet flown over, an events team at IFEMA, a company that wants its Madrid office in the annual report. Brief, quote and delivery happen in English; the paperwork with Spanish authorities happens in Spanish, and you never touch it.
We provide certified professional pilots, an insured operation run by a registered operator in line with the UAS regulations, prices in euros, a written quote within 24 hours and edited material about 48 hours after the flight. Travel inside the Comunidad de Madrid is included. Everything runs through the quote form, and answers come in writing, ready to forward to your client or finance team.
Where we fly in Madrid and what it means for your booking
Orientation only: before quoting we check the exact address against the current UAS geographic zones on the ENAIRE Drones map and coordinate what each case needs.
Central districts: Centro, Salamanca, Chamberí, Retiro, ChamartínUrban environment under the Madrid-Barajas control zone: coordination and often a public-road occupation permit from the City Council. Plan on 7–15 days.
Barajas, Valdebebas, IFEMA and Campo de las NacionesClosest to the airport. Heights are often capped, frequently at 60 m, and coordination is the norm; workable with the right lead time.
Cuatro Vientos and the south-westStricter limits around the aerodrome, heights often around 45 m nearby. Low shots of a property or facade remain possible; skyline shots usually not.
Getafe, Torrejón de Ardoz and Colmenar ViejoThe Getafe and Torrejón air bases and military airspace near Colmenar Viejo shape what is allowed. Industrial estates are often workable with coordination.
El Retiro, Casa de Campo and Madrid RíoMunicipal restrictions apply on top of the airspace rules. We normally propose an alternative viewpoint with a similar background instead.
El Pardo, Sierra de Guadarrama and protected spacesProtected natural areas, with the Cuenca Alta del Manzanares and the Parque Regional del Sureste, have their own conditions; flown only with specific authorisation.
North-west belt: Pozuelo, Las Rozas, Majadahonda, BoadillaVillas, office campuses and golf-side homes. Many addresses pass the standard check; some need coordination, and the quote says which.
Sierra and south-east: El Escorial, Aranjuez, Chinchón, ArgandaLargely outside the control zones: standard review, shorter lead times and simpler planning for rural estates, wedding venues, hotels and warehouses.
Indicative. We check the exact address against the current UAS geographic zones before confirming any flight.
How a Madrid booking works
Five steps, all in English on your side.
- Send the briefUse the quote form: exact address or a map pin, preferred date, the service you need and the deliverables. Attach a reference or shot list if you have one.
- Feasibility and written quote in 24 hoursWe check the address against the UAS geographic zones, note the control zone and probable height limit, and reply with a written quote in English: price, lead time, inclusions.
- Coordination where neededFor urban or controlled-airspace addresses we coordinate what the case requires: airspace coordination, public-road occupation with the City Council, notice to the Ministry of the Interior where it applies (usually five days). Allow 7–15 days.
- Flight dayA certified pilot flies the agreed plan under an insured operation. Join on site and follow the shots on a monitor; we watch wind and light and reschedule at no cost if the weather turns.
- Delivery in about 48 hoursEdited photos and clips arrive by download link about two days after the flight, in labelled folders, with the invoice in euros. Longer edits are flagged in the quote.
What you receive after the flight
Fixed in the quote, a standard Madrid package includes:
- High-resolution edited photos, colour corrected
- 4K video clips, stabilised and graded
- Vertical cuts for social channels where requested
- Short edited film on videographer bookings
- Folders labelled by address, date and shot type
- Original files on request
- Photo report with located images for inspections
- Secure download link, no Spanish account needed
Municipalities and areas we cover around Madrid
Travel inside the Comunidad de Madrid is included; Toledo, Guadalajara and Segovia carry a small supplement.
- Madrid
- Pozuelo de Alarcón
- Las Rozas
- Majadahonda
- Boadilla del Monte
- Alcobendas
- San Sebastián de los Reyes
- Tres Cantos
- Alcalá de Henares
- Torrejón de Ardoz
- Coslada
- San Fernando de Henares
- Getafe
- Leganés
- Alcorcón
- Móstoles
- Fuenlabrada
- Rivas-Vaciamadrid
- Arganda del Rey
- Aranjuez
- Chinchón
- San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Guadarrama
- Collado Villalba
- Torrelodones
- Colmenar Viejo
- Valdebebas
- Castellana and Cuatro Torres
- IFEMA
- Salamanca district
Hire a drone operator or drone videographer in Madrid
The two requests we hear most often from abroad are hire a drone operator for a day and find a drone videographer in Madrid. Same booking, different emphasis. A half day or a full day, quoted individually within 24 hours, gives you a pilot, aircraft, batteries and a planned flight list. The videographer version adds a shot plan built around your story, colour grading and an edit: a finished film rather than a folder of clips.
Typical days: a property agency books a morning across three villas in Pozuelo de Alarcón and La Moraleja and receives 25 photos and a 60-second clip per house; a production company hires a full day for establishing shots of the Castellana skyline from Chamartín, coordination handled in the weeks before. In each case the exact figure is fixed in the written quote before a date is confirmed.
For foreign crews: commercial drone flights in Spain are run by registered operators and, in urban Madrid, need coordination that takes time. Bringing your own drone from the UK or the US for a professional shoot in the capital is rarely practical; hiring a Spanish operator for the aerial part while your crew handles the ground is the usual, cheaper route.
Invoicing, files and working from outside Spain
We invoice in euros from Spain, payable by bank transfer, with VAT shown separately. If your company is VAT-registered in another EU member state, give us your VAT number in the brief and the invoice is issued to that entity; clients in the UK, the US or elsewhere receive the same invoice in euros. Every figure we quote excludes VAT.
Deliveries go out as a secure download link with folders labelled by address and shot type, usable from any country without a Spanish account. Photos are high-resolution JPEG, originals on request; video is 4K, with vertical cuts if requested. Tell us if your editor needs a specific frame rate, log profile or codec.
