Display Your Drone's Registration Number with a Sticker! About the Remote ID Function

Essential information for drone registration

To register an aircraft, you are primarily required to provide the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism with the following information:

• Type
• Manufacturer
• Model
• Serial number
• Owner's address, name, phone number, email address
• (For corporations) User's address, name, phone number, email address, corporate number
• (For corporations) Owner's office address, name, department name
• (For代理申請の場合) Agent's address, name
• Aircraft weight class (25kg or more, or less than 25kg)
• Whether modified
• Presence of Remote ID

As listed above, there is a wide variety of information to apply for, but most of it can be easily found. However, many people may not be familiar with "presence of Remote ID." Remote ID plays a very important role in aircraft registration.

What is Remote ID?

Remote ID refers to a system that remotely broadcasts aircraft identification information via radio waves.

To fly unmanned aircraft, including drones, outdoors, a registration number must be displayed on the aircraft. This can be described as physical proof. Furthermore, it is mandatory to display identification information electronically using the Remote ID system.

The Remote ID system allows the following information to be broadcast at a frequency of at least once per second, even during flight:

• Serial number
• Registration number
• Position, speed, altitude
• Time

Types of Remote ID

There are two types of Remote ID: "internal" and "external." Internal type is built into the product from the start, while external type is attached later. External types can be manufactured by the same company as the product, or sold as standalone units.

Cases where Remote ID installation is waived

Many drones manufactured before registration became mandatory are not equipped with a Remote ID system. In such cases, an external one must be attached.

However, it is waived if procedures were completed during the pre-registration period, if safety measures were taken, or if the drone is tethered during flight.

It is also waived for flights conducted by the National Police Agency, prefectural police, or Japan Coast Guard for security or other "highly confidential operational purposes."

When displaying the registration number on the aircraft, using stickers is very convenient. WRAPGRADE sells stickers for displaying registration numbers. If you care about design, please consider using them.