Incidents in 2025

The 188 published drone incidents in Europe in 2025.

Incidents: 188
Confirmed by an authority: 87
Attributed: 1

27/12/2025 · Drones over Hanover airport force flight diversions · Reported · Hanover, Germany
21/12/2025 · Drone found in a forest area in Curtea de Argeș, Romania · Reported · Drone ruled out · Curtea de Argeș, Romania
21/12/2025 · Munich Airport closes due to drone threat · Reported · Munich, Germany
18/12/2025 · Possible drone forces flight diversion at Eindhoven Airport · Confirmed · Eindhoven, Netherlands
13/12/2025 · Private drone forces two flights to divert at Oslo airport · Confirmed · Oslo, Norway
07/12/2025 · F-35 fighters intercept drone over Volkel Air Base · Reported · Volkel, Netherlands
07/12/2025 · Two drone operators detained near Vilnius airport disrupt operations · Confirmed · Vilnius, Lithuania
06/12/2025 · Possible drones reported near Dublin Airport during Zelensky visit · Reported · Dublin, Ireland
05/12/2025 · Brief closure of air traffic at Brussels Airport following drone sighting · Reported · Brussels, Belgium
04/12/2025 · Five drones fly over Ile Longue nuclear base in Brest · Denied · Île Longue, France
04/12/2025 · Drones over Volkel air base prompt fighter deployment · Confirmed · Volkel, Netherlands
03/12/2025 · Military Gerbera drone found in a field in Sîngerei, Moldova · Reported · Pepeni, Moldova
01/12/2025 · Drones spotted near Zelenskiy's flight path to Dublin trigger major security alert · Reported · Dublin, Ireland
01/12/2025 · Unconfirmed possible drone sighting at Weeze airport · Reported · Weeze, Germany
29/11/2025 · Moldavian airspace closed due to foreign drones · Reported · Moldova
28/11/2025 · Drones over Chișinău close airspace and divert flights · Confirmed · Chișinău, Moldova
27/11/2025 · Possible drones over Eindhoven Airport cause closure and chaos · Reported · Eindhoven, Netherlands
26/11/2025 · Drones fly over Creil military base · Confirmed · Creil, France
26/11/2025 · Drone over Bremen airport forces airspace closure · Reported · Bremen, Germany
25/11/2025 · Romania scrambles fighter jets after drone incursions near Ukraine border · Confirmed · Puiești, Romania
25/11/2025 · A Shahed drone crashes onto a house in Moldova · Reported · Cuhureștii de Jos, Moldova
25/11/2025 · Drones penetrate Romanian airspace near Ukraine border · Confirmed · Vidra, Romania
23/11/2025 · Drones over Volkel Air Base prompt Dutch military to open fire · Reported · Volkel, Netherlands
22/11/2025 · Multiple drones disrupt Gibraltar airport and force military aircraft to divert · Reported · Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
22/11/2025 · Drone sightings force Eindhoven Airport shutdown · Confirmed · Eindhoven, Netherlands
21/11/2025 · Dutch military opens fire at drones over Volkel Air Base · Confirmed · Volkel, Netherlands
19/11/2025 · Drone enters Romanian airspace from Ukraine · Reported · Periprava, Romania
19/11/2025 · Drone flies over Moldova in the southern part of the country · Confirmed · Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova
19/11/2025 · Drone penetrates Romanian airspace during attack on Ukraine · Confirmed · Chilia Veche, Romania
18/11/2025 · Unregistered drone crashes in school playground in Mechelen · Confirmed · Mechelen, Belgium
17/11/2025 · Possible drones fly over Beauvechain military base and other locations in Belgium · Reported · Jodoigne, Belgium
17/11/2025 · Unauthorized drone in Alta Airport airspace · Reported · Alta, Norway
16/11/2025 · Suspected drone activity closes airspace at Aalborg Airport · Confirmed · Aalborg, Denmark
15/11/2025 · Temporary closure of Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden airport due to drone sighting · Confirmed · Karlsruhe, Germany
15/11/2025 · Unauthorized drone near Vilnius airport detected and operator detained · Confirmed · Vilnius, Lithuania
12/11/2025 · Brief closure of Brussels Airport following drone sighting · Reported · Brussels, Belgium
11/11/2025 · Possible drone flies over Leclerc tank convoy in Mulhouse · Reported · Mulhouse, France
11/11/2025 · Possible drones reported over NATO bases in the Maastricht region · Denied · Limburg, Netherlands
10/11/2025 · Drone flies over Eurenco explosives factory in Bergerac · Confirmed · Bergerac, France
10/11/2025 · Military possible drone falls in Tulcea, Romania, near border · Reported · Grindu, Romania
09/11/2025 · Liège airport closure due to drone sighting · Reported · Liège, Belgium
09/11/2025 · Three possible drones spotted over Doel nuclear power plant in Belgium · Reported · Doel, Belgium
08/11/2025 · Drone forces closure of Liège Airport · Confirmed · Liège, Belgium
07/11/2025 · Drone sighting at Liège Airport interrupts air traffic · Reported · Liège, Belgium
07/11/2025 · Suspicious flights over Kleine Brogel military base in Belgium · Reported · Kleine-Brogel, Belgium
06/11/2025 · Drone sighting at Brussels Airport with airspace remaining open · Reported · Brussels, Belgium
06/11/2025 · Drone sighted at Gothenburg airport forces airspace closure · Confirmed · Gothenburg, Sweden
06/11/2025 · Drones temporarily close Brussels airport · Reported · Charleroi, Belgium
05/11/2025 · Drones close Hanover airport for 45 minutes · Reported · Hanover, Germany
05/11/2025 · Drone sighting forces flight diversions at Cologne/Bonn airport · Reported · Cologne, Germany
05/11/2025 · Possible drone spotted above control tower at Gilze-Rijen air base · Reported · Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands
05/11/2025 · Drone closes airspace at Vilnius airport for half an hour · Confirmed · Vilnius, Lithuania
04/11/2025 · Four drones spotted over Schaffen military base · Confirmed · Diest, Belgium
04/11/2025 · Temporary runway closure at Munich airport due to unconfirmed drone sighting · Reported · Drone ruled out · Munich, Germany
04/11/2025 · Unauthorized possible drones fly in Dublin Airport exclusion zone · Reported · Finglas, Ireland
04/11/2025 · Airspace violation over Brussels Airport forces closure · Reported · Brussels, Belgium
03/11/2025 · Four drones spotted over NATO's Kleine-Brogel air base in Belgium · Confirmed · Kleine-Brogel, Belgium
02/11/2025 · Possible drone sighting over Mechelen-Zuid industrial area unconfirmed · Confirmed · Mechelen, Belgium
02/11/2025 · Drone sighted near Bremen airport interrupts air traffic · Reported · Bremen, Germany
02/11/2025 · Drone over Bremen airport forces airspace closure · Reported · Bremen, Germany
02/11/2025 · Drone temporarily halts air traffic at Berlin airport · Confirmed · Berlin, Germany
01/11/2025 · Drones fly over Kleine Brogel air base in Belgium · Confirmed · Kleine-Brogel, Belgium
31/10/2025 · Drone sighting suspends flights at Berlin airport · Confirmed · Berlin, Germany
29/10/2025 · Drone spotted near Vilnius airport with no impact on operations · Confirmed · Vilnius, Lithuania
28/10/2025 · Multiple drones fly over Marche-en-Famenne military base · Confirmed · Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium
27/10/2025 · Alicante-Elche airport closure due to drone sightings · Reported · Alicante, Spain
25/10/2025 · Possible drones over Marche-en-Famenne military base · Reported · Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium
23/10/2025 · Illegal drone causes near miss at Norwich Airport · Reported · Norwich, United Kingdom
22/10/2025 · Drones over Erfurt-Weimar airport force one-hour closure · Confirmed · Erfurt, Germany
21/10/2025 · Drone near Riga airport disrupts air traffic · Reported · Riga, Latvia
20/10/2025 · Unauthorized drones delay flights at Gibraltar Airport · Reported · Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
19/10/2025 · Drone forces closure of Palma de Mallorca Airport · Reported · Palma, Spain
19/10/2025 · Drone sighting at Fuerteventura airport forces flight diversion · Reported · Fuerteventura, Spain
18/10/2025 · Munich Airport temporarily closed following unverified possible drone reports · Confirmed · Munich, Germany
14/10/2025 · Drone forces flight diversions at Fuerteventura airport · Confirmed · Puerto del Rosario, Spain
12/10/2025 · Police stop man who flew a drone in the restricted zone of Sandefjord Torp airport · Confirmed · Sandefjord, Norway
09/10/2025 · Flights delayed at Edinburgh Airport after drone sighting · Confirmed · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
09/10/2025 · Possible drone flies over Seville I prison in Alcalá de Guadaíra · Reported · Seville, Spain
08/10/2025 · False drone alarm at NATO base Geilenkirchen · Reported · Drone ruled out · Geilenkirchen, Germany
07/10/2025 · Drones close Copenhagen airspace · Confirmed · Copenhagen, Denmark
07/10/2025 · Laser system deployed at Munich Airport against drones · Reported · Munich, Germany
06/10/2025 · Drone sighting during landing at Oslo Airport · Reported · Oslo, Norway
05/10/2025 · Munich Airport closure due to drone sightings · Reported · Munich, Germany
04/10/2025 · Vilnius airport closure due to suspected balloons · Reported · Drone ruled out · Vilnius, Lithuania
04/10/2025 · Drone sighting at Frankfurt airport; pilot arrested · Confirmed · Frankfurt, Germany
03/10/2025 · Unverified drone threat at Prague Airport · Reported · Prague, Czechia
03/10/2025 · Munich Airport closes due to drone sightings affecting 6500 passengers · Confirmed · Munich, Germany
02/10/2025 · Munich airport closure due to drone sighting · Reported · Munich, Germany
02/10/2025 · Unidentified drones fly over NATO base in Belgium and enter German airspace · Confirmed · Elsenborn, Belgium
02/10/2025 · Possible drone sightings divert flights to Frankfurt airport · Reported · Frankfurt, Germany
30/09/2025 · Drones sighted near Brønnøysund airport in Norway · Confirmed · Brønnøysund, Norway
30/09/2025 · Two tourists detained for flying drone near Bardufoss airport · Confirmed · Bardufoss, Norway
30/09/2025 · Reports of drones near Keflavík Airport · Confirmed · Keflavík, Iceland
30/09/2025 · Civil drone causes incident at Bucharest Otopeni airport · Reported · Bucharest, Romania
30/09/2025 · Aalborg airspace closure due to drone · Reported · Aalborg, Denmark
29/09/2025 · Possible drone, probably a balloon, closes a Schiphol runway for 45 minutes · Reported · Amsterdam, Netherlands
29/09/2025 · Temporary closure of Oslo airport airspace due to drone sightings · Confirmed · Oslo, Norway
28/09/2025 · Drone observed at Brønnøysund airport forces flight diversion · Confirmed · Brønnøysund, Norway
28/09/2025 · Drones seen near Bardufoss airport force a plane to turn back and close the airport · Reported · Bardufoss, Norway
28/09/2025 · Drone detected at Sundsvall Timrå Airport forces a plane into a holding pattern · Confirmed · Sundsvall, Sweden
28/09/2025 · Drones at Fuerteventura airport force diversion of three flights · Reported · Fuerteventura, Spain
28/09/2025 · Drones disrupt air traffic at Hanover airport · Confirmed · Hanover, Germany
28/09/2025 · Drone detected near Bucharest airport forces suspension of landings · Confirmed · Bucharest, Romania
27/09/2025 · Drones observed over Ørland air base in Norway · Confirmed · Ørland, Norway
27/09/2025 · Drones over Danish military targets for two consecutive nights · Confirmed · Skrydstrup, Denmark
27/09/2025 · Unidentified drones fly over Karup military base in Denmark · Reported · Denmark
27/09/2025 · Runway closure at Amsterdam Airport after drone sighting ruled out · Reported · Drone ruled out · Amsterdam, Netherlands
26/09/2025 · Unidentified drones fly over Karup military base in Denmark · Reported · Karup, Denmark
26/09/2025 · Drones spotted near Karlskrona naval base · Confirmed · Karlskrona, Sweden
26/09/2025 · Drones over Vilnius Airport disrupt operations · Reported · Vilnius, Lithuania
25/09/2025 · Aalborg airspace closed after unidentified drone sighting · Confirmed · Aalborg, Denmark
25/09/2025 · Drones near Billund Airport force airspace closure · Confirmed · Billund, Denmark
25/09/2025 · Drones close airports in Denmark · Confirmed · Esbjerg, Denmark
25/09/2025 · Drones close Aalborg airport and detected at several Danish airfields · Confirmed · Sønderborg, Denmark
25/09/2025 · Drone seized near Oslo airport · Confirmed · Oslo, Norway
25/09/2025 · Drones fly over critical infrastructure in Schleswig-Holstein · Confirmed · Kiel, Germany
25/09/2025 · Possible drone forces temporary suspension of Vilnius airport operations · Confirmed · Vilnius, Lithuania
24/09/2025 · Drones close airspace over Aalborg · Confirmed · Aalborg, Denmark
24/09/2025 · Aalborg Airport closed due to drones days after Copenhagen incident · Confirmed · Aalborg, Denmark
22/09/2025 · Possible drones observed at Oslo airport force closure · Confirmed · Drone not substantiated · Oslo, Norway
22/09/2025 · Possible drones close Copenhagen Airport and divert over 35 flights · Confirmed · Drone not substantiated · Copenhagen, Denmark
19/09/2025 · Civil possible drone observed near Bucharest's Henri Coandă Airport during landing · Reported · Bucharest, Romania
15/09/2025 · Drone neutralized over government buildings in Warsaw · Reported · Warsaw, Poland
13/09/2025 · Drone enters Romanian airspace and is intercepted · Confirmed · Pardina, Romania
13/09/2025 · Lublin airport closure due to drone attack threat · Reported · Lublin, Poland
12/09/2025 · Drones violate Polish airspace, NATO launches defense operation · Reported · Poland
12/09/2025 · Mystery drone found on Burgas beach · Confirmed · Burgas, Bulgaria
11/09/2025 · Suspected flying object over Vilnius airport forces flight diversion to Riga · Reported · Vilnius, Lithuania
10/09/2025 · Possible drone paralyzes Hanover airport for half an hour · Reported · Hanover, Germany
10/09/2025 · Drones close Rzeszów airport in Poland · Confirmed · Rzeszów, Poland
10/09/2025 · Drones shot down force closure of Warsaw airport · Reported · Warsaw, Poland
09/09/2025 · Russian drones penetrate Polish airspace · Attributed to Russia · Cześniki, Poland
05/09/2025 · Delays at Edinburgh Airport after unauthorised drone detected · Confirmed · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
02/09/2025 · Possible overflight of Shahed drone over Moldova · Confirmed · Moldova
02/09/2025 · Drone forces Lithuanian president's aircraft to circle over Vilnius airport · Confirmed · Vilnius, Lithuania
31/08/2025 · Drone over Oslo Gardermoen runway forces closure of air traffic · Reported · Oslo, Norway
22/08/2025 · Drone passes close to aircraft departing Heathrow · Confirmed · London, United Kingdom
22/08/2025 · Drone disrupts Vilnius airport with owner unidentified · Confirmed · Vilnius, Lithuania
20/08/2025 · Drone spotted near Vilnius airport forces flight suspension · Confirmed · Vilnius, Lithuania
20/08/2025 · Military drone crashes in cornfield in Lublin, Poland · Confirmed · Osiny, Poland
13/08/2025 · Drone forces closure of Lanzarote Airport · Reported · Lanzarote, Spain
11/08/2025 · Drone forces closure of Frankfurt airport · Reported · Frankfurt, Germany
01/08/2025 · Drone enters Lithuanian airspace · Confirmed · Kaunas, Lithuania
29/07/2025 · Drone detonated near Constanța Port · Reported · Constanța, Romania
08/07/2025 · Flight delayed at Bergen Airport due to unauthorized drone flight · Confirmed · Bergen, Norway
03/07/2025 · Drone falls near Varna airport · Reported · Varna, Bulgaria
02/07/2025 · Runway closure at Bergen airport due to drone in restricted zone · Confirmed · Bergen, Norway
01/07/2025 · Delays at Edinburgh Airport after drone sighting · Confirmed · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
19/05/2025 · Near-miss between aircraft and possible drone near Heathrow Airport · Reported · London, United Kingdom
13/05/2025 · Man charged for flying drone over Cofrentes nuclear power plant · Confirmed · Jalance, Spain
07/05/2025 · Surge in unauthorised possible drone activity near Hawarden Airport · Reported · Hawarden, United Kingdom
03/05/2025 · Drone in prohibited zone at Bergen Airport prompts police intervention · Confirmed · Bergen, Norway
03/05/2025 · Possible drones over Tarragona prison · Reported · Tarragona, Spain
02/05/2025 · Drone forces interruption of air traffic at Munich Airport · Reported · Munich, Germany
28/04/2025 · Drone observed over Oslo Gardermoen Airport · Confirmed · Oslo, Norway
22/04/2025 · Possible drone nearly collides with Boeing 737 approaching Gatwick · Reported · Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom
19/04/2025 · Bergen airport closed due to illegal drone flying · Reported · Bergen, Norway
18/04/2025 · Drone shot down over military base in Saxony-Anhalt · Reported · Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
13/04/2025 · Drone forces two aircraft to divert at Dubrovnik Airport · Confirmed · Dubrovnik, Croatia
10/04/2025 · Drone loaded with drugs shot down at Foggia prison · Confirmed · Foggia, Italy
01/04/2025 · Possible drone or UAP sightings over Newmarket near RAF Lakenheath · Reported · Newmarket, United Kingdom
30/03/2025 · Suspected drone flies over European research center at Ispra · Reported · Ispra, Italy
24/02/2025 · A drone forces flight diversions at Seville airport · Confirmed · Seville, Spain
19/02/2025 · Drone in Edinburgh Airport exclusion zone causes flight delays · Reported · Edinburgh, United Kingdom
16/02/2025 · Two drones violate Moldovan airspace · Reported · Moldova
13/02/2025 · Two drones crash in Moldova after airspace violation · Reported · Gagauzia, Moldova
12/02/2025 · Possible drone causes diversion of three flights at Gran Canaria airport · Reported · Gran Canaria, Spain
12/02/2025 · Military drone discovered in a field in Taraclia · Reported · Taraclia, Moldova
12/02/2025 · Drones over Alta airport prompt police intervention · Confirmed · Alta, Norway
12/02/2025 · Residents report several possible drone sightings over Arna, Norway, to police · Reported · Arna, Norway
12/02/2025 · Possible drone flies over Sofia airport causing delays · Denied · Sofia, Bulgaria
11/02/2025 · British Airways plane nearly collides with possible drone over London · Reported · London, United Kingdom
09/02/2025 · Drone sightings over Husum air base raise espionage suspicions · Confirmed · Husum-Schwesing, Germany
09/02/2025 · Drone blocks six flights at Sofia airport · Confirmed · Sofia, Bulgaria
07/02/2025 · Possible drone delays six flights at Sofia airport · Reported · Sofia, Bulgaria
06/02/2025 · Possible drone incident at Riga airport · Reported · Riga, Latvia
03/02/2025 · Drone violates Moldova's airspace from Ukraine · Confirmed · Moldova
01/02/2025 · Possible drone disrupts traffic at Larnaca Airport · Reported · Larnaca, Cyprus
31/01/2025 · Drones close Copenhagen Airport for two hours · Confirmed · Copenhagen, Denmark
30/01/2025 · Drones near Borcea air base trigger F-16 fighter takeoff · Reported · Tulcea, Romania
29/01/2025 · Possible drone incident at Riga Airport · Reported · Riga, Latvia
21/01/2025 · Illegal drones disrupt operations at Riga Airport · Confirmed · Riga, Latvia
18/01/2025 · Unidentified drone forces closure of Gibraltar Airport · Confirmed · Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
17/01/2025 · Possible drones penetrate airspace of Ramstein Air Base · Reported · Ramstein, Germany
16/01/2025 · Possible possible drone crash on Romanian coast during attack on Ukraine · Reported · Romanian coast, Romania
13/01/2025 · Illegal drones over Riga airport considered for shooting down · Reported · Riga, Latvia
12/01/2025 · Drones over German military bases in Manching and Neuburg · Confirmed · Manching, Germany
03/01/2025 · Unidentified drones over Køge harbour · Confirmed · Køge, Denmark

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