East Midlands Airport - Are you a drone enthusiast? #EMA is a protected Aerodrome, as such, they are areas where you cannot fly a drone or unmanned aircraft - find out where
![East Midlands Airport shuts with flights diverted over Download Festival drone activity - Birmingham Live East Midlands Airport shuts with flights diverted over Download Festival drone activity - Birmingham Live](https://i2-prod.birminghammail.co.uk/incoming/article23921321.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/0_JAJ_TEM_220921EastMidsAir_012JPG.jpg)
East Midlands Airport shuts with flights diverted over Download Festival drone activity - Birmingham Live
![Download Festival: drones flying near Donington Park disrupt flights at East Midlands Airport and delay passengers Download Festival: drones flying near Donington Park disrupt flights at East Midlands Airport and delay passengers](https://wp.inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GettyImages-488303070.jpg?resize=640,360&strip=all&quality=90)
Download Festival: drones flying near Donington Park disrupt flights at East Midlands Airport and delay passengers
![Rock fan using drone to film Download Festival forces East Midlands airport to close | Daily Mail Online Rock fan using drone to film Download Festival forces East Midlands airport to close | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/06/11/18/58954909-10907131-image-a-7_1654967162394.jpg)
Rock fan using drone to film Download Festival forces East Midlands airport to close | Daily Mail Online
![Police hunt launched after drone sighting briefly closes East Midlands Airport - Nottinghamshire Live Police hunt launched after drone sighting briefly closes East Midlands Airport - Nottinghamshire Live](https://i2-prod.nottinghampost.com/incoming/article2213527.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200b/3_137A3427-East-Midlands-Airport-taken-Nov-2016-on-a-sunday-when-airport-closed-for-runway-maintenance-photo-Robin-Macey.jpg)
Police hunt launched after drone sighting briefly closes East Midlands Airport - Nottinghamshire Live
![Man sentenced for flying drone over Download Festival in East Midlands Airport restricted zone | West Bridgford Wire Man sentenced for flying drone over Download Festival in East Midlands Airport restricted zone | West Bridgford Wire](https://westbridgfordwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-29-at-16.02.38.jpg.webp)
Man sentenced for flying drone over Download Festival in East Midlands Airport restricted zone | West Bridgford Wire
![East Midlands Airport shut as flights rerouted due to drone sightings near festival site - Leicestershire Live East Midlands Airport shut as flights rerouted due to drone sightings near festival site - Leicestershire Live](https://i2-prod.derbytelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article7137931.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/3_DM_TEM_290422EMAgvEMAgv_8098JPG.jpg)
East Midlands Airport shut as flights rerouted due to drone sightings near festival site - Leicestershire Live
![Rock fan CLOSES major airport after flying drone at Download festival just a mile away sparking more travel mayhem | The Sun Rock fan CLOSES major airport after flying drone at Download festival just a mile away sparking more travel mayhem | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/JF-COMP-AIRPORT.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=1500&h=1000&crop=1)