22 September Both
Copenhagen and
Oslo airports were closed temporarily on 22 September due to drones being sighted near both, causing disruptions lasting into the following day.
26 September Kastrup Airbase was the site of another sighting starting at 20:15 CEST and lasting several hours.
28 September Police in Norway reported having captured footage of up to five to six possible drones at the same time hovering over restricted airspace at
Brønnøysund Airport.
29 September The Danish Defence Ministry was reported to have begun mobilising reservists, according to leaks given to the press.
2 October Due to drones of unknown origin, flight operations at
Munich Airport were suspended for several hours in the evening. Numerous flights were canceled or had to be diverted to neighboring airports such as Nuremberg or Stuttgart. At least 17 flights were grounded and around 3,000 passengers were affected. Authorities in Belgium were investigating sightings of 15 drones above the Elsenborn military site near the German border. After the sighting, the drones reportedly flew from Belgium to Germany, where they were also observed by the police in the town of Düren.
3 October For the second time in 24 hours, flight operations at Munich Airport had to be suspended due to several drone sightings in the nearby airspace. In a statement on Friday evening, the airport said that flights were stopped at 21:30 local time, with around 6,500 passengers affected.
31 October After sightings of unidentified drones, flights were suspended for almost two hours at
Berlin Brandenburg Airport.
2 November German Police stated flight operations were temporarily suspended at
Bremen Airport after an unidentified drone was sighted near the area. Several drones have been observed flying over
Kleine Brogel Air Base in Belgium near the Dutch border. A helicopter was deployed to the base after the drones were spotted, and they then flew off towards the Netherlands. Drones were also seen flying over other military air bases, including Leopoldsburg in central Limburg province and Marche-en-Famenne in south-east Belgium.
6 November Drone sightings were reported over
Gothenburg-Landvetter International Airport, Sweden, causing flights to be redirected to Copenhagen, Denmark.
Brussels International Airport also temporarily closed after drone sightings. Drones were also spotted over
Antwerp’s port area
9 November Liège Airport had to close temporarily after several drone sightings. Air traffic at the airport, one of Europe's largest cargo airports, was suspended for just under an hour in the evening. A total of three drones were spotted above the
Doel Nuclear Power Station in Belgium. The United Kingdom announced it will join France and Germany in sending personnel and equipment to help Belgium counter drone incursions around sensitive sites.
22 November The
Dutch Ministry of Defence says the
Dutch military opened fire at drones over
Volkel Air Base, where nuclear weapons are stored, but that no wreckage was recovered.
1 December During the landing approach of Ukrainian President
Zelensky's government plane, which landed at
Dublin Airport at around 11 p.m. for his official visit to Ireland, the crew of the Irish naval vessel
LÉ William Butler Yeats spotted several unknown drones north of Dublin. The navy observed the large drones flying directly in front of Howth over the Irish Sea.
4 December Five unidentified drones were spotted flying over the
Île Longue naval base in France in the evening. This base serves as the operational hub for France's fleet of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. Although soldiers fired a
jammer, no drones were shut down and no pilots were identified. == See also ==