What Does a Drone Show Cost?

What Does a Drone Show Cost?

What Does a Drone Show Cost for Your Event?

What does a drone show cost? The honest answer is: it depends on your event. The price is shaped above all by the number of drones, the show design, the duration, the location and the permits required. Instead of a flat rate, we cost every show individually, so that you pay for exactly what your drone show genuinely needs.

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Why There Is No Flat Rate for Drone Shows

Every event is different. A compact show for a company celebration differs considerably from a large production above a festival. This is why the cost of a drone show always depends on its scale. The more drones take to the air, the more elaborate the design and the stricter the requirements at the location, the greater the effort involved. That is precisely why, at SMIA, you receive no off-the-shelf estimate but an honest and transparent calculation.

Individually costed, not a flat rate

How the Price Is Made Up

Drohnenshow Berlin Drone Show Berlin 750 Drohnen Berlin Drohnen über Berlin Olympiastadion Berlin Drohnenshow

Transparent Costing

So kalkulieren wir Ihre Drohnenshow: Zuerst schauen wir uns Ihr Event genau an, danach klären wir Ziel, Ort und Rahmenbedingungen und stellen daraus ein passendes Paket zusammen. Sie erhalten eine nachvollziehbare Aufstellung, bevor Sie sich entscheiden. Weil wir jede Show vorab im hauseigenen Verge Aero Designstudio simulieren, sind Aufwand und Kosten von Anfang an transparent.

The Factors That Determine What a Drone Show Costs

What does a drone show cost? Several factors are decisive, and each carries different weight depending on the event. Once you know them, it quickly becomes clear why quotes can differ so markedly.
Peter Smiatek in Mitten der Drohnen

The Key Cost Factors

These points feed into the price of a drone show:
  • Number of drones
  • Effort for show design and animations
  • Duration and number of shows
  • Location, travel and logistics
  • Permits and safety concept
  • Pyrotechnics on the drones, if desired
  • Music, audio and on-site technology
  • Lead time and planning effort

Showcase

Just a few of countless stories in the air and on the ground!

Drone show Vukovar: equestrian statue and lettered arc formed by drones above the stage

1,600 Drones over Vukovar

1,600 drones stood over the humanitarian concert in Vukovar, 600 of them hybrids carrying adapted fireworks. SMIA was on site with its own fleet, and Peter Smiatek prepared the show and flew it himself. Thirteen show elements in front of around 100,000 people, deliberately built as a display, not a show.

International Fireworks Festival Malta

At the international fireworks festival in Malta, SMIA flew the first drone show ever held on the island, together with Verge Aero. Led by Verge Aero, 700 drones added a dimension to Malta's pyrotechnics tradition that the audience there had not seen before.

750 drones over Berlin’s Olympiastadion

For the international film campaign around Project Hail Mary, SMIA lifted 750 drones over the Berlin Olympiastadion. Design, permits, logistics and flight planning came together in just 14 days, because the campaign date was fixed before the first drone took off.

Rietberger Himmelsleuchten 25

At Rietberger Himmelsleuchten, SMIA flew the first officially approved drone show in Germany to combine fireworks adapted to the drones with conventional fireworks. 350 drones presented a purpose-built show design for the first time. The permit came about through direct dialogue with the aviation authorities.

  • Drone show Vukovar: equestrian statue and lettered arc formed by drones above the stage
    Drohnenshow

    1,600 Drones over Vukovar

    1,600 drones stood over the humanitarian concert in Vukovar, 600 of them hybrids carrying adapted fireworks. SMIA was on site with its own fleet, and Peter Smiatek prepared the show and flew it himself. Thirteen show elements in front of around 100,000 people, deliberately built as a display, not a show.
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    DATEV Challenge ROTH 2026 drone show

    The drone show at the DATEV Challenge Roth was part of a complex live production of pyrotechnics, laser show, light, music and stadium dramaturgy. Rather than aiming for the largest possible number of drones, SMIA developed a precisely integrated show with 180 drones, a fully in-house design and timecode integration.
  • Drohnenshow

    750 drones over Berlin’s Olympiastadion

    For the international film campaign around Project Hail Mary, SMIA lifted 750 drones over the Berlin Olympiastadion. Design, permits, logistics and flight planning came together in just 14 days, because the campaign date was fixed before the first drone took off.
  • The WOA Bullhead above the stage in green - Wacken 2024 drone show
    Drohnenshow

    Wacken Open Air 2024

    As part of the festival production, SMIA staged the Space Cowboys show in the Wacken sky, alongside the iconic Grawling Creatures as a separate special show. The timecode tied every formation precisely to the stage sound and lighting design, so that sky and stage worked as a single staging.
  • Drone show Wacken 2023 - Lemmy & Wacken Forever. A tribute! - Wacken drone shows
    Drohnenshow

    Wacken Open Air 2023

    In Wacken Open Air’s most legendary year, thousands of fans could no longer reach the site. Mud, rain and chaos defined the festival, yet SMIA flew the show anyway, together with Verge Aero. Proof that the technology withstands even extreme conditions.
  • Mein Schiff 7 naming simulation
    Drohnenshow

    Naming of Mein Schiff 7

    For the naming ceremony of Mein Schiff 7 in Kiel, SMIA staged 400 drones above the shipyard. The setting demanded precise flight planning, as cranes, halls and the ship itself limited the airspace. The show followed the dramaturgy of the naming ceremony exactly.