An aircraft control method and an apparatus are provided, and pertain to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: An AMF network element obtains information about a no-fly zone of an aircraft (301). The AMF network element sends reference information to a control apparatus when a shortest distance between the aircraft and the no-fly zone is less than or equal to a first preset value (302), where the reference information includes at least one of first indication information and location information of the aircraft, and the first indication information is used to indicate that the shortest distance between the aircraft and the no-fly zone is less than or equal to the first preset value. This resolves problems that efficiency of preventing an aircraft from flying in a no-fly zone is relatively low and an advance preparation process is relatively complex and time-consuming, avoids installation of geofences on an edge of the no-fly zone, and therefore simplifies the advance preparation process. This application is used for aircraft control.