Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda

Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda (CAA)
Parastatal
Industry Aviation regulation
Founded 1994
Headquarters Entebbe, Uganda
Key people
 Edward Mike Ndawula
chairman[1]
Rama Makuza
managing director
Website Homepage

The Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda (CAA) is the government agency responsible for licensing, monitoring, and regulating civil aviation matters. It is administered by the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport.[2]

Location

The authority's head offices are at Entebbe International Airport, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi), by road, south of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[3] The coordinates of the CAA headquarters are 0°02'23.0"N, 32°26'53.0"E (Latitude:0.039722; Longitude:32.448056).[4]

Overview

The agency was created by an Act of Parliament in 1994 as a state agency of the Ministry of Transport, Housing and Communication. As of October 2016, it was under the Ministry of Works and Transport.

The mandate of the CAA is to coordinate and oversee Uganda's aviation industry, including licensing, regulation, air search and rescue, air traffic control, ownership of airports and aerodromes, and Ugandan and international aviation law. It also represents Uganda in an international capacity within the aviation community and in all other aviation matters. As of October 2016, the CAA managed Entebbe International Airport and 13 other airports.[5]

Organization and operations

As of October 2016, the CAA works with an administrative and operational structure of six directorates:

  1. Directorate of Airports and Aviation Security[6]
  2. Directorate of Air Navigation Services[7]
  3. Directorate of Safety, Security & Economic Regulation[8]
  4. Directorate of Finance
  5. Directorate of Human Resources & Administration
  6. Directorate of Corporate Affairs[9]

Expansion plans

In January 2015, Minister of Works and Transport Abraham Byandala unveiled a 20-year plan to increase international airports from one to five andregional airports from two to three; and improve six existing local airports. The plan also calls for the improvement of Entebbe International Airport at a cost of US$200 million.[2][10] Another $200 million will be needed to complete the upgrades to the other airports.[11]

Governance

The chairman of the board of directors is Edward Mike Ndawula.[1] The chief executive officer and managing director is Rama Makuza.[12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Newvision Reporter (31 March 2014). "Uganda Civil Aviation Authority gets new board of directors". New Vision. Kampala. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Tajuba, Paul (30 January 2015). "CAA unveils master plan to create four new international airports". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Globefeed.com (18 October 2016). "Distance Between Post Office Building, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda and Civil Aviation Authority, Entebbe, Central Region, Uganda". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Google (18 October 2016). "Location of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Headquarters, Entebbe, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Advertisement (26 May 2013). "Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) seeks to recruit several Ugandan". Kampala: The Observer (Uganda). Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  6. ↑ CAA (22 October 2016). "Airports and Aviation Security". Entebbe: Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda (CAA). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. ↑ CAA (22 October 2016). "Directorate of Air Navigation Services". Entebbe: Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda (CAA). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  8. ↑ CAA (22 October 2016). "Uganda Civil Aviation Authority: Directorate of Safety, Security and Economic Regulation". Entebbe: Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  9. ↑ CAA (20 October 2016). "Uganda Civil Aviation Authority: Directorate of Corporate Affairs". Entebbe: Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Mwesigwa, Alon. "Uganda: Airports To Generate USh8.5 Trillion Annually". The Observer (Uganda) via AllAfrica.com. Kapala. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Tentena, Paul (1 February 2015). "Uganda aviation plan needs $400m". East African Business Week. Kampala. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Hadijah Nakitendde (28 June 2016). "UK BOOSTS SECURITY AT ENTEBBE AIRPORT". Kampala: Sunrise.ug (Sunrise Uganda). Retrieved 22 October 2016.

Coordinates: 0°02′23″N 32°26′53″E / 0.03972°N 32.44806°E / 0.03972; 32.44806

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