The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (Abbreviation

Abbreviation

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: CAAS; , Pinyin

Pinyin

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: Xīnjīapō Mínghángjú; Malay: Penguasa Penerbangan Awam Singapura) is Singapore's Civil Aviation Authority

Civil Aviation Authority

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 and a statutory board

Statutory boards of the Singapore Government

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 under the Ministry of Transport

Ministry of Transport (Singapore)

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 of the Singapore Government. Its head office is located on the fourth storey of Terminal 2 of Changi Airport in Changi

Changi

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.

Overview

The CAAS regulates civilian air traffic within the airspace jurisdiction of the Republic; it is also the sole government agency to maintain the operational efficiency of the airports in Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 and to engage civilian air-service agreements with air-service operators.

CAAS also operates the CAAS Air Traffic Control Service, which serves to ensure faultless movements of civilian aircraft at Singapore’s airports and in the Singapore Flight Information Region

Flight Information Region

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(FIR).