The Civil Aviation Authority was created by an Act of Parliament

Act of Parliament

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 in 1994 as a state agency of the Ministry of Transport, Housing and Communication. The mandate of the CAA is to coordinate and oversee Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

's aviation industry, including licensing; regulation

Regulation

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; air search and rescue

Search and rescue

Search and rescue is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.The general field of search and rescue includes many specialty sub-fields, mostly based upon terrain considerations...

; air traffic control

Air traffic control

Air traffic control is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The primary purpose of ATC systems worldwide is to separate aircraft to prevent collisions, to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide information and other...

; ownership of airports and aerodromes; Ugandan and international aviation law

Aviation law

Aviation law is the branch of law that concerns flight, air travel, and associated legal and business concerns. Some of its area of concern overlaps that of admiralty law and in many cases, aviation law is considered a matter of international law due to the nature of air travel. However, the...

; representing Uganda in an international capacity to the aviation

Aviation

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 community; and to all other aviation matters.

Head offices

Office

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 are at Entebbe International Airport

Entebbe International Airport

Entebbe International Airport is the principal international airport of Uganda.-Location:It is located near the town of Entebbe, on the shores of Lake Victoria, and about from the capital, Kampala...

 in Kampala

Kampala

Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen...

. Current business of the CAA includes the construction

Construction

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 of the new cargo terminal and customs building

Customs

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 at Entebbe Airport.

Organization and operations

The Uganda CAA works with an administrative and operational structure of five directorates:

• A Directorate of Airports and Aviation Security
• B Directorate of Air Navigation Services
  Air navigation
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• C Directorate of Air Transport and Regulatory Services
  Regulation
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• D Directorate of Finance
  Finance
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   and Accounting
• E Directorate of Human Resources
  Human resources
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   and Administration

See also

• Civil aviation authority
  Civil Aviation Authority
  This is a list of national and supra-national civil aviation authorities.-See also:* Air route authority between the United States and the People's Republic of China* National Transportation Safety Board -External links:****...
  
  
• List of civil aviation authorities

External links

• Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda