Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics

Special Administrative Unit of
Civil Aeronautics
Unidad Administrativa Especial de
Aeronáutica Civil
Agency overview
Formed 30 December 1993 (1993-12-30)
Preceding agency
  • Administrative Department of Civil Aeronautics
Headquarters Avenida El Dorado 103-15
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Annual budget COP$587,487,600,000 (2012)[1]
COP$707,471,297,562 (2013)[2]
COP$921,685,751,000 (2014)[3]
Agency executives
  • Gustavo Alberto Lenis Steffens, Director
  • Col Alfonso Lozano Ariza,
    Deputy Director
Parent agency Ministry of Transport
Website www.aerocivil.gov.co

The Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics (Spanish: Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil, also known as Aeronáutica Civil, Aerocivil or UAEAC) is a government agency of the Colombian Ministry of Transport. It is the agency in charge of regulating civil aviation, the aviation industry, and of managing the Colombian airspace.[4] Aerocivil is also in charge of managing and controlling all of Colombia's public airports. It is headquartered in the new Aerocivil building on the property of El Dorado International Airport.[5][6] Previously it was located on the fourth floor of the main terminal building of the airport.[7][8]

Agency

The Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics is a semi independent agency of the Colombian Ministry of Transport. Aerocivil deals not only with civil aviation, but with general aviation as a whole, excluding military aviation which falls under the Colombian Air Force branch of the Colombian Military.

The agency also operates two agencies of its own, the Corporation of the Colombian Aeronautic Industry SA (Corporación de la Industria Aeronáutica Colombiana S.A, or CIAC) which is in agency in charge of construction, repair and maintenance of planes and jets,[9] and the Centre for Aeronautic Studies (Centro de Estudios Aeronáuticos, or CEA), which creates programs for training and education in the field of aeronautics.[10]

Mission

The mission of Aerocivil is to work towards the organized development of civil aviation, the aviation industry, and the safe use of the Colombian airspace, facilitating intermodal transportation, through:[11]

Objectives

The objectives of Aerocivil as a government agency are:[4]

History

During the early 1990s the growth of civil aviation and commercial airlines created the need for their regulation and oversight. In 1919 with the creation of the first Colombian airline, SCADTA, the need for regulation led the government to take the first of such steps. On 31 December 1919, President Marco Fidel Suárez sanctioned Law 126 of 1919,[12] which became the first form of legislation in the country dealing with aviation, making aviation companies, and everything related to aviation subject to government regulations.[13]

On 2 November 1933 during the administration of President Enrique Olaya Herrera, Decree 1080 of 1933 was passed. This decree ascribed matters of civil aviation to the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, the next year however, Decree 1682 of 1934, expedited by the newly elect President Alfonso López Pumarejo, ascribed it to the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War now controlled all aspects of aviation in the country, military by the Air Force, and civil by the Department of Civil Aviation (Departamento de Aviación Civil).[14]

As aviation became popular, and new international and national flight routes were created, the government saw the need to create a more organized and independent agency to oversee civil aviation. Was then that Congress passed Law 80 of 1938, which created the Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics (Dirección General de Aeronáutica), centralizing the management of civil aviation into one agency.[13] The agency was still part of the Ministry of War, but had gained more independence in management and finances, and was now in charge of the operations of aerodromes, airways, aeronautic radiocommunications, meteorology, and oversight.

On 18 October 1951 a change of name and command was implemented during the administration of President Laureano Gómez, who by means of Decree 1956 of 1951, created the National Department of Civil Aeronautics (Departamento Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil), replacing the name and placing it under the authority of the Ministry of Public Works.[15]

On June 18, of 1960, the National Government created by Decree 1721 of 1960 the Administrative Department of Civil Aeronautics (Departamento Administrativo de Aeronáutica Civil, DAAC), which was assigned specific technical and administrative duties to define aeronautic policy.[13] In 1992 the DAAC merged with the National Aeronautic Fund (Fondo Aeronáutico Nacional), broadening its services and responsibilities.[13]

On December 30, 1993 Congress passed Law 105 of 1993,[13] which created the Administrative Department of Civil Aeronautics, thus replacing the Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics, being now put under the administration of the Ministry of Transportation.[16] The agency officially went into operation on 1 February 1994, with officials being sworn in again, and 450 employees laid off.[16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Colombia, Congress of (14 December 2011). "Ley 1485 de 2011" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Bogotá (48,283): 10. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Colombia, Congress of (10 December 2012). "Ley 1593 de 2012" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Bogotá (48,640): 12. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Colombia, Congress of (11 December 2013). "Ley 1687 de 2014" (PDF). Diario Oficial (in Spanish). Bogotá (49,001): 21. ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Objetivos Institucionales". Nuestra Entidad (in Spanish). Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  5. ↑ "Inicio." Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics. Retrieved on January 26, 2011. "Av. El Dorado 103-15 Nuevo Edificio Aerocivil - Bogotá, D. C."
  6. ↑ "Oficinas y Dependencias." Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics. Retrieved on January 26, 2011. "Sede Central Dirección: Aeropuerto El Dorado."
  7. ↑ "Docket No. OST-2008- Regulations,gov. 3/37. Retrieved on January 26, 2011. "The government authority with competent jurisdiction over AIRES is the Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil ("UAEAC") de Colombia. The address of UAEAC is as follows: Aeropuerto El Dorado Piso 4 - Bogotá D.C. 211.20(b).
  8. ↑ "Quality Policy." Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics. Retrieved on January 26, 2011. "© 2007-2010 Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil - UAEAC Aeropuerto El Dorado Piso 4 - Bogotá, D. C.."
  9. ↑ "Acerca de la CIAC" (in Spanish). Corporación de la Industria Aeronáutica Colombiana S.A. Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  10. ↑ "Misión". ¿Quienes somos? (in Spanish). Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  11. ↑ "Misión". Nuestra Entidad (in Spanish). Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  12. ↑ Morales de Gómez, Teresa (2004-12-16). "Marco Fidel Suárez". Gran Enciclopedia de Colombia del Círculo de Lectores (in Spanish). Biblioteca Virtual del Banco de la República. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 "La Aviación en Colombia". Historia del Aeropuerto (in Spanish). El Dorado Internacional Airport. Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  14. ↑ Meriño D, Elias S. "Aeronáutica Civil Colombiana — Aerocivil". Aviacion colombiana (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  15. ↑ Bermúdez, Alberto (1974). El buen Gobierno: Administración Laureano Gómez (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 50. OCLC 1145800.
  16. 1 2 "Cambio De Estructura En Aeronáutica Civil". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 1994-02-01. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
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