The International Civil Aviation Organization (English International Civil Aviation Authority, short ICAO) is the superordinate organization of the United Nations, which regulates civil air traffic in most countries of the world with largely uniform guidelines.
background
On December 7, 1944, 52 states signed an agreement in Chicago for the first time, in which uniform rules and standards for aviation in these countries were established. Today 190 nations and thus almost all states in the world belong to the group of countries that submit to these rules. In a set of rules made up of four parts and 18 appendices ("annexes"), there are general provisions that apply as a specification of a common denominator. The individual states can implement this in applicable law, but do not have to. In addition to licensing requirements, the road traffic regulations for the airspace and radio regulations, the ICAO issues, among other things, a separate airport code for each airport (e.g. EDDH for Hamburg Airport).
Web links
- Wikipedia article on the ICAO
- www.icao.int - official website of the ICAO
- IATA - International Air Transport Association
