Organization of CAA
Civil Aviation Agency of the Republic of North Macedonia
The Civil Aviation Agency (hereinafter referred to as the “Agency”) has been established to perform activities in the field of civil aviation. The Agency is an independent regulatory body vested with public powers as defined by the Law on Aviation.
The Agency exercises the responsibilities laid down in European Union legislation and international aviation standards and recommended practices, acting as the competent aviation authority responsible for the regulation, licensing, certification and oversight of civil aviation in the Republic of North Macedonia. These activities are considered to be in the public interest.
In carrying out its activities and making decisions within the scope of its powers, the Agency is fully politically, financially and functionally independent of any other state authority, other public legal entity or commercial company engaged in aviation activities, and acts impartially towards them.
Responsibilities of the Agency
The Agency has the following responsibilities:
- Performs activities within its remit in accordance with aviation legislation, the National Aviation Development Strategy and international aviation agreements ratified by the Republic of North Macedonia, with the aim of ensuring the safe and orderly operation of civil aviation;
- Oversees the implementation of legislation governing civil aviation;
- Participates in the preparation of draft laws in the field of aviation;
- Prepares, adopts and amends secondary legislation in the field of aviation as provided for by the Law on Aviation, as well as secondary legislation governing the implementation of European Union standards and international aviation standards, recommended practices and norms, in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Aviation;
- Conducts procedures for granting third-party ground handling service providers access to the airport ground handling market;
- Approves exemptions, exceptions and deviations from the application of accepted international standards and recommended practices where permitted by those standards and practices;
- Approves the Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP);
- Conducts administrative procedures and issues administrative acts concerning the issuance, extension, renewal, limitation, amendment, suspension, withdrawal and/or transfer of certificates, licences, permits and other administrative acts, where provided for by the Law on Aviation and the secondary legislation adopted pursuant thereto, and maintains records thereof;
- Registers aircraft, aerodromes and airfields, and maintains records of designated sites;
- Proposes measures to promote the development and application of new technologies in aviation;
- Protects the rights of passengers, including passengers with disabilities and reduced mobility, in air transport;
- Issues flight approvals and designations for domestic air carriers;
- Prepares and/or recommends aviation-related literature and guidance material for entities operating in the aviation industry; and
- Performs other duties prescribed by aviation legislation.
Governing Bodies of the Agency
The governing bodies of the Agency are the Management Board and the Director.
The President and members of the Management Board are appointed by the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, upon the proposal of the Assembly’s Committee on Elections and Appointments, for a term of four years, with the possibility of reappointment for one additional term.
The Agency is headed by a Director, who is appointed by the Agency’s Management Board through a public competition.
Internal Organisation of the Agency
The internal organisation of the Civil Aviation Agency is structured in accordance with the responsibilities established under the Law on Aviation, the Law on Obligations and Property Rights in Air Transport, and other applicable laws and secondary legislation.
The Agency comprises the following organisational units:
- Support Division
- Department of Legal Affairs and Human Resources
- Department of Information Technology
- Department of Training and Education
- Department of Financial Affairs
- Department of Public Procurement
- General Affairs Unit
- Flight Operations Safety Division
- Flight Operations Department
- Airworthiness and Aircraft Register Department
- Licensing Department
- Aviation Medicine Unit
- Aerodromes and Air Navigation Division
- Aerodrome Services and Infrastructure Department
- Air Navigation Department
- Security Department
In addition to the above-mentioned organisational units, the Agency has the following positions and organisational units:
- Advisers to the Director;
- Internal Auditor;
- Director’s Office;
- International Affairs Department;
- International Standards and Regulations Department; and
- SQS and Compliance Monitoring Department.
Institutional Framework of Civil Aviation in the RNM and CAA Organisational Chart
CAA Regulation on Internal Organization (No. 02-864-2, 21.05.2026)
