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{{Infobox Organization|name = International Civil Aviation Organization|image_border = Flag of ICAO.svg|caption = The ICAO flag|headquarters = Montreal,
Canada, [Chinese language, English language,
French language, Russian language and
Spanish language|general = Taïeb Chérif|website = http://www.icao.int|map =|mcaption = 190 ICAO Contracting States-->
The
International Civil Aviation Organization (
ICAO), an agency of the [United Nations, codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international
scheduled air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. Its headquarters are located in the
Quartier international de Montréal of Montreal,
Canada.
The ICAO Council adopts standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, prevention of unlawful interference, and facilitation of border-crossing procedures for international
civil aviation. In addition, the ICAO defines the protocols for air accident investigation followed by transport safety authorities in countries signatory to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, commonly known as the Chicago Convention. See
National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Safety Board, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung, and
Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'Aviation Civile.
The ICAO should not be confused with the
International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade organization for
airlines also headquartered in Montreal.
ICAO Codes
Both ICAO and IATA have their own airport and airline code systems.ICAO uses 4-letter ICAO airport code and 3-letter ICAO airline designator. IATA is scheduled to eventually switch its codes to the ICAO standard. In the continental United States, the ICAO codes are usually the same as the IATA code, with a prefix of "K" — LAX is KLAX. Canada follows a similar pattern, where a prefix of "C" is usually added to an IATA code to find the ICAO code — YEG is CYEG. In the rest of the world, the codes are unrelated, as the IATA code is phonic and the ICAO code is location-based; for example,
Charles de Gaulle ICAO:LFPG, IATA:CDG.
ICAO is also responsible for issuing
alphanumeric aircraft type codes that contain 3 or 4 characters. These codes provide the identification that is typically used in
flight plans. An example of this is the Boeing 747 that would use (depending on the variant)
B741,
B742,
B743, etc.
ICAO provides telephony designators to aircraft operators worldwide. These consist of the three-letter airline identifer and a one- or two-word designator. They are usually, but not always, similar to the aircraft operator name. Thus the identifer for Aer Lingus is
EIN and the designator is
Shamrock, while
Japan Airlines International is
JAL and
Japan Air . Thus, a flight by Aer Lingus numbered 111 would be written as "EIN111" and pronounced "Shamrock One-Eleven" on the radio, while a similarly numbered Japan Airlines flight would be written as "JAL111" and pronounced "Japan Air One-Eleven".
ICAO maintains the standards for
aircraft registration ("tail numbers"), including the alphanumeric codes that identify the country of registration.
ICAO statute
The 9th edition of the Convention on International Civil Aviation includes modifications from 1948 up to year 2006 . The ICAO refers to its current edition of the Convention as the
statute, and designates it as ICAO Doc 7300/9.
The Convention has 18 Annexes. These Annexes are listed by title in the article Convention on International Civil Aviation.
ICAO standards
The ICAO also standardizes certain functions for use in the airline industry, such as the
Aeronautical Message Handling System AMHS; this probably makes it a
standards organization.
The ICAO defines an International Standard Atmosphere (also known as ICAO Standard Atmosphere), a model of the standard variation of pressure, temperature, density, and
viscosity with
altitude in the Earth's atmosphere. This is useful in calibrating instruments and designing aircraft.ICAO,
Manual of the ICAO Standard Atmosphere (extended to 80 kilometres (262 500 feet)), Doc 7488-CD, Third Edition, 1993, ISBN 92-9194-004-6
The ICAO
standardization machine-readable passports world-wide.{{cite web ]s have an area where some of the information otherwise written in textual form is written as strings of alphanumeric characters, printed in a manner suitable for
optical character recognition. This enables border controllers and other law enforcement agents to process such passports quickly, without having to input the information manually into a computer. ICAO publishes
Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents, the technical standard for machine-readable passports. {{Citation | author = International Civil Aviation Organization
| author-link = International Civil Aviation Organization
| title =Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents
| year =2006
| edition=Sixth
| url =http://mrtd.icao.int/content/view/33/202/
| accessdate = 2007-09-10 --> A more recent standard is for [biometric passports. These contain [biometrics to authenticate the identity of travellers. The passport's critical information is stored on a tiny [RFID computer chip, much like information stored on [smartcards. Like some smartcards, the passport book design calls for an embedded contactless chip that is able to hold [digital signature data to ensure the integrity of the passport and the biometric data.
Regions and regional offices
The ICAO has seven regional offices serving nine regions:
1. Asia and Pacific, Bangkok
2. Middle East,
Cairo
3. Western and Central Africa, Dakar
4. South America, Lima
5. North America, Central America and Caribbean, Mexico City
6. Eastern and Southern Africa,
Nairobi
7. Europe and North Atlantic, Paris
ICAO Leadership
List of Secretaries General
List of Council Presidents
- Edward Pearson Warner (1947-1957)
- Walter Binaghi (1957-1976)
- Assad Kotaite (1976-2006)
- Roberto Kobeh Gonzalez (2006-Present)
ICAO and Climate Change
Emissions from international aviation are specifically excluded from the targets agreed under the Kyoto Protocol. Instead, the Protocol invites developed countries to pursue the limitation or reduction of emissions through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). ICAO’senvironmental committee continues to consider the potential for using market-based measures such as trading and charging, but this work is unlikely to lead to global action. It is currently developing guidance for states who wish to include aviation in an emissions trading scheme (ETS) to meet their Kyoto commitments, and for airlines who wish to participate voluntarily in a trading scheme. It is also looking at guidance on how charges can be applied to aircraft greenhouse gas emissions, although a recent ICAO Resolution prevents states from introducing a scheme for international aviation before 2007.
Emissions from domestic aviation are included within the Kyoto targets agreed by countries. This has led to some national policies such as fuel and emission taxes for domestic air travel in the Netherlands and Norway respectively. Although some countries tax the fuel used by domestic aviation, there is no duty on kerosene used on international flights.(Aviation Environment Federation )
See also
References
External links
- Convention on International Civil Aviation (Doc 7300)
- International Civil Aviation Organization website
- ICAO airport code prefixes (not to be confused with the IATA location identifiers)
- ICAO aircraft manufacturer codes
- List of ICAO contracting states
- ICAO brief memo
{{Infobox Organization|name = International Civil Aviation Organization|image_border = Flag of ICAO.svg|caption = The ICAO flag|headquarters =
Montreal,
Canada, [Chinese language, English language,
French language, Russian language and
Spanish language|general =
Taïeb Chérif|website = http://www.icao.int|map =|mcaption = 190 ICAO Contracting States-->
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an agency of the [United Nations, codifies the principles and techniques of international air navigation and fosters the planning and development of international scheduled air transport to ensure safe and orderly growth. Its headquarters are located in the
Quartier international de Montréal of Montreal, Canada.
The ICAO Council adopts standards and recommended practices concerning air navigation, prevention of unlawful interference, and facilitation of border-crossing procedures for international civil aviation. In addition, the ICAO defines the protocols for air accident investigation followed by transport safety authorities in countries signatory to the
Convention on International Civil Aviation, commonly known as the
Chicago Convention. See
National Transportation Safety Board, Transportation Safety Board, Air Accidents Investigation Branch,
Bundesstelle für Flugunfalluntersuchung, and
Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'Aviation Civile.
The ICAO should not be confused with the
International Air Transport Association (IATA), a trade organization for airlines also headquartered in Montreal.
ICAO Codes
Both ICAO and IATA have their own airport and airline code systems.ICAO uses 4-letter ICAO airport code and 3-letter
ICAO airline designator. IATA is scheduled to eventually switch its codes to the ICAO standard. In the continental United States, the ICAO codes are usually the same as the IATA code, with a prefix of "K" — LAX is KLAX. Canada follows a similar pattern, where a prefix of "C" is usually added to an IATA code to find the ICAO code — YEG is CYEG. In the rest of the world, the codes are unrelated, as the IATA code is phonic and the ICAO code is location-based; for example,
Charles de Gaulle ICAO:LFPG, IATA:CDG.
ICAO is also responsible for issuing alphanumeric aircraft type codes that contain 3 or 4 characters. These codes provide the identification that is typically used in
flight plans. An example of this is the
Boeing 747 that would use (depending on the variant)
B741,
B742,
B743, etc.
ICAO provides
telephony designators to aircraft operators worldwide. These consist of the three-letter airline identifer and a one- or two-word designator. They are usually, but not always, similar to the aircraft operator name. Thus the identifer for Aer Lingus is
EIN and the designator is
Shamrock, while Japan Airlines International is
JAL and
Japan Air . Thus, a flight by Aer Lingus numbered 111 would be written as "EIN111" and pronounced "Shamrock One-Eleven" on the radio, while a similarly numbered Japan Airlines flight would be written as "JAL111" and pronounced "Japan Air One-Eleven".
ICAO maintains the standards for
aircraft registration ("tail numbers"), including the alphanumeric codes that identify the country of registration.
ICAO statute
The 9th edition of the
Convention on International Civil Aviation includes modifications from 1948 up to year 2006 . The ICAO refers to its current edition of the Convention as the
statute, and designates it as ICAO Doc 7300/9.
The Convention has 18 Annexes. These Annexes are listed by title in the article Convention on International Civil Aviation.
ICAO standards
The ICAO also standardizes certain functions for use in the airline industry, such as the Aeronautical Message Handling System AMHS; this probably makes it a
standards organization.
The ICAO defines an International Standard Atmosphere (also known as ICAO Standard Atmosphere), a model of the standard variation of pressure, temperature, density, and
viscosity with
altitude in the Earth's atmosphere. This is useful in calibrating instruments and designing aircraft.ICAO,
Manual of the ICAO Standard Atmosphere (extended to 80 kilometres (262 500 feet)), Doc 7488-CD, Third Edition, 1993, ISBN 92-9194-004-6
The ICAO
standardization machine-readable passports world-wide.{{cite web ]s have an area where some of the information otherwise written in textual form is written as strings of alphanumeric characters, printed in a manner suitable for optical character recognition. This enables border controllers and other law enforcement agents to process such passports quickly, without having to input the information manually into a computer. ICAO publishes
Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents, the technical standard for machine-readable passports. {{Citation | author = International Civil Aviation Organization
| author-link = International Civil Aviation Organization
| title =Doc 9303, Machine Readable Travel Documents
| year =2006
| edition=Sixth
| url =http://mrtd.icao.int/content/view/33/202/
| accessdate = 2007-09-10 --> A more recent standard is for [biometric passports. These contain [biometrics to authenticate the identity of travellers. The passport's critical information is stored on a tiny [RFID computer chip, much like information stored on [smartcards. Like some smartcards, the passport book design calls for an embedded contactless chip that is able to hold [digital signature data to ensure the integrity of the passport and the biometric data.
Regions and regional offices
The ICAO has seven regional offices serving nine regions:
1. Asia and Pacific,
Bangkok
2. Middle East,
Cairo
3. Western and Central Africa,
Dakar
4. South America,
Lima
5. North America, Central America and Caribbean,
Mexico City
6. Eastern and Southern Africa, Nairobi
7. Europe and North Atlantic,
Paris
ICAO Leadership
List of Secretaries General
List of Council Presidents
ICAO and Climate Change
Emissions from international aviation are specifically excluded from the targets agreed under the Kyoto Protocol. Instead, the Protocol invites developed countries to pursue the limitation or reduction of emissions through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). ICAO’senvironmental committee continues to consider the potential for using market-based measures such as trading and charging, but this work is unlikely to lead to global action. It is currently developing guidance for states who wish to include aviation in an emissions trading scheme (ETS) to meet their Kyoto commitments, and for airlines who wish to participate voluntarily in a trading scheme. It is also looking at guidance on how charges can be applied to aircraft greenhouse gas emissions, although a recent ICAO Resolution prevents states from introducing a scheme for international aviation before 2007.
Emissions from domestic aviation are included within the Kyoto targets agreed by countries. This has led to some national policies such as fuel and emission taxes for domestic air travel in the Netherlands and Norway respectively. Although some countries tax the fuel used by domestic aviation, there is no duty on kerosene used on international flights.(Aviation Environment Federation )
See also
References
External links
- Convention on International Civil Aviation (Doc 7300)
- International Civil Aviation Organization website
- ICAO airport code prefixes (not to be confused with the IATA location identifiers)
- ICAO aircraft manufacturer codes
- List of ICAO contracting states
- ICAO brief memo
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