Dirección General de Aviación Civil (Costa Rica)

The Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), in English the General Directorate of Civil Aviation, is the civil aviation authority of Costa Rica. It oversees all aspects of civil aviation operations and infrastructure within the country. The body was created by law on 26 October 1949.[1] Its headquarters are in San José.[2]

Dirección General de Aviación Civil
Agency overview
Formed26 October 1949 (1949-10-26)
JurisdictionGovernment of Costa Rica
HeadquartersSan José, Costa Rica
9°56′0″N 84°5′0″W
Agency executives
  • Jorge Fernández Chacón, Director-General
  • Alvaro Vargas Segura, Deputy Director-General
Websitewww.dgac.go.cr

As of March 2012, the Director-General was Jorge Fernández Chacón, seconded by the Deputy Director-General, Alvaro Vargas Segura.[3]

The agency investigates any aviation accidents and incidents that occur in Costa Rica.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Antecedentes históricos de la dirección general de aviación civil". Dirección General de Aviación Civil (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  2. "Dirección General de Aviación Civil: Información general." (Archive, Archive of Map) Dirección General de Aviación Civil. Retrieved on 18 April 2012. "La Uruca, San José, Costa Rica" (in Spanish)
  3. "General Directorate". Civil Aviation Direction General (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 August 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  4. "Marco Estratégico del Sector Aéreo Archived 28 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine." Civil Aviation Direction General. Retrieved on 18 April 2012. "Accidentes e Incidentes Investigar los accidentes e incidentes aéreos, mediante el análisis del factor humano, mecánico y medio ambiente, para determinar las causas que los provocaron, con el fin de fomentar la seguridad aérea por medio de la aplicación de las recomendaciones de carácter preventivo"


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