The Civil Aviation Authority (, pt, Autoridade de Aviação Civil, AACM) is the

civil aviation authority A civil aviation authority (CAA) is a national or supranational statutory authority that oversees the regulation of civil aviation, including the maintenance of an aircraft register. Role Due to the inherent dangers in the use of flight vehicles, ...

in the special administrative region of

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a popu ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

and is responsible for controlling and regulating air its traffic and airspace. Its head office is on the 18th floor of the Cheng Feng Commercial Centre in Sé. The AACM is an agency under the Secretariat for Transport and Public Works. It was formally created in 1991 to replace the Macau International Airport Office that had been established in 1987. Some of the roles of the Airport Office was taken over by the CAM-Macau International Airport Company Limited. The AACM is headed by a president who reports to the general committee (as a member) and the administrative committee (as the head). , Simon Chan Weng Hong is the president of the AACM. Like its

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

counterpart, the AACM is independent from the

Civil Aviation Administration of China The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC; ) is the Chinese civil aviation authority under the Ministry of Transport. It oversees civil aviation and investigates aviation accidents and incidents. As the aviation authority responsible f ...

. The AACM controls the airspace within

. It also investigates aviation accidents and incidents.

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