''Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie'' (ANACIM), in English the National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology, is the national

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, ...

and

meteorology Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting. The study of meteorology dates back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not ...

agency of

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

, with its head office on the property of

Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport (french: link=no, Aéroport international Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, ) is an international freight and former passenger airport serving Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The airport is situated near the t ...

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

. ANACIM was formed after two agencies, the ''Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Sénégal'' (ANACS; en, National Civil Aviation Agency of Senegal), and the country's national meteorology agency merged as part of decree 2011-1055 of 28 July 2011. Previously ''Service Enquête et Analyse'' (English Inquiry and Analysis Service) of the ANACIM, formerly a part of ANACS, investigated aviation accidents and incidents.LA DIRECTION DU CONTRÔLE ET DE LA SECURITE
" Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Sénégal. 26 June 2007. Retrieved on 17 May 2013. "Le Service Enquête et Analyse effectue des inspections inopinées des personnels et des aéronefs et entreprend des enquêtes préliminaires sur toute plainte ou contravention aux règles de sécurité aérienne. Il est notamment chargé de: participer aux enquêtes préliminaires relatives aux incidents; mener les enquêtes sur les accidents d'aviation." It is now a separate agency,

Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation Civile The Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA, ) is an agency of the French government, responsible for investigating aviation accidents and incidents and making safety recommendations based on what is learned from those inve ...

(BEA Senegal).

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Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie

''Agence Nationale de l'Aviation Civile du Sénégal''
Government of Senegal Aviation organisations based in Senegal

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