Air navigation service provider

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An air navigation service provider (ANSP) is a public or a private legal entity providing Air Navigation Services. [1] It manages air traffic on behalf of a company, region or country. Depending on the specific mandate, an ANSP provides one or more of the following services to airspace users:

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These services are provided to air traffic during all phases of operations (approach, aerodrome and en-route).

Air navigation service providers are either government departments, state-owned companies, or privatised organisations. The majority of the world's Air Navigation Service Providers are members of the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation located at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

List of providers

List of air navigation service providers
NameCountry/RegionURL
Administration de la navigation aérienne (ANA) Luxembourg www.ana.public.lu/en/
Department of Civil Aviation (ATS) Republic of Cyprus www.mcw.gov.cy/mcw/dca/dca.nsf/DMLairtraffic_en/DMLairtraffic_en?OpenDocument
Aeronautical Radio of Thailand  [ th ] (AEROTHAI) Thailand www.aerothai.co.th
Air Navigation Services Aruba (ANSA) Aruba www.ansa.aw
Air Navigation Services Finland (ANS Finland) Finland www.ansfinland.fi
Air Navigation Services of the Czech Republic (ANS CR) Czech Republic www.ans.cz
Agence pour la Securité de la Navigation Aerienne en Afrique et Madagascar (ASECNA) Madagascar www.asecna.aero
Air Traffic & Navigation Services (ATNS) South Africa www.atns.com / www.atns.co.za
Airports Authority of India (AAI) India www.aai.aero
Airservices Australia Australia www.airservicesaustralia.com
Airways New Zealand New Zealand www.airways.co.nz
Saudi Air Navigation Service (SANS) Saudi Arabia www.sans.com.sa
Armenian Air Traffic Services (ARMATS) Armenia www.armats.com
Austro Control Austria www.austrocontrol.at
Avinor Norway www.avinor.no
Azerbaijan Air Navigation Services (AZANS) Azerbaijan www.azans.az
Belgocontrol (trade name skeyes) Belgium www.skeyes.be
Bosnia and Herzegovina Air Navigation Services Agency (BHANSA) Bosnia and Herzegovina www.bhansa.gov.ba
Bulgarian Air Traffic Services Authority (BULATSA) Bulgaria www.bulatsa.com
Civil Aviation Authority of Mongolia (CAA Mongolia)Mongoliawww.mcaa.gov.mn
Civil Aviation Authority of Pakistan (CAA Pakistan) [2] Pakistan www.caapakistan.com.pk
Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda (CAA Uganda) Uganda www.caa.co.ug
Air Traffic Management Bureau China www.atmb.net.cn
Civil Aviation Department (Hong Kong) Hong Kong www.cad.gov.hk
Vietnam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) Vietnam https://vatm.vn
Corporación Centroamericana de Servicios de Navegación Aérea (COCESNA) Central America www.cocesna.org
Corporación Peruana de Aeropuertos y Aviación Comercial (CORPAC) Peru www.corpac.gob.pe
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Philippines caap.gov.ph/air-navigation-service/
Croatia Control - Croatian Air Navigation Services Croatia www.crocontrol.hr
Departamento de Controle do Espaço Aéreo (DECEA) Brazil www.decea.gov.br
Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) Germany www.dfs.de
Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi  [ tr ] (DHMI, State Airports Authority) Turkey www.dhmi.gov.tr
Directorate of Air Navigation Services  [ ke ] (DANS) Kenya www.kcaa.or.ke
Direction des Services de la navigation aérienne (DSNA) France www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP) Curaçao www.dc-ansp.org
Empresa Argentina de Navegación Aérea (EANA) Argentina www.eana.com.ar
ENAIRE Spain www.enaire.es
ENAV S.p.A. (Italian air navigation service provider) Italy www.enav.it
Estonian Air Navigation Services (EANS) Estonia www.eans.ee
Etablissement National de la Navigation Aérienne (ENNA) Algeria www.enna.dz
EUROCONTROL Maastricht UAC Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, north-west Germany www.eurocontrol.int/...
Federal Air Transport Agency (FATA) Russia www.favt.ru
Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation in the Russian Federation" (State ATM Corporation) Russia www.gkovd.ru/en/
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) United States www.faa.gov
Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) United Kingdom www.hial.co.uk
HungaroControl Hungary www.hungarocontrol.hu
Instituto Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (INAC) Venezuela www.inac.gob.ve
Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) Ireland www.iaa.ie
ISAVIA Iceland www.isavia.is
Japan Civil Aviation Bureau Japan www.mlit.go.jp/koku
Jersey - CICZ Jersey www.jersey-airport.com
Kazaeronavigatsia  [ ru ] Kazakhstan www.ans.kz
Latvijas Gaisa Satiksme (LGS) Latvia www.lgs.lv
Letové prevádzkové služby  [ sk ] (LPS) Slovakia www.lps.sk
Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland (LVNL) Netherlands www.lvnl.nl
Malta Air Traffic Services (MATS) Malta www.maltats.com
Macedonian Air Navigations Services Provider (M-NAV) Macedonia www.mnavigation.mk
Moldovian Air Traffic Services Authority (MoldATSA) Moldova www.moldatsa.md
Moroccan Airports Authority (ONDA) Morocco www.onda.ma
National Air Navigation Services Company (NANSC) Egypt www.nansceg.net
National Air Traffic Services (NATS)Global (UK-based) www.nats.aero
Nav Canada Canada www.navcanada.ca
NAV Portugal  [ pt ] (Navegação Aérea de Portugal) Portugal www.nav.pt
Naviair Denmark www.naviair.dk
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) Nigeria www.nama.gov.ng
Oro Navigacija Lithuania www.ans.lt
Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airport Authority (OACA) Tunisia www.oaca.nat.tn
Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) Poland www.pansa.pl
Romanian Air Traffic Services Administration  [ ro ] (ROMATSA) Romania www.romatsa.ro
Sakaeronavigatsia Georgia www.airnav.ge
Servicios a la Navegación en el Espacio Aéreo Mexicano (SENEAM) México www.seneam.gob.mx
Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency (SMATSA) Serbia and Montenegro www.smatsa.rs
Serco Inc. United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and UAE www.serco.com
skyguide Switzerland www.skyguide.ch
Slovenia Control Slovenia www.sloveniacontrol.si
LFV Sweden www.lfv.se
The Tower Company Germany www.the-tower-company.de
Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (TTCAA) Trinidad and Tobago www.caa.gov.tt
Ukrainian State Air Traffic Service Enterprise Украерорух (UkSATSE) Ukraine uksatse.ua
Air Navigation and Weather Services (ANWS) Taiwan www.anws.gov.tw/homeweb1.php
Direccion General de Aviacion Civil (DGAC) Ecuador www.dgac.gob.ec
Belarusian State-Owned Enterprise (BELAERONAVIGATSIA) Belarus www.ban.by
HungaroControl Kosovo www.hungarocontrol.hu
Instituto Dominicano de Aviación Civil (IDAC) Dominican Republic www.idac.gob.do
Perum Lembaga Penyelenggara Pelayanan Navigasi Penerbangan Indonesia (Airnav Indonesia) Indonesia www.airnavindonesia.co.id
UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) United Arab Emirates www.gcaa.gov.ae
Air Navigation Services of Albania (ALBCONTROL) Albania www.albcontrol.al
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil Chile (DGAC Chile) Chile www.dgac.gob.cl
Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority Rwanda https://www.caa.gov.rw/

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References

  1. glossary by Eurocontrol Archived 2012-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Home". caapakistan.com.pk.