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Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority

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Abbreviation
  
HCAA - ΥΠΑ

Headquarters
  
Glyfada, Greece

Formation
  
1931/1952

Region served
  
Greece

Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority

Type
  
Civil Service department

Purpose
  
Regulation of civil aviation

The Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (Greek: Υπηρεσία Πολιτικής Αεροπορίας), abbreviated HCAA (Greek: ΥΠΑ), is a department of the Greek Government under the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. It is involved in air traffic control, aeronautical communications, airport operations, aircraft registration and inspection, licensing of civil air operators and personnel certification.

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The headquarters of the HCAA are located at Glyfada, near the old Ellinikon Airport.

HCAA communications facilities

The Hellenic CAA uses a number of remotely operated VHF radio stations for civil aviation communications at the following locations:

  • Ymittos (near Athens)
  • Akarnanika Mountains
  • Thassos Island
  • Spergioli
  • Moustakos
  • Monastiri
  • Sitia
  • Geraneia Mountains
  • Air Traffic Control radars

    The HCAA uses a number of radar stations:

  • Ymittos (near Athens), primary
  • Mount Pilion (SSR)
  • Levkas Island (SSR)
  • Kythira (SSR)
  • Crete (SSR)
  • Athens International Airport, Kamara and Merenta hills (approach)
  • Hellenikon (approach)
  • Thessaloniki/Peraia (approach)
  • Heraklion (approach)
  • Rhodes (approach)
  • Corfu (approach)
  • The radar stations are integrated using the PALLAS system (Phased Automation of the heLLenic ATC radar System).

    HCAA Flying Unit

    The agency operates a small fleet of aircraft for navigational aid calibration activities. The current fleet is the following:

    References

    Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority Wikipedia