Civil Aviation Authority of Nepalनेपाल नागरिक उड्डयन प्राधिकरण

What does it do?

• Established to make the operation of national and international air flights, air communication, air navigation and air transport services safe, regular, standard and effective. giwmscdnone.gov.np CAAN Act 2053, s.3(1)
• “CAAN is the regulator of civil aviation as well as the service provider in the areas of Air Navigation Services and Aerodrome Operations.” caanepal.gov.np About Us
• Grants, suspends or cancels permits and certificates for licensed airline operators and aviation training institutions, and licenses aviation personnel. giwmscdnone.gov.np CAAN Act 2053, s.5(क), (ख), (घ)

Which law set it up?

What the law says is summarised with section numbers, not quoted, because text copied from the official PDFs is not reliable.

Law

Nepal Civil Aviation Authority Act, 1996नेपाल नागरिक उड्डयन प्राधिकरण ऐन, २०५३

Section

Section 3(1) (प्राधिकरणको स्थापना)

Official text

lawcommission.gov.np

History

“Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) was established as an autonomous regulatory body on 31 December 1998 under Civil Aviation Act, 1996.” caanepal.gov.np About Us

Who leads it and who oversees it?

Head

Mr. Mukesh Dangol, Director General caanepal.gov.np Checked 2026-10-16

Falls under

No official source found that states a supervising ministry in those words. The Act (s.13(1)(क)) makes the Minister or State Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (or a person GoN designates) chair of the Board. The CAAN Board page lists 'Mr. Khadak Raj Poudel, Hon'ble Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation' as Chairperson.

Website

caanepal.gov.np

What could we not establish?

• CAAN's About page names the Act 'Civil Aviation Act, 1996'. The separate Civil Aviation Act 2015 BS (1959) is a different law (act-2015-civil-aviation).प्राधिकरणको परिचय पृष्ठले ऐनलाई ‘Civil Aviation Act, 1996’ भन्छ। छुट्टै रहेको गैर सैनिक हवाई उडान ऐन, २०१५ (सन् १९५९) फरक कानून हो (act-2015-civil-aviation)।