Department for Aviation (Belarus)

The Department for Aviation[1] (Belarusian: Дэпартамент па авіяцыі, Russian: Департамент по авиации), previously the State Committee of Aviation of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Дзяржаўны камітэт па авіяцыі Рэспублікі Беларусь, Russian: Государственный комитет по авиации Республики Беларусь) is a government agency of Belarus, subordinate to the Ministry of Transport and Communications [be] and is headquartered in Minsk.

It can be compared to the United States Federal Aviation Administration in its activities and duties.

Several repair facilities, air traffic control towers and aviation schools also fall under the jurisdiction of the committee.

Historically, during the period when Belarus was a republic of the Soviet Union, the activities of the committee were handled by the Russian civil aviation authority, Aeroflot.

Belavia was formed from the Belarusian Association of Civil Aviation, which already had over 60 years of experience in the transportation of people and cargo.