[1] It also provides air navigation services within the Accra Flight Information Region (FIR), which comprises the airspace over the Republic of Ghana and a large area over the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Guinea.

The development of Ghana’s aviation industry dates back to 1918 when the idea of aerial transportation for the then Gold Coast was conceived.

Starting as a unit within the Public Works Development in 1930, Civil Aviation was granted Departmental status in 1953, under the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Ghana, obtained an effective Implementation (EI) rate of 89.89%, the highest by an African country at the time after the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) concluded its Coordinated Validation Mission (ICVM) in April 2019.

Again, Parliament passed the Air Navigation Services Agency Bill on November 4, 2020, creating the legal framework for the establishment of an autonomous entity out of GCAA, in line with the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) of ICAO.