Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority
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Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (TTCAA) is a government agency of Trinidad and Tobago
, serving as that country's civil aviation authority. Its head office is in the PSA Building along Ambercromby Street in Port of Spain
.
The Civil Aviation Training Centre (CATC) is located along Mausica Road in Mausica, 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) north of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway
. Originally the training centre was along Long Circular Road in Saint James
, an outerlying suburb of Port of Spain. In 1992 it moved to Mausica, a location closer to Piarco International Airport
than the previous one. Beginning on 1 October 2003 the CATC became a unit of the TTCAA.
As of 2011 the TTCAA is building a new headquarters complex in Piarco
, Tunapuna-Piarco
, Trinidad
. It will include an administration building, a training school, and an area control centre.
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
, serving as that country's civil aviation authority. Its head office is in the PSA Building along Ambercromby Street in Port of Spain
Port of Spain
Port of Spain, also written as Port-of-Spain, is the capital of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the country's third-largest municipality, after San Fernando and Chaguanas. The city has a municipal population of 49,031 , a metropolitan population of 128,026 and a transient daily population...
.
The Civil Aviation Training Centre (CATC) is located along Mausica Road in Mausica, 1.5 kilometre (0.93205910497471 mi) north of the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway
Churchill-Roosevelt Highway
The Churchill–Roosevelt Highway is the major east-west highway in Trinidad and Tobago. It runs for from Barataria in the west to Wallerfield in the east where it ends in the former US Army base on Fort Read. It crosses the north-south Uriah Butler Highway at Valsayn...
. Originally the training centre was along Long Circular Road in Saint James
Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago
St. James is a suburb of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. It is known as "the city that never sleeps" because of 24 hour activities there. The main road is the Western Main Road. It runs from Woodbrook to Cocorite...
, an outerlying suburb of Port of Spain. In 1992 it moved to Mausica, a location closer to Piarco International Airport
Piarco International Airport
Piarco International Airport is the main airport serving Trinidad and Tobago located in Piarco, a town in northern Trinidad, about east of the capital city, Port of Spain. It is one of two international airports serving the twin isle republic. The other is located on the island of Tobago, A.N.R...
than the previous one. Beginning on 1 October 2003 the CATC became a unit of the TTCAA.
As of 2011 the TTCAA is building a new headquarters complex in Piarco
Piarco
Piarco, a town in northern Trinidad, is the site of Piarco International Airport . It also includes the village of St. Helena. Piarco is the site of one of the few natural savannas in Trinidad and Tobago, the Piarco Savanna...
, Tunapuna-Piarco
Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation
Tunapuna-Piarco Regional Corporation is a local government body in Trinidad and Tobago. It is one of nine Regional Corporations in Trinidad which replaced the system of Counties as local government bodies in 1992. It is the largest by population of all the Regional Corporations. It contains the...
, Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
. It will include an administration building, a training school, and an area control centre.