National Institute of Civil Aviation of Portugal
The Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority, often shortened to ANAC, is the civil aviation authority of Portugal. It oversees all aspects of civil aviation within the Portuguese territory and all its dependencies.
The ANAC was created on to succeed the former National Institute of Civil Aviation , which had been created on for taking over the General Directorate of Civil Aviation .
The body is organised into a Directorate Council which is in turn sub-divided into five Directorates and three Cabinets, a Consultant Council, and a Finance Council. It has its headquarters in Lisbon Airport.
