Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar

The Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (L'Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar, ASECNA) is an air traffic control agency based in Dakar, Senegal.

NicknameASECNA

FormationDecember 12, 1959; 66 years ago (1959-12-12)

TypeIntergovernmental organization

Headquarters32, avenue Jean-Jaurès BP 3144, Dakar, Senegal

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Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar

Agence pour la sécurité de la navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar
ASECNA sign at Bissau Airport, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Map of member states in Africa
Nickname	ASECNA
Formation	December 12, 1959; 66 years ago (1959-12-12)
Type	Intergovernmental organization
Headquarters	32, avenue Jean-Jaurès BP 3144, Dakar, Senegal
Membership	19, France and 18 African nations
Official language	French
Director General	Prosper Zo'o Minto'o
Chairman of the Board of Directors	Jean Lamy
Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of ASECNA	Hervé Yves Hehomey

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It manages 16.1 million square kilometres of airspace (1.5 times the size of Europe) covering six Flight Information Regions (FIRs) – Antananarivo, Brazzaville, Dakar Oceanic and Terrestrial, Niamey^[1] and N’Djamena. ASECNA Air Traffic Control centres are based at international airports in each of these cities.

In July 2008, a strike by ASECNA staff in Gabon disrupted air traffic in Cameroon and elsewhere.^[2]