| Agency Name: | Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh |
| Native Name A: | বেসামরিক বিমান চলাচল কর্তৃপক্ষ বাংলাদেশ |
| Seal: | বাংলাদেশ বেসামরিক বিমান চলাচল কর্তৃপক্ষের লোগো.svg |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Bangladesh |
| Headquarters: | Civil Aviation Authority Headquarter, Kurmitola, Dhaka-1229 |
| Parent Department: | Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism |
| Parent Agency: | Civil aviation authority |
| Chief1 Name: | Air Vice Marshal Md Monjur Kabir Bhuiyan |
| Chief1 Position: | Chairman |
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) (Bengali: বেসামরিক বিমান চলাচল কর্তৃপক্ষ বাংলাদেশ |translit=Beshamorik Biman Cholachol Kortripoxo Bangladesh) functions as the regulatory body for all aviation related activities in Bangladesh. It is the civil aviation authority operating under the Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism. All nine operational airports (three international and six domestic) are operated by the CAAB. A member of International Civil Aviation Organization, it has signed bilateral air transport agreement with 52 states. It is headquartered in Kurmitola, Dhaka.
Aviation in India can be traced to the first commercial flight on 18 February 1911, and grew during the period between the First and Second World Wars. Some 103 airports, aerodrome, airfields and airstrips were built and operated by the Allied Air Forces in the part of present Bangladesh during the Second World War. These airfields were extensively used for conducting air operations during the Burma Campaign against the Axis powers. After the War, most of these facilities of the Royal Indian Air Force were left unused. After independence from British colonial rule and the partition of the subcontinent, the aviation infrastructure and facilities in what was then East Pakistan were inherited by the Pakistan Air Force.
After the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, a Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) was established[1] Airports Development Agency was a limited company that was working before the Independence of Bangladesh since 1965 and worked as a contractor for the Department of Civil Aviation.
The Department of Civil Aviation and the Airports Development Agency were merged by the government of Bangladesh to create Civil Aviation Authority in 1982.
In 1985, the present Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) came into existence as a body corporate with full managerial power, both organisational and financial, vested with it vide Ordinance, 1985. This ordinance repealed Ordinance, 82, dissolved the previously constituted Civil Aviation Authority and transferring all its establishment, assets and liabilities to the new authority.
As a regulatory body, CAAB implements the rules, regulations and directives of the Government of Bangladesh and the standards and recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). As per the provisions laid down in Civil Aviation Ordinance 1960 and Civil Aviation Rules 1984, this organisation acts as the aeronautical authority of Bangladesh and discharges the duties and responsibilities as laid down by ICAO.
CAAB makes provisions for facilities and services for aeronautical telecommunications and air navigation to ensure safety, regularity and efficiency of aircraft operation.
CAAB makes all necessary arrangements to ensure security to passengers and aerodromes, and to detect, prevent penetration of terrorist activists on board from within national territory.
CAAB makes all necessary arrangements to establish and maintain all passenger services and facilities at the terminal of Bangladesh airports. Arrangements for facilities, such as flight information, public address, entertainments, comfortable room and environment for passengers and their attendants are all accomplished by CAAB.
| 1 | Saiful Azam | 6 September 1982 | 3 September 1984 | [2] | |
| 2 | M Shaukat-ul Islam | 4 September 1984 | 14 September 1987 | [3] | |
| 3 | Saiful Azam | 15 September 1987 | 24 May 1988 | ||
| 4 | Moinul Islam | 25 May 1988 | 28 August 1990 | ||
| 5 | Shameem Hussain | 29 August 1990 | 19 October 1990 | ||
| 6 | Azharul Haq | 20 October 1990 | 22 January 1993 | ||
| 7 | Shamsher Ali | 23 January 1993 | 31 July 1995 | ||
| 8 | Erfan Uddin | 1 August 1995 | 15 February 1997 | ||
| 9 | M Monjoor Alam | 16 February 1997 | 20 September 1998 | ||
| 10 | T A Zearat Ali | 21 September 1998 | 12 December 1999 | [4] | |
| 11 | M Iqbal Hussain | 12 December 1999 | 3 January 2000 | ||
| 12 | M Iqbal Hussain | 4 January 2000 | 21 July 2001 | [5] | |
| 13 | M Murad Hussain | 22 July 2001 | 26 December 2001 | ||
| 14 | Lutfur Rahman | 30 December 2001 | 4 November 2002 | ||
| 15 | Zahed Kuddus | 4 November 2002 | 1 March 2005 | [6] | |
| 16 | A K M Harun Chowdhury | 2 March 2005 | 7 August 2006 | [7] | |
| 17 | Sakeb Iqbal Khan Majlis | 8 August 2006 | 13 January 2009 | [8] | |
| 18 | Mahmud Hussain | 14 January 2009 | 17 March 2009 | ||
| 19 | Sakeb Iqbal Khan Majlis | 17 March 2009 | 18 May 2010 | [9] | |
| 20 | Mahmud Hussain | 17 May 2010 | 11 March 2012 | [10] | |
| 21 | Mahmud Hussain | 12 March 2012 | 21 October 2014 | [11] | |
| 22 | M Sanaul Huq | 22 October 2014 | 27 March 2016 | [12] | |
| 23 | Ehsanul Gani Choudhury | 27 March 2016 | 11 September 2017 | [13] | |
| 24 | M. Naim Hassan | 11 September 2017 | 28 June 2019 | [14] | |
| 25 | M Mafidur Rahman | 28 June 2019 | 30 June 2024 | [15] | |
| 26 | Sadikur Rahman Chowdhury | 30 June 2024 | 18 August 2024 | ||
| 27 | Md Monjur Kabir Bhuiyan | 18 August 2024 | Present |
See main article: List of airports in Bangladesh. There are 27 airports in Bangladesh. But only 10 have air operations and 3 are approved to run air operations but there is no scheduled flight. Only 3 of 27 airports with international air traffic, and another 2 airport are under upgrade of being control international air traffic. One airport is under construction since 1996.
See main article: List of airlines of Bangladesh.
This is a list of Aviation Training Organisations which are approved by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh.[16]