A rectangle divided diagonally into yellow triangles (top and bottom) and green triangles (hoist side and outer side), with a red border around the flag. There are seven yellow, five-pointed stars with three centered in the top red border, three centered in the bottom red border, and one on a red disk superimposed at the center of the flag. There is also a symbolic nutmeg pod on the hoist-side triangle (Grenada is a leading nutmeg producer). The seven stars stand for the seven administrative divisions, with the central star denoting the capital, St. George’s. Yellow represents the sun and the warmth of the people, green stands for vegetation and agriculture, and red symbolizes harmony, unity, and courage.

Flag courtesy of the CIA World Factbook

Map courtesy of Wikipedia

Google Earth

The harbor of St. George’s.

Photo courtesy of the CIA World Factbook

Government

According to Britannica, Grenada is governed as a constitutional monarchy, with the British monarch represented by a governor-general as the nominal head of state. Executive authority is vested in a prime minister, who is the head of the majority party in the elected House of Representatives, the lower house of the two-chamber legislature. The Senate is appointed by the governor-general on the advice of the prime minister and the opposition leader.

Ministry of Civil Aviation & Transportation

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Physical Development, Public Utilities, Civil Aviation & Transportation has the responsibility for infrastructure and physical development, public utilities and civil aviation.

Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)

The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an eleven-member grouping of islands spread across the Eastern Caribbean. Together, they form a near-continuous archipelago across the eastern reaches of the Caribbean Sea. They comprise the Leeward Islands: Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands; and the Windward Islands: Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada, Martinique and Guadeloupe.

Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA)

The Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA) evolved from the Directorate of Civil Aviation – Eastern Caribbean States, which may be considered as one of the oldest, if not the oldest institutions in the Eastern Caribbean region. From inception, the Directorate was seen as a vehicle for facilitating a collective and uniform approach to Civil Aviation matters affecting the then Windward and Leeward Islands, which now comprise the OECS Group.

Airspace

SkyVector – Google Maps – ADS-B Exchange

ICAO countries publish an Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP). This document is divided into three parts: General (GEN), En Route (ENR) and Aerodromes (AD). ENR 1.4 details the types of airspace classes they chose to adopt from classes A through G.

AIP ENR 1.4

Drone Regulations

Regulations

None found by the author.

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Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Regulations & Policies

None found by the author.

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Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) News

None found by the author.

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