Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red with a black trapezoid based on the hoist side. Colors and design are based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I. Green represents fertile fields, white stands for purity, red denotes blood on Kuwaiti swords, black signifies the defeat of the enemy.

Flag courtesy of the CIA World Factbook

Map courtesy of the CIA World Factbook

Google Earth

The Kuwait Water Towers: “Mushrooms in the Desert.” There are actually 31 of these aesthetically pleasing water towers in Kuwait City; they were completed in 1976.

Photo courtesy of the CIA World Factbook

Government

According to Britannica, Kuwait is a constitutional monarchy with one legislative body. Since gaining independence from Britain in 1961, Kuwait has been governed by an emir from the Ṣabāḥ family. The emir rules through a Council of Ministers, consisting largely of members of his own family, that he himself appoints. Legislative power rests in the National Assembly (Majlis al-Ummah), whose 50 members are elected to four-year terms. This parliament, however, also includes appointed cabinet ministers and has been dissolved several times, including in 1976, 1985, 1999, 2006, and 2009.

Kuwait’s legal system has several sources. Personal and civil law (roughly, family law and probate law) are based largely on Sharīʿah (Islamic law). Commercial and criminal law, while also influenced by Sharīʿah, borrows heavily from both European civil and common law as well as from the legal codes of the Ottoman Empire and from those of other Arab states, which are themselves heavily influenced by European law. There are several lower courts and a system of appeals courts. The emir sometimes acts as the final court of appeal.

Kuwait Civil Aviation Department

Kuwait Civil Aviation

In 1956, Kuwait Civil Aviation Department is established as a section of the Directorate of Public Security (later renamed the Ministry of Interior). Two years later Kuwait Airport reports directly to the Civil Aviation Department. Civil Aviation Department decrees Objectives and Aviation Affairs Policy. In 1960, the State of Kuwait becomes a signatory to the International Civil Aviation Chicago Agreement. Kuwaiti business magnates establish private airline Trans Arabia Airways. Announcement of Law No. 30 for organizing Civil Air Navigation, and Law No. 37 for Organizing Aircraft Accidents Investigation. Issue of Amiri Decree inaugurating the Supreme Council of Civil Aviation to handle policy matters relating to the Civil Aviation sector takes place in 1963. Kuwait becomes a full member of both ICAO  and World Meteorology Organization (WMO).

Airspace

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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.

Kuwait AIP – password required

Drone Regulations

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones)

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Regulations & Policies

None found by the author.

However, should you, the reader, happen to stumble across something to the contrary, please email the author at FISHE5CA@erau.edu and you may be mentioned in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS section of this book by way of thanks for contributing to this free eBook!

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) News

None found by the author.

However, should you, the reader, happen to stumble across something to the contrary, please email the author at FISHE5CA@erau.edu and you may be mentioned in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS section of this book by way of thanks for contributing to this free eBook!

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