A clearer way into aviation
ICAO reference, organized by sector
Explore all 19 Annex subjects and eight selected documents through a sector-based learning map.
This collection combines historical catalogue descriptions with targeted reading of twelve local references and two brief verified quotations. Inspected editions and passage locations are listed in the source audit. Complete amendment status and current applicability remain unverified. It is an educational guide, not an operational or licensing authority.
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Annexes contain Standards and Recommended Practices, with associated material whose status must be read carefully. PANS describe procedures and are distinct from Annex SARPs. Manuals generally provide guidance; a document number alone does not establish its legal status. National rules and implementation must be checked separately.
How we verify and cite sources
Flight operations
- Annex 1 — Personnel Licensing
- Annex 2 — Rules of the Air
- Annex 3 — Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation
- Annex 4 — Aeronautical Charts
- Annex 5 — Units of Measurement to be Used in Air and Ground Operations
- Annex 6 — Operation of Aircraft
- Annex 15 — Aeronautical Information Services
- Annex 18 — The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air
- Doc 4444 — Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Air Traffic Management
- Doc 9868 — Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Training
Air traffic management
- Annex 1 — Personnel Licensing
- Annex 2 — Rules of the Air
- Annex 3 — Meteorological Service for International Air Navigation
- Annex 4 — Aeronautical Charts
- Annex 5 — Units of Measurement to be Used in Air and Ground Operations
- Annex 10 — Aeronautical Telecommunications
- Annex 11 — Air Traffic Services
- Annex 12 — Search and Rescue
- Annex 15 — Aeronautical Information Services
- Doc 4444 — Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Air Traffic Management
- Doc 9868 — Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Training
- Doc 10056 — Manual on Air Traffic Controller Competency-based Training and Assessment
Maintenance & engineering
- Annex 1 — Personnel Licensing
- Annex 5 — Units of Measurement to be Used in Air and Ground Operations
- Annex 6 — Operation of Aircraft
- Annex 7 — Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks
- Annex 8 — Airworthiness of Aircraft
- Annex 10 — Aeronautical Telecommunications
- Annex 16 — Environmental Protection
- Doc 9868 — Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Training
Airports & ground operations
- Annex 9 — Facilitation
- Annex 14 — Aerodromes
- Annex 16 — Environmental Protection
- Annex 17 — Aviation Security
- Annex 18 — The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air
- Doc 9082 — ICAO's Policies on Charges for Airports and Air Navigation Services
- Doc 9562 — Airport Economics Manual
- Doc 9981 — Procedures for Air Navigation Services — Aerodromes
Safety & regulation
Aviation business
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Connect references to the wider industry
The original 27 reference subjects and 12 targeted historical passage reviews remain distinct from new field-orientation sources.