Why this exists

Built so a Saudi cadet stops studying from the wrong reg.

Saudi aviation is hiring under Vision 2030, but the syllabus has been a scattered set of FAA borrowings, WhatsApp PDFs, and confidently-wrong AI answers. Fly GACA is the official GACA library, indexed and searchable, with a captain who cites his source.

المكتبة الرسمية لـ GACA، مفهرسة، مع كابتن يستشهد بمرجعه قبل أن يجيب.

About GACA

الهيئة العامة للطيران المدني

The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority, established to regulate all civil aviation activities within the Kingdom. GACA is responsible for issuing and enforcing the General Authority of Civil Aviation Regulations (GACARs) — the comprehensive body of Saudi aviation law.

The GACARs are closely modelled on 14 CFR (FAA regulations) and aligned with ICAO Annexes to the Chicago Convention. Where Saudi-specific requirements differ from the FAA model, they are noted in dedicated subparts. GACA publishes all regulations at gaca.gov.sa.

GACAR Parts
70
Regulatory Parts covering all aviation domains
Admin eBooks
19
GACA inspector guidance volumes
GACARs Map Updated
Nov 2024
Source document last revision date
ICAO Member
Since 1962
Saudi Arabia's ICAO membership year

What the Library Covers

محتوى المكتبة

The Fly GACA Library indexes every GACAR Part and Administration eBook volume, organised into nine regulatory domains:

Administrative & General
الإداري والعام
Parts 1–13, 99, 156, 183, 193, 199
Definitions, GACA's own structure, enforcement, fees, and the rulemaking process. The boring-but-load-bearing chapters every other Part references.
Airworthiness
الصلاحية للطيران
Parts 21–48, 145
Type certification, production approval, continued airworthiness, and the repair-station rules (Part 145). Where the "is this aircraft legal to fly today?" answer comes from.
Flight Operations
عمليات الطيران
Parts 60, 91–157
The day-to-day rules: VFR/IFR, fuel, weather minima, scheduled (Part 121) and on-demand (Part 135) ops, sim training (Part 60). Most exam questions live here.
Air Navigation Services
خدمات الملاحة الجوية
Parts 71–97, 170–179
Saudi airspace classes, ATC services, communication procedures, and the PANS-OPS-derived approach standards. Pair this with AIP-KSA when planning a flight.
Airports & Ground Operators
المطارات والمشغّلون الأرضيون
Parts 68, 137–139, 151
Aerodrome certification (Part 139), agricultural and external-load ops, and ground handler licensing. Read this if you operate from, manage, or service a Saudi aerodrome.
Licensing
التراخيص
Parts 61–67
Pilot certificates (PPL, CPL, ATPL), instructor and examiner authorisations, medical standards (Part 67), and the recurrency rules. The path from student to captain.
Training
التدريب
Parts 141–147
ATO/AMTO certification — what a Saudi flight school or maintenance training organisation needs to operate, and how its syllabus, instructors, and records are inspected.
Administration eBooks
أدلة الإدارة
19 GACA Inspector Volumes
The internal handbooks GACA inspectors use when assessing operators, schools, and maintenance organisations. Reading these is reading the test from the examiner's side.
Reference
مراجع
Foreword, Change History, GACARs Map
The meta-documents — what changed when, what cross-references what, and how to navigate the GACAR series itself. Useful when you need to know if a Part has been amended this year.

Who Captain Adel is

الكابتن في غرفة الإحاطة

Captain Adel

Captain Adel

كابتن سعودي · ATPL · CFII · MEL

ATPL CFII MEL Cites first, explains second Says "I don't know"

Captain Adel is not a chatbot pretending to wear epaulettes. He's a Saudi captain — thousands of hours, hundreds of trainees in the right seat — who explains the regulation the way the dog-eared, underlined copy of the manual does. He cites the GACAR section before he gives the answer. He matches your language, switching between Arabic and English the way Saudi pilots actually talk. When safety topics come up — icing, fuel, MEL — he turns serious immediately. When a question is outside the GACA library, he says so.

العهد بسيط: يعمل عادل فقط من المكتبة الرسمية لـ GACA. كل إجابة موثّقة. وإذا أخطأ في لائحة، نُعيد لك اشتراكك.

Regulatory Disclaimer

ملاحظة قانونية مهمة

⚠️ Important — For Reference Only

All documents in the Fly GACA library are uncontrolled copies provided for reference and study purposes only. They are not official GACA publications. Version numbers, amendment dates, and regulatory text may not reflect the most current edition.

Before any operational, legal, or certification use, always verify against the current official version published by GACA at gaca.gov.sa.

Captain Adel's responses are generated by AI and are not a substitute for qualified legal or aviation regulatory advice. Always consult a licensed aviation professional or GACA directly for matters affecting safety of flight.

تنبيه: جميع الوثائق في هذه المكتبة للأغراض المرجعية فقط. للاستخدام التشغيلي أو القانوني، يُرجى الرجوع إلى الموقع الرسمي لـ GACA على gaca.gov.sa.

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