The reason for CAAB’s existence is essentially to develop and regulate civil aviation in Botswana through the provision of safety measures that ensure the airworthiness of aircrafts. The authority also formulates safety requirements in line with international standards and recommended practices, as well as controlling and managing the Botswana air-space and provides aviation infrastructure, as airport facilities and air navigational aids/ equipments such as Radars, Very High Omni Direction Range (VOR), Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) Instrument Landing System (ILS) and various other state of the art air navigational systems.