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{{Short description|National civil aviation authority of Germany}}
{{title language|de|italic=no}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name                 = Luftfahrt-Bundesamt
| native_name          = Luftfahrt-Bundesamt
| native_name_a        = 
| native_name_r        = 
| type                 = Civil Aviation Authority
| seal                 = Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (Signet).jpg
| logo                 = 
| formed               = {{Start date|1955|02|01}}
| preceding1           = Reichsluftamt
| preceding2           = Vorläufige Bundesstelle für Luftfahrtgerät und Flugunfalluntersuchung
| agency_type          = Executive agency
| jurisdiction         = Germany
| status               = Active
| headquarters         = Braunschweig, Germany
| coordinates          = {{coord|52.3145|10.5488|type:landmark_region:DE|display=inline,title}}
| minister_type        = Federal Minister for Transport and Digital Infrastructure
| parent_department    = Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
| parent_agency_type   = Ministry
| keydocument1         = Gesetz über das Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (Act on the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt)
| website              = {{URL|www.lba.de}}
}}
[[File:Braunschweig LBA.jpg|thumb|right|Headquarters of the ''Luftfahrt-Bundesamt'']]

The '''{{langr|de|Luftfahrt-Bundesamt}}''' ('''LBA''', "'''Federal Aviation Office'''") is the national [[civil aviation authority]] of [[Germany]] headquartered in [[Braunschweig]].<ref>"[http://www.lba.de/EN/Service/Imprint/imprint_node.html Imprint] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926201229/http://www.lba.de/EN/Service/Imprint/imprint_node.html |date=26 September 2012 }}." Luftfahrt-Bundesamt. Retrieved 22 January 2012. "Luftfahrt-Bundesamt President Hermann-Blenk-Straße 26 38108 Braunschweig"</ref>

It maintains regional offices in [[Düsseldorf]], [[Frankfurt am Main]] ([[Raunheim]]), [[Hamburg]], [[Munich]] ([[Munich Airport|Airport]]), [[Stuttgart]], and [[Berlin]] and reports directly to the [[Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure]].

The LBA is responsible for developing and maintaining [[aviation]] [[safety standards]], as well as certifying airlines, airports, and training devices such as simulators and Flight Training Devices (FTDs). Some of these tasks are fulfilled on behalf of the [[European Aviation Safety Agency]] (EASA). Investigation of accidents is not a responsibility of the LBA but of the [[German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation]].

==History==
In 1918, when the [[Weimar Republic]] had been established, matters of aviation were provisionally assigned to the ''Reichsamt des Inneren'' (Imperial Ministry of the Interior). Later{{When|date=February 2011}}, the ''Reichsluftamt'' (Imperial Agency of Aviation) was established.<ref name="lbageschichte">{{cite web|url=http://www.lba.de/cln_009/nn_53934/DE/LBA/Geschichte/Geschichte__node.html__nnn=true |author=Luftfahrt-Bundesamt |title=Geschichte |language=German |accessdate=2009-06-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009180642/http://www.lba.de/cln_009/nn_53934/DE/LBA/Geschichte/Geschichte__node.html__nnn%3Dtrue |archivedate=9 October 2008 }}</ref>

After [[World War II]], matters of aviation were initially handled by the administration of the Allied occupation powers. Some matters of aviation were transferred to the '"Vorläufige Bundesstelle für Luftfahrtgerät und Flugunfalluntersuchung'" (Provisional Federal Office for Avionic Devices and Investigation of Aviation Accidents) established on 15 September 1953 in [[Bonn]]. Eventually, the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt was established by the ''Gesetz über das Luftfahrt-Bundesamt'' (Act on the Luftfahrt-Bundesamt) of 30 November 1954 (BGBl. I 354) and commenced operation on 1 February 1955.<ref name="lbachronik" />

In [[East Germany]], the ''Hauptverwaltung der Zivilen Luftfahrt'' (Central Administration for Civil Aviation) was established on 1 January 1961. It was replaced by the ''Staatliche Luftfahrt-Inspektion der DDR'' (Public Department of Aviation of the GDR) on 1 January 1968, from which the ''Luftfahrt-Bundesamt'' took over all operations and most of the staff on 4 October 1990, the day after [[German re-unification]].<ref name="lbachronik">{{cite web|url=http://www.lba.de/cln_009/nn_54166/SharedDocs/download/BdP/Publikationen/LBA-Geschichte/Chronik,templateId=raw,property=publicationFile.pdf/Chronik.pdf|title=Chronik des Luftfahrt-Bundesamts|author=Luftfahrt-Bundesamt|year=2004|language=German|accessdate=2009-06-09}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

On 28 September 2003, substantial competences were formally transferred to the [[European Aviation Safety Agency]] established by [[Regulation (EC) 1592/2002]].<ref name="lbachronik" />

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Germany|Aviation}}
* [http://www.lba.de/EN/ Luftfahrt-Bundesamt]
* [http://www.lba.de/DE/ Luftfahrt-Bundesamt] {{in lang|de}}

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[[Category:Civil aviation authorities in Europe|Germany]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Braunschweig]]
[[Category:Civil aviation in Germany]]
[[Category:Aviation organisations based in Germany]]
[[Category:German federal agencies]]