The Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics (, DGAC) is the civil aviation authority of Guatemala. Its headquarters are on the property of La Aurora International Airport in Zone 13 of Guatemala City.
The agency was created under the government of Lázaro Chacón González on September 11, 1929, by government decree 1032, as a daughter agency of the Ministry of Communications and Public Works ('), today the Ministry of Communications, Infrastructure, and Housing.
The Accident Investigation Section (') investigates aircraft accidents and incidents.