International Civil Aviation Day
7 December 2026 — I am no meteor, just a plane! Look at my blinking lights!
This day is observed every year on 7 December, marking the signing of the Convention on International Civil Aviation in Chicago in 1944. That treaty laid the foundation for the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), now a specialized agency of the United Nations. The day reminds us how important safe and accessible air links between nations are. Each year ICAO announces a theme, and airports, airlines and schools hold events.
At night, airplanes are often mistaken for shooting stars. Here is how to tell them apart. A plane moves slowly and steadily. Its wingtips show steady red and green lights, while white and red anti-collision lights flash rhythmically. A meteor flashes for about a second and vanishes. A satellite (a human-made object in orbit) shines with a calm, steady light, does not blink, and crosses the sky in a few minutes.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver star figure made of bright dots and thin lines, like a constellation shaped as a tiny airplane with small blinking points of light on its wingtips, gliding slowly across the night sky
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