The Centro de Estudios Aeronáuticos (CEA) operates in accordance with the legal nature of the Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil (UAEAC), and its academic regime complies with article 137 of Law 30 of 1992, for the purpose of providing training at the professional level that results in the award of technical, university and specialization degrees. In this regard, the Ministerio de Educación Nacional (MEN) by Resolution 02909 of 21 February 2018, authorized the assignment of code in the Sistema Nacional de Información de la Educación Superior (SNIES), to the Centro de Estudios Aeronáuticos (CEA) of the Unidad Administrativa Especial de Aeronáutica Civil (UAEAC), a name corrected through Resolution 016859 of October 19, 2018, with recognition being made to the Centro de Estudios Aeronáuticos (CEA).

The CEA, integrally trains professionals competent in the application of the aeronautical sciences, with principles and values that promote the sustainable development of the country, at the economic, social and environmental level, developing functions of teaching, research, extension, social projection and internationalization.

By 2030, the CEA will be recognized as a Higher Education Institution of academic excellence at the national and international level, through the promotion of continuous learning and the development of research processes, innovation and knowledge management in the field of aeronautical sciences