Regulators and standards

FAA

United States

Publishes the remote tower systems concept of operations, operational safety assessment, allocation report, operational visual requirements and draft technical requirements, and evaluates designs at the William J. Hughes Technical Center.

EUROCAE

Europe

Publishes ED-240A, minimum aviation system performance standards for remote tower optical systems, which extends ED-240 with visual tracking and pan-tilt-zoom object following.

EASA

Europe

European Union Aviation Safety Agency. National authorities, such as Spain's for Vigo, certify individual systems.

ICAO

Global

International Civil Aviation Organization. Global standards and recommended practices for air traffic services.

IFATCA

Global

International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations. Professional body that publishes policy positions on remote towers.

CANSO

Global

Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation. Industry body that publishes news and guidance from service providers.

Programs

NINOX (Avinor Remote Towers)

Avinor's programme with Kongsberg, signed 2015. 14 airports run from Bodø as of April 2025, seven more planned.

Bodø Remote Towers Centre Røst Airport Vardø Airport Hasvik Airport Berlevåg Airport Røros Airport Mehamn Airport Rørvik Airport Namsos Airport Svolvær Airport Sogndal Airport Førde Airport Molde Airport Leknes Airport Sandnessjøen Airport Båtsfjord Airport Vadsø Airport Sørkjosen Airport Sandane Airport Mosjøen Airport Ørsta-Volda Airport Mo i Rana Airport (new airport)New Bodø Airport (local digital tower)Kirkenes Airport

Source: om.avinor.no

LFV remote tower services

LFV's centres at Sundsvall and Stockholm.

LFV Remote Tower Centre Sundsvall Örnsköldsvik Airport Sundsvall-Timrå Airport Scandinavian Mountains Airport (Sälen)Linköping City Airport LFV Remote Tower Centre Stockholm Kiruna Airport Åre Östersund Airport Umeå Airport Malmö Airport Stockholm-Västerås Airport

DFS remote tower centres

Leipzig since 2018 and Braunschweig since 2024.

DFS Remote Tower Control Center Leipzig Saarbrücken Airport Erfurt-Weimar Airport Dresden Airport DFS Aviation Services Remote Tower Center Niedersachsen Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport Emden Airport

Source: eu-lac-app.eu

Fintraffic multi-airport centre

Seven airports from a Vantaa centre, announced June 2026.

Fintraffic Remote Tower Centre Vantaa Mariehamn Airport Turku Airport Vaasa Airport Kittilä Airport Ivalo Airport Kuusamo Airport Oulu Airport

Source: indragroup.com

SESAR remote tower demonstrations

EU research programme that co-funded multiple remote tower demonstrations.

IAA Dublin ATC Centre (remote tower hub)Cork Airport Shannon Airport

NAV CANADA DAATS

Digital Aerodrome Air Traffic Services programme; Kingston first.

Kingston Airport (Ontario)

Source: kongsberggeospatial.com

FAA remote tower systems program

System design approval path, testing at the Technical Center, and eligibility under the Contract Tower Program.

Leesburg Executive Airport Northern Colorado Regional Airport Bartow Executive Airport (Digital Tower Operations Center)Winter Haven Regional Airport FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center (Atlantic City)Johnston Regional Airport

Source: faa.gov