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Örnsköldsvik Airport

Photo of the airport: (Petey21), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Örnsköldsvik Airport is a remote tower: cameras and sensors at the airport feed controllers who work somewhere else. LFV reports operational approval by the end of October 2014 and H24 operation from April 2015.

What the sources say

LFV reports operational approval by the end of October 2014 and H24 operation from April 2015.https://lfv.se/en/services/airport-services/remote-tower-services
Saab describes Örnsköldsvik as the first airport in the world with remote air traffic control.https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/royal-navy-order-digital-towers-from-saab/
AIN reported the inauguration of LFV's first remote tower operations in April 2015.https://ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2015-04-22/swedens-lfv-inaugurates-first-remote-tower-operations

Timeline

Oct 2014
Operational approval
Apr 2015
H24 remote operation began

Connections

Lines join each airport to the centre that controls it. Basemap: OpenStreetMap data via Protomaps.

controlled from: LFV Remote Tower Centre Sundsvall Saab LFV

Other sites in Sweden

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

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At a glance

ICAO: ESNO
Country: Sweden
Type: Remote tower
Vendor: Saab
Provider: LFV
Status: Operational
Position: 63.408, 18.990

Sources

3 public sources: ainonline.com, lfv.se, ukdefencejournal.org.uk.

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