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Stockholm-Västerås Airport

Photo of the airport: Dependability, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Stockholm-Västerås Airport is a remote tower: cameras and sensors at the airport feed controllers who work somewhere else. Saab won a 15-year contract to install and operate remote air traffic control services; announced 22 September 2026, effective 1 January 2028.

What the sources say

Saab won a 15-year contract to install and operate remote air traffic control services; announced 22 September 2026, effective 1 January 2028.https://defence-industry.eu/saab-wins-15-year-stockholm-vasteras-airport-contract-to-expand-remote-air-traffic-control-operations-from-sundsvall/

Timeline

22 Sep 2026
Contract announced
1 Jan 2028
Agreement takes effect

Connections

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

controlled from: LFV Remote Tower Centre Sundsvall Saab

Other sites in Sweden

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

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At a glance

ICAO: ESOW
Country: Sweden
Type: Remote tower
Vendor: Saab
Provider: Saab (service contract)
Status: Planned
Position: 59.589, 16.634

Sources

1 public source: defence-industry.eu.

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