Bodø Air Traffic Control Center or Bodø ATCC en route
air traffic control
Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled air ...
unit located at
Bodø Airport
Bodø Airport is a civil airport in the town of Bodø in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. Located just south of the city centre, on the westernmost tip of the Bodø peninsula, it shares facilities with the military air force base ...
in the
town of Bodø in
Bodø Municipality
Bodø (; , ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Bodø (town ...
, in
North Norway
Northern Norway (, , ; ) is a geographical region of Norway, consisting of the three northernmost counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainland. Some of the largest towns in Northern Norway (from south to no ...
.
The ATCC has a total of 36 airports under its area of responsibility (AoR) - 13 controlled and 23 uncontrolled, regional airports - including
Svalbard Airport, Longyear
Svalbard Airport (; ) is the main airport serving Svalbard in Norway. It is northwest of Longyearbyen on the west coast, and is the northernmost airport in the world with scheduled public flights. The first airport near Longyearbyen was constru ...
. It is divided into a total of 6 sectors; 5 en route sectors (including 1 oceanic) and 1 approach sector. The ATCC employs about 50 air traffic controllers and about 30 assistants.
Air traffic control centers
Air traffic control in Norway
Avinor
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