ATC
Sweden's LFV Inaugurates First 'Remote Tower' Operations
The state-owned air navigation service provider claims to be the world's first ATC organization to manage an airport remotely.
Shown is a camera tower used as part of a remote tower system by Sweden's air navigation service provider. (Photo: LFV)
Shown is a camera tower used as part of a remote tower system by Sweden's air navigation service provider. (Photo: LFV)

Sweden’s LFV laid claim to being the world’s first air navigation service provider to manage an airport remotely when it started remote tower services at Örnsköldsvik Airport on April 21. Takeoffs and landings at the regional airport were controlled from a remote tower center in Sundsvall, Sweden, about 78 miles away.