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NATCON (Norwegian Air Traffic Control System) is a nationwide Air Traffic Management system which is used by
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 ...
lers in
control tower 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 a ...
s (TWR), approach centres (APP) and area control centres (ACC) in
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
. The system is based on Auto Trac Air Traffic Management System from
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(US) which also includes a flight data processing system originally developed by Indra (Spain). The latest major step forward was taken 22 November 2008 when all units belonging to Bodø AoR were upgraded from a fairly old legacy system (NARDS) to the latest NATCON version. A huge number of people in the
Avinor Avinor AS is a state-owned aksjeselskap, limited company that operates most of the civil airports in Norway. The Norwegian state, via the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, controls 100 percent of the share capital. Avinor wa ...
organisation as well as external suppliers have contributed to this project. Avinor's System Development Unit has been in charge of the upgrade and development activities required in order to make the system ready for its deployment at Bodø ACC/APP as well as 35 other TWR and Approach units from mid to northern Norway.


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