Oslo Air Traffic Control Center or Oslo ATCC () is responsible for the

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above

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. The

area control center In air traffic control, an area control center (ACC), also known as a center or en-route center, is a facility responsible for controlling aircraft flying in the airspace of a given flight information region (FIR) at high altitudes between ...

is located in

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, between

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and

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. The Control Center is owned and operated by Avinor Flysikring, a subsidiary of the state enterprise

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. Avinor's board had originally decided to close Oslo ATCC in 2008, transferring its responsibilities to Stavanger ATCC and a planned new

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. However, new management first postponed the actual closing, by redefining Oslo ATCC as an approach control with surrounding feeder sectors. In 2013 Avinor decided to create

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, consisting of the centres in Bodø, Stavanger and Røyken, billed as one ATC unit with three separate locations. Oslo ATCC is served by, amongst others, Haukåsen radar, Vardåsen radar, the airport radar at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, the new Torp radar and Evje radar. Several other radar feeds are available from radars along the west coast of Norway, and central Norway. The operation consists of one regular office building above ground. The control center itself where the

air traffic controller An Air traffic controller (ATC) is a person responsible for the coordination of traffic in their assigned airspace. Typically stationed in area control centers or control towers, they monitor the position, speed, and altitude of aircraft and c ...

s work is located in a large subterranean mountain hall built to cold war specifications. The hall has several work stations that each can control one or more air traffic control sectors.

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