Dreaming of a job where you can combine quick decisions with complex challenges? Then being an air traffic controller might be the perfect career for you! Here you'll get an insight into the profession, whether you're just curious or looking to apply for training.
An air traffic controller ensures safe and efficient traffic management by instructing pilots on specific altitudes, directions, speeds, and other procedures. They are responsible for aircraft in various phases of flight, such as departure, approach, and passing through airspace, and must have good multitasking abilities, be focused and accurate.
Air traffic controllers can work in control towers, at approach control, or at an area control center. Most are employed by Avinor, and the workplace depends on the type of control they perform, whether it is in the control tower, within approach control, or in area control covering larger airspace between airports.
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Try the game and find out if you have the qualities required to become an air traffic controller? Here, you'll challenge your memory, numerical understanding, language skills, logic, and listening ability – all under time pressure.
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How do I apply?
The application deadline for admission to the Air Traffic Controller training programme for 2026 has passed. The next admission round for the Air Traffic Controller training programme (2027) will open in November. Information and a link to the application form will be published here when the application period opens.
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