The figures come from the Norwegian Luftfartstilsynet, which registers an increase of 58 incidents compared to 2023 and as many as 369 more than in 2022.
In the night towards Tuesday, the airspace over Oslo's airport Gardermoen was closed for a few hours when drones were detected in the vicinity. Flights with destination Gardermoen were diverted to other airports.
Airplanes and drones do not go well together. It can be very harmful, so we take drone flying at our airports very seriously, says Avinor's communications advisor Camilla Walla to NTB.
Avinor is Norway's largest owner of airports.
Avinor monitors all drone activity near Avinor's airports. In addition, we receive alerts with observations from employees and the public, says Walla.
