Entry Point North is an award winning Air Traffic Management academy certified throughout Europe. It was the first ATM academy accredited under the European Commissions directives towards the vision of the Single European Sky by 2020. Entry Point North is a total training solution provider one of the largest ATM training Academies in Europe operating in a multi-cultural environment.



Every year more than 300 aspiring and operational ATCOs from various countries are trained at the academys modern facilities in Malmoe, Sweden. Specialised courses within Human Factors and Safety areas are also offered to a diverse range of ATM personnel. In addition, the academy provides a broad range of related ATM training and consultancy services. Entry Point North customers are both regional and international, public and private ANSPs, airports, airlines as well military clients. The Entry Point North academy has delivered its services throughout Europe, Middle East and the Far East.

Entry Point North AB ATM Training Academy, established in December 2005, is the outcome of a long-term equal partnership between the three Air Navigation Service Providers in Scandinavia: Avinor, LFV and Naviair.

Together they employ more than 1,500 Air Traffic Controllers and handle traffic in almost 100 airports throughout Scandinavia.


INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION

• Entry Port North is EU certified by the Swedish Civil Aviation Authority.
• All our ATC training courses are compliant with EUROCONTROL Specifications for Common Core Content and Best Practice and approved by the Swedish CAA.Where the course content is not specified, we continue to incorporate Best Practise and EUROCONTROL Specifications as much as it is applicable.
• First ATM academy accredited under the European Commissions directives towards the vision of the Single European Sky by 2020.
• The academy is listed as a member of the ICAO training directory, an associate member of CANSO.
• Entry Point North continuously co-operates with other local training institutes and universities nationally and internationally.

TRAINING FACILITIES

The academy occupies more than 6,700 sq. m of specially equipped training space at Malmoe Airport. Next to the Entry Point North building is the control tower for Malmoe Airport as well as the Air Traffic Control Centre for the southern part of Sweden.Entry Point Norths modern facilities contain: simulator rooms, offices, two kitchens, conference rooms, 9 classrooms and common space.




SIMULATORS

Entry Point North uses state-of-the-art BEST simulators from MicroNav that can be used with or without strips.There are180 radar/ pilot positions and up to 13 3D Towers, each with 2 or 4 controller positions, 3 pilots and 1 approach position connected. The Tower simulators are divided into eleven 180oand two full 360o:The controller positions are flexible and can quickly be grouped or ungrouped, to run exercises in stand-alone, Suites (Executive and Planner), groups (e.g. the different APP positions) or full Control Centre configuration all depending on the training requirement. All positions are connected to the same network, which gives high flexibility in the use of the simulator facilities and to perform combined courses i.e. from area to ADI.