Capacity - Norway

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PRB monitoring

▪ Norway registered 0.03 minutes of average en route ATFM delay per flight during 2024, which has been adjusted to 0.04 during the post-ops adjustment process, thus achieving the local target value of 0.11. Delays in Norway increased by 0.01 minutes per flight year-on-year.

▪ Delays were highest in April and August, mostly related to ATC Disruptions.

▪ The share of delayed flights with delays longer than 15 minutes in Norway decreased by 6 percentage points compared to 2023 and was lower than 2019 values.

▪The average number of IFR movements was 7% below 2019 levels in Norway in 2024.

▪ The number of ATCOs in OPS is 40, being below the 2024 plan in Bodo by 2 FTEs. The number of ATCOs in OPS is 90, being below the 2024 plan in Oslo by 14 FTEs. The number of ATCOs in OPS is 29, being below the 2024 plan in Stavanger by 2 FTEs.

▪ The yearly total of sector opening hours in Bodo ACC was 24,161, showing a 2.1% decrease compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are 29.3% below 2019 levels. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Oslo ACC was 22,750, showing a 1.4% decrease compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are 17.5% below 2019 levels. The yearly total of sector opening hours in Stavanger ACC was 16,418, showing a 1.3% decrease compared to 2023. Sector opening hours are 21.5% below 2019 levels.

▪ Bodo ACC registered 7.62 IFR movements per one sector opening hour in 2024, being 26.9% above 2019 levels.

▪ Norway registered an average airport arrival ATFM delay of 0.26 minutes per flight in 2024, thus achieving the local target of 0.50 minutes.

▪ Compared to 2023, average arrival ATFM delays in Norway were 66% higher in 2024, while the number of IFR arrivals decreased by 1%.

▪ The main reason for delays was weather, accounting for 86% of total delays.

En route performance

En route ATFM delay (KPI#1)

Focus on en route ATFM delay

Summary of capacity performance

Norway experienced a slight increase in traffic from 552k flights in 2023, with 17k minutes of en route ATFM delay, to 555k flights in 2024 with 25k minutes of en-route ATFM delay. For reference in 2019, Norway handled 595k flights with <2k minutes of en-route ATFM delays.

NSA’s assessment of capacity performance

The war in Ukraine has caused a substantial shift in traffic. When the STATFOR forecast for October 2021 for the period 2022-2027 is compared to actual traffic in the years where these data are available, we see a considerable reduction. A central cause is overflights being re-routed due to closed airspaces.

The delays in 2024 are mainly related to two incidents; A technical disruption in April and a power outage in August (ER Disrutions (ATC)).

Monitoring process for capacity performance

The actual en-route atfm actual delay per flight of 0,04 min./flt. in 2024 was significant below the national target set to 0,11 min./flt. Actual performance throughout RP3 is much better than set in the PP.

Capacity planning

Norway has been developing ATC capacity over years, and is in position to provide more capacity than the national reference values. Based on consultation meetings with the airspace users and Avinor ANS during the en route delay is set to between 0,06 min./flt and 0,11 min./flt. in RP3.

Avinor ANS has over the last years been increasing capacity, in order to being able to shift to new technology without major operational consequences for the airspace users.

Application of Corrective Measures for Capacity (if applicable)

Not applicable

En route Capacity Incentive Scheme

Avinor Flysikring AS (Avinor ANS): The adopted incentive scheme does not foresee the payment of any bonus even though the capacity targets were met.
In accordance with Article 3(3)(a) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1627: The incentive scheme shall cover only the calendar years 2022 to 2024.

Other indicators

Focus on ATCOs in operations

The reduction in ATCOs in OPS in Oslo (ENOSE ACC) is mainly due to operating staff being engaged in the project related to the new ATM system. As a result they are not a part of the staff reported as ATCOs in OPS. Total staffing level is in accordance to plan.

Terminal performance

Arrival ATFM delay (KPI#2)

Focus on arrival ATFM delay

Norway has identified four airports as subject to RP2 monitoring. However, in accordance with IR (EU) 2019/317 and the traffic figures, only two of these airports (Oslo (EGNM) and Bergen (ENBR)) must be monitored for pre-departure delays. Oslo (A-CDM implemented) is the only Norwegian airport that has finished the full implementation of the Airport Operator Data Flow required for the monitoring of these pre-departure delays. Regarding the APDF implementation and the calculation of the pre-departure delays at Bergen, Norway started providing data in October 2023, so the indicators should be available as of 2024. Contrary to the general trend, traffic at these four Norwegian airports declined by 1% in 2024 compared to 2023, remaining 9% below 2019 levels.

Average arrival ATFM delay in 2024 was 0.26 min/arr, compared to 0.16 min/arr in 2023. The national target was met. ATFM slot adherence remained very high (2023: 99.2%; 2024: 99.2%).

For the third year in a row, arrival ATFM delays increased at Oslo (ENGM; 2019: 0.31 min/arr; 2020: 0.05 min/arr; 2021: 0.01 min/arr; 2022: 0.17 min/arr; 2023: 0.30 min/arr; 2024: 0.48 min/arr) while the rest of airports registered minimum delays. 86% of the arrival ATFM delays in Norway were attributed to Weather, followed by ATC Staffing issues (10%) at Oslo.

According to the Norwegian monitoring report: The actual terminal and airport ANS ATFM arrival delay per flight of 0,26 min./flt. at a national level in 2024, still significant below the national target set to 0,50 min./flt. Actual performance is so far in RP3 better than set in the PP. A significant part of the delays are reported in 2024 are connected to weather conditions at ENGM in Autumn and during the Winter period.

Norway’s performance plan sets a national target on arrival ATFM delay for 2024 of 0.50 min/arr. This target was met with an actual performance of 0.26 min/arr. The incentive scheme uses modulated pivot values limited to CRSTMP delay causes. This pivot value for CRSTMP is 0.08 min/arr in 2024. According to the attribution of the regulation reason, the actual CRSTMP value for 2023 is 0.031 min/arr, although Norway reports this value as 0.07 min/arr. The Norwegian Performance Plan does not establish any bonus.

Other terminal performance indicators (PI#1-3)

Airport level
Airport name	Avg arrival ATFM delay (KPI#2)					Slot adherence (PI#1)					ATC pre departure delay (PI#2)					All causes pre departure delay (PI#3)
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Bergen/Flesland	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.03	98.9%	98.4%	98.7%	98.8%	99.1%	NA	NA	NA	0.00	0.01	NA	NA	NA	9.0	9.6
Oslo/Gardermoen	0.05	0.01	0.17	0.30	0.48	98.4%	99.4%	99.4%	99.4%	99.6%	0.05	0.06	0.10	0.11	0.15	5.0	6.7	12.7	11.1	11.1
Stavanger/Sola	0.03	0.01	0.03	NA	NA	97.4%	93.2%	98.6%	98.6%	98.3%	NA	NA	NA	0.01	0.01	NA	NA	NA	8.7	7.6
Trondheim/Vaernes	0.03	NA	0.00	NA	NA	98.9%	98.0%	99.3%	99.0%	97.9%	NA	NA	NA	0.00	0.00	NA	NA	NA	11.0	9.0

Focus on performance indicators at airport level

ATFM slot adherence

All Norwegian airports showed adherence above 98% and the national average was 99.2%. With regard to the 0.8% of flights that did not adhere, 0.4% was early and 0.4% was late.

According to the Norwegian monitoring report: Adherence to ATFM slots at national level in 2024 (99,2%) is approx. in line with previous years both in RP3 and in RP2. I.e. excellent performance.

ATC pre-departure delay

The calculation of the ATC pre-departure delay is based on the data provided by the airport operators through the Airport Operator Data Flow (APDF) which is properly implemented at Oslo but not implemented at Bergen. Therefore the monitoring of this indicator in Norway is limited to Oslo. The performance at Oslo in 2024 slightly deteriorated with respect to 2023 (ENGM; 2019: 0.14 min/dep.; 2020: 0.05 min/dep.; 2021: 0.06 min/dep.; 2022: 0.10 min/dep.; 2023: 0.11 min/dep.; 2024: 0.17 min/dep.).

According to the Norwegian monitoring report: The increase in pre-departure delay at Oslo airport is mostly related to winter operations with increased conflicts on the apron related to pushback and focus on delaying aircraft at parking stand, not on the TWY to reduce emissions.

All causes pre-departure delay

The calculation of the All causes pre-departure delay is based on the data provided by the airport operators through the Airport Operator Data Flow (APDF) which is properly implemented at Oslo but not implemented at Bergen. Therefore the monitoring of this indicator in Norway is limited to Oslo. The total (all causes) delay in the actual off block time at Oslo decreased in 2024 (ENGM: 2020: 5.01 min/dep.; 2021: 6.74 min/dep.; 2022: 12.74 min/dep.; 2023: 11.13 min/dep.; 2024: 11.08 min/dep.) and resulted in the second lowest value among the RP3 monitored airports.