The world's first remote-controlled airport had its first plane land on Tuesday in northeastern Sweden, the country's Sveriges Radio reported.
Instead of a people, the air traffic control tower has microphones, cameras and sensors which send information to an air traffic control station 180 kilometers to the south.
"It is an historic flight and the first landing using a remote tower in the world," the airport manager told Swedish radio.
The airport only has six daily flights and remotely controlling it is seen as an effective cost-cutting measure.
The system was developed by Saab together with Sweden's state-owned navigation service provider found safe by the Swedish transportation regulator. According to the manufacturer, aviation industry representatives from other countries expressed interest in the new system.
