Avinor is a wholly-owned state limited company under the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and
Communications and is responsible for 44 state-owned airports. Avinor provides safe and efficient travel for
around 50 million passengers annually, half of which travel to and from Oslo Airport.
Over 3000 employees are responsible for planning, developing and operating an efficient airport and air
navigation service. Avinor is financed via airport charges and commercial sales. The air navigation services is
organized as subsidiary wholly-owned by Avinor.
Avinor’s departments for Information Management and Building and Infrastructure are responsible
for most of Avinor’s cartographic production. Approximately, 7-8 employees work with map and
chart production, whereas another 8-10 work with geographic information systems and
geographical data management. The Building and Infrastructure department also maintains a large
number of CAD-drawings.
Avinor’s cartographic production consists of the following mapping and charting products:
- Charts for AIP (Aeronautical information publication): Aerodrome charts, docking charts, aeronautical obstacle charts, en-route charts, arrival and departure charts. These charts are available at: https://avinor.no/en/ais/aipnorway/.
- Charts for Avinor’s helicopter manual: https://avinor.no/en/ais/AHMcurrent/.
- Building restriction area maps for each airport. These maps are available at www.avinor.no.
- Charts showing signs and markings.
- Airport maps: airport overview (see example below), security, airside safety, emergency planning, utilities, noise pollution, ground pollution, etc. Some of these are published as interactive maps on www.avinor.no.
- Ad-hoc map and chart production.
