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Remote-Controlled Airport A Reality In Sweden

NPR | By Ari Shapiro

Published February 4, 2015 at 4:51 PM EST

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Sweden is the first country in the world to get a remote-controlled airport. That means flights are guided by operators sitting miles away.

This piece originally aired on Morning Edition on Feb. 1, 2015.