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Christian Franke wrote:

Good morning!

With the recent addition of the Scandinavian-based SAS to our network, I would like to suggest featuring a Nordic accomplishment. Scandinavia offers some truly remarkable and innovative approaches that deserve to be seen—and flown.

I believe this could be a great opportunity to showcase something unique from the region, and I’d be happy to contribute or support in any way I can.

Warm regards,
Christian

Andrew Vane wrote:

Speaking from my past ops experience, the best way to help this happen is to do the research on all the airports you want added and get that list to Ken in am email. Any flights or even airports not in our schedule database would have to be added manually and this takes time. Use 3-letter code for all airports too. Try to pick airports that are already in the database and have flights to/from them to also help Ken out if possible and keep to commercial flight airports as much as possible. Someone will try to land a 747 on a 2000 ft runway in the mountains.

For example: Jersey Boy Accomplishment: EWR, ACY, TTN

All in historical database with flights to/from them.

Peter Lund wrote:

SAS still operates to the Faroe Islands.

Christian Franke wrote:

All airports have a minimum runway length of 6100 feet, which makes them suitable for operation by at least an SAS A319.
*difficult approaches - extra fun, (...) not part of the DVA route network, but served by SAS

Denmark:
• Copenhagen (CPH) – Primary hub for SAS.
• Billund (BLL) – Served.
• Aalborg (AAL) – Served.
• Aarhus (AAR) – Served.
• *(Vágar (FAE), Faroe Islands – SAS previously operated flights here, but services have been terminated. - runway length: 5902 feet ) -- usually strong winds and surrounded by fjords

Sweden:
• Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) – Primary hub for SAS.
• Malmö (MMX) – Served.
• *Kiruna (KRN) – Served. -- extreme weather conditions - strong crosswinds
• Umeå (UME) – Served.
• Gothenburg (GOT) – Served.
• Visby (VBY) – Served.
• (Sundsvall (SDL) – Served.)
• *(Östersund (OSD) – Served.) -- mountain airport with low clouds and fog - low visibility

Norway:
• Oslo Gardermoen (OSL) – Primary hub for SAS.
• *Bodø (BOO) – Served. -- surrounded by mountains with challenging mountain waves (descending winds)
• *Bergen (BGO) – Served. -- surrounded by fjords and coastal weather conditions
• Sandefjord Torp (TRF) – Served.
• Stavanger (SVG) – Served.
• *Harstad/Narvik (EVE) – Served. -- Required Navigation Performance – Authorization Required - curved precision approaches in the mountains
• Trondheim (TRD) – Served.
• Tromsø (TOS) – Served.
• Kirkenes (KKN) – Served.
• Kristiansand (KRS) – Served.
• Ålesund (AES) – Served.
• *Longyearbyen, Svalbard (LYR) – Served. -- world's most northern commercial airport: steep mountains, high winds, very slippery runways
• *(Alta (ALF) – Served.) -- situated at the end of a fjord, surrounded by mountains - follow the fjord

Finland
• Helsinki (HEL) – Served.
• *(Rovaniemi (RVN) – Served.) - Santa Claus airport - polar night darkness and thick snowfall, icy runways
• Turku (TKU) – Served.
• Vaasa (VAA) – Served.
• *(Ivalo (IVL) – Not served by SAS.) -- strong crosswinds in polar night darkness, icy runways

Iceland
• Keflavík (KEF) – Served.
• (Akureyri (AEY) – Not served by SAS.)

Greenland (Denmark)
• (Nuuk (GOH) – SAS plans to commence service on 27 June 2025.)
• (Kangerlussuaq (SFJ) – Previously served by SAS; however, services have been terminated.)

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Have fun. :)