# NorthSky

> NorthSky is a Norwegian aviation and UAS safety consultancy. It provides risk assessment, SORA and drone regulatory advice, airfield and airspace safety work, just culture and audit support, and free screening tools that give an operator a structured first read before engaging a consultant.

## Screening tools
- [Screening tools](https://www.northsky.no/tools/)
- [Airfield risk assessment tool | NorthSky](https://www.northsky.no/tools/airfield-risk/): A free seventeen question screening tool that shows which areas of a smaller aerodrome a risk assessment should look at first.
- [Which Drone Category Am I In? | NorthSky](https://www.northsky.no/tools/drone-category/): Follow a deterministic EASA decision tree for Open A1, A2, A3, STS-01, STS-02, PDRA, SORA or a Certified-category review trigger.
- [Drop zone risk screener and field record | NorthSky](https://www.northsky.no/tools/drop-zone-risk/): Free 17-question drop zone and landing-field risk screener with context flags, weighted result and a local print-ready preliminary assessment record.
- [How NorthSky works with a client](https://www.northsky.no/tools/how-we-work/)
- [Just culture og rapporteringskultur: gratis sjekk | NorthSky](https://www.northsky.no/tools/just-culture-sjekk/): Gratis sjekk med 17 spørsmål om just culture og rapporteringskultur i en luftfartsorganisasjon. Kjører i nettleseren. Ingen hendelsesdetaljer, ingen navn.
- [Just Culture screening tool for aviation | NorthSky](https://www.northsky.no/tools/just-culture/): Free 17-question screen of Just Culture and reporting culture maturity in an aviation organisation. Runs in your browser. No occurrence details, no names.
- [Request a review of a tool result](https://www.northsky.no/tools/request-review/)
- [Risikosjekk for hoppfelt og vurderingslogg | NorthSky](https://www.northsky.no/tools/risikosjekk-hoppfelt/): Gratis risikosjekk med 17 spørsmål for hoppfelt og landingsområde, kontekstflagg, vektet resultat og lokal utskriftsklar foreløpig vurderingslogg.
- [Safe movement numbers at smaller aerodromes | NorthSky](https://www.northsky.no/tools/safe-movements/): Free 17-question screening: is the movement level at your aerodrome supported by the circuit, radio, runway and oversight arrangements you actually have?
- [SORA readiness screening for drone operators | NorthSky](https://www.northsky.no/tools/sora-readiness/): Free 17-question screening of how prepared your drone operation is for a specific-category authorisation application, and where the preparation gaps sit.

## Products
- [Products](https://www.northsky.no/products/): Editable Word and Excel documentation toolkits for aviation safety and compliance work, built from the regulations and methods NorthSky's advisory work relies on.
- [Generic Third-Party Audit Preparation Kit](https://www.northsky.no/products/generic-audit-prep/): Prepare for a third-party certification audit with a common-core self-assessment built on the Harmonized Structure shared across ISO management system standards.
- [Just Culture for UAS operators (online course)](https://www.northsky.no/products/just-culture-course/): Self-study course in English and Norwegian on just culture, occurrence reporting and fair decisions for UAS operators, with a verifiable certificate.
- [SORA Readiness Toolkit](https://www.northsky.no/products/sora-readiness/): Editable SORA 2.5 templates and worksheets for operators preparing an operational authorisation application: ground risk, air risk, SAIL, OSOs, containment and ERP.
- [STS Declaration Preparation Pack](https://www.northsky.no/products/sts-declaration/): Check whether your operation fits STS-01 or STS-02, then prepare the declaration, procedures and evidence a standard scenario declaration requires.
- [Aviation Third-Party Audit Preparation Kit](https://www.northsky.no/products/third-party-audit-prep/): Prepare for an authority, customer or insurer audit of your UAS safety management, built around the ICAO Annex 19 structure, with a self-assessment and evidence register.

## Insights (English)
- [Insights](https://www.northsky.no/insights/): Notes on airfield risk, drone operations under SORA, occurrence reporting, third-party audits and airspace work, for the person who signs the decision.
- [Air traffic and airspace](https://www.northsky.no/insights/air-traffic-and-airspace/): Airspace classification and design, air traffic service provision and capacity questions, written by a working air traffic controller.
- [Military liason services for civil aviation and defense coordination](https://www.northsky.no/insights/air-traffic-and-airspace/military-liason-services/): Military liason services help civil aviation teams coordinate with defense stakeholders, airspace issues, documentation, and mixed operational roles.
- [Airfield risk](https://www.northsky.no/insights/airfield-risk/): How to assess risk at an aerodrome or small airfield: obstacles, runway safety, movement volumes, and a safety case sized to the operation.
- [Airfield operational risk decision support for safer movements](https://www.northsky.no/insights/airfield-risk/airfield-operational-risk-decisions/): Guide for aviation teams on airfield operational risk decision support, connecting runway safety, movement planning, and advisory collaboration in practice.
- [Safe operating capacity at smaller aerodromes](https://www.northsky.no/insights/airfield-risk/safe-operating-capacity/): Why an annual movement number is demand, not capacity, and a four-method way to test whether a busy period at a small aerodrome is safe.
- [SORA readiness for complex airfield risk decisions](https://www.northsky.no/insights/airfield-risk/sora-readiness-airfield-risk/): Learn how to structure SORA readiness for complex airfield operations and connect international guidance to clear local risk decisions.
- [Wildlife Strike Risk Assessment at Aerodromes](https://www.northsky.no/insights/airfield-risk/wildlife-strike-risk-assessment/): A practical overview of wildlife strike risk assessment methods, data sources, and operational considerations for aerodrome safety personnel.
- [Audits and compliance](https://www.northsky.no/insights/audits-and-compliance/): Preparing for third party audits, running an internal audit programme, and closing findings properly, for organisations without a full time compliance function.
- [What Does a Third-Party Safety Audit Actually Cost?](https://www.northsky.no/insights/audits-and-compliance/cost-of-a-third-party-safety-audit/): What a third-party aviation safety audit actually costs, which factors drive the price, and how to scope one so the budget matches the outcome you need.
- [Books](https://www.northsky.no/insights/books/): Two working handbooks: preparing for and running third-party audits, and applying Just Culture in unmanned aircraft operations. Written for small teams.
- [Just Culture for UAS Operators](https://www.northsky.no/insights/books/just-culture-uas-operators/): A Norwegian-language handbook on reporting culture in drone operations, explained in English: what it argues and who it actually suits.
- [The Power of third party audits](https://www.northsky.no/insights/books/third-party-audits-handbook/): A practical handbook on hiring and managing third-party audits: scoping the work, comparing auditors, and closing findings properly. Paperback and Kindle.
- [Just Culture](https://www.northsky.no/insights/just-culture/): What Just Culture in aviation requires in practice: occurrence reporting under Regulation 376/2014, and why reporting dries up when trust does.
- [Just Culture course for UAS operators](https://www.northsky.no/insights/just-culture/course/): A self-study course in English and Norwegian on just culture, occurrence reporting and fair decisions for UAS operators in the specific category, built on SORA 2.5.
- [Questions about the course](https://www.northsky.no/insights/just-culture/course/faq/): Answers about the Just Culture course for UAS operators, including language, time, the final assessment, the certificate and licences for organisations.
- [Free sample lesson](https://www.northsky.no/insights/just-culture/course/sample-lesson/): Read a full lesson from the Just Culture course for UAS operators free of charge, on human error, at-risk behaviour and reckless behaviour.
- [Course syllabus](https://www.northsky.no/insights/just-culture/course/syllabus/): All six modules and twenty-eight lessons of the Just Culture course for UAS operators, with the time each lesson takes and what it teaches.
- [Verify a course certificate](https://www.northsky.no/insights/just-culture/course/verify/): Check whether a certificate from the Just Culture course for UAS operators is valid by entering the id printed on it.
- [A Just Culture review is not a formal audit](https://www.northsky.no/insights/just-culture/just-culture-review-vs-formal-audit/): What a Just Culture review looks at, how it differs from a formal audit, and why both can matter when reporting starts to go quiet.
- [UAS and SORA](https://www.northsky.no/insights/uas-and-sora/): Drone operations in the specific category: SORA risk assessment, standard scenarios, PDRA, operational authorisation and the documentation behind them.
- [Choosing a drone consultancy: what the work involves and how to judge it](https://www.northsky.no/insights/uas-and-sora/choosing-a-drone-consultancy/): What a drone consultancy actually delivers, how to tell competence from noise, which documents you should expect, and the questions that separate the two.
- [SORA Readiness for Airfield Operations: What Operators Need to Know](https://www.northsky.no/insights/uas-and-sora/sora-readiness-for-airfield-operations/): A plain-language guide to SORA readiness for airfield operations, covering ground risk, air risk, and how advisory support can help UAS operators prepare.
- [Specific Operations Risk Assessment: A Practical Readiness Guide](https://www.northsky.no/insights/uas-and-sora/sora-readiness-guide/): Learn how the Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) works, what each step requires, and how to prepare your UAS operation for a successful authorisation.

## Innsikt (norsk)
- [Innsikt](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/): Fagstoff om flyplassrisiko, droneoperasjoner og SORA, rapportering, revisjon og luftrom. Skrevet for den som skal forsvare vurderingen etterpå.
- [Bøker](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/boker/): To håndbøker til bruk i arbeidshverdagen: forberedelse og gjennomføring av tredjepartsrevisjoner, og Just Culture i droneoperasjoner.
- [Just Culture for UAS-operatører](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/boker/just-culture-uas-operatorer/): Praktisk norsk bok om rapporteringskultur i droneoperasjoner: hvorfor folk slutter å melde fra, og hva en UAS-operatør kan gjøre med det. Kindle og papir.
- [The Power of third party audits](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/boker/tredjeparts-revisjoner/): Engelsk håndbok om å kjøpe og styre tredjepartsrevisjoner, beskrevet på norsk: omfang, valg av revisor, gjennomføring og håndtering av avvik.
- [Flyplassrisiko](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/flyplassrisiko/): Risikovurdering for flyplasser og mindre landingsplasser: luftfartshinder, rullebanesikkerhet, trafikkmengde og dokumentasjon tilpasset driften.
- [Lufttrafikk og luftrom](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/lufttrafikk-og-luftrom/): Luftromsklassifisering, luftromsendringer, lufttrafikktjeneste og kapasitet, vurdert av en flygeleder som arbeider operativt. Hva en luftromssak må dokumentere.
- [Revisjon og etterlevelse](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/revisjon-og-etterlevelse/): Forberedelse til tredjepartsrevisjon og tilsyn, internrevisjon i praksis, og lukking av avvik for virksomheter uten egen etterlevelsesfunksjon.
- [Sikkerhetskultur](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/sikkerhetskultur/): Rapporteringsplikt, Just Culture og rapporteringskultur i praksis: hva forordning 376/2014 krever, og hvorfor rapporteringen stilner.
- [Just culture-kurs for UAS-operatører](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/sikkerhetskultur/kurs/): Et selvstudiekurs på norsk og engelsk om just culture, rapportering av hendelser og rettferdige beslutninger for UAS-operatører i spesifikk kategori, bygd på SORA 2.5.
- [Innhold i kurset](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/sikkerhetskultur/kurs/innhold/): Alle seks moduler og tjueåtte leksjoner i just culture-kurset for UAS-operatører, med tidsbruk og hva hver leksjon lærer bort.
- [Gratis prøveleksjon](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/sikkerhetskultur/kurs/proveleksjon/): Les en hel leksjon fra just culture-kurset for UAS-operatører gratis, om menneskelig feil, risikoatferd og uforsvarlig atferd.
- [Spørsmål om kurset](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/sikkerhetskultur/kurs/sporsmal-og-svar/): Svar om just culture-kurset for UAS-operatører, blant annet språk, tidsbruk, prøven, kursbeviset og lisens for organisasjoner.
- [Verifiser et kursbevis](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/sikkerhetskultur/kurs/verifiser-kursbevis/): Sjekk om et kursbevis fra just culture-kurset for UAS-operatører er gyldig ved å skrive inn ID-en som står på det.
- [UAS og SORA](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/uas-og-sora/): Droneoperasjoner i spesifikk kategori: SORA-vurdering, standardscenario, PDRA og dokumentasjonen bak en operasjonstillatelse for drone.
- [Slik kjøper du en dronetjeneste som holder i felt](https://www.northsky.no/innsikt/uas-og-sora/velge-radgiver-droneoperasjoner/): Hva en dronetjeneste i spesifikk kategori består i, hvilke dokumenter Luftfartstilsynet ber om, hva du bør spørre leverandøren om, og hvor prosjekter sporer av.

## Contact
- [Contact NorthSky](https://www.northsky.no/contact/): Reach NorthSky about aerodrome risk, UAS operations, Just Culture or third party audits. Email, phone, what to include in a first message, and what happens next.