Fagernes Airport, Leirin
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| Fagernes Airport, Leirin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: VDB - ICAO: ENFG | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Commercial | ||
| Operator | Avinor | ||
| Serves | Fagernes | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 2696 ft (822 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 15/33 | 6,758 | 2,060 | Paved |
Fagernes Airport, Leirin (IATA: VDB, ICAO: ENFG) (Norwegian: Fagernes lufthavn, Leirin) in Norway serves Fagernes and the surrounding valleys of Valdres, Hallingdal and Gudbrandsdal. Opended in 1987, it is owned and operated by Avinor. The airport is located at an elevation of 829 meters a.s.l, the highest located airport in Northern Europe. The runway is 2060 meters long.
The airport has scheduled flights to Oslo (twice daily) and Haugesund (twice weekly), operated by Coast Air on public service obligation contracts. The airline uses a Jetstream 31, seating 19 people.
The closure of Geilo Airport, Dagali has increased the amound of traffic to the airport, and a number of international charter flights are flown in during the winter with ski tourists for the surrounding ski resorts. The airport had 17,722 passengers in 2005, of them 4,485 on scheduled flights, the rest on charter flights.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Coast Air (Haugesund, Oslo)
- Scandinavian Airlines (Copenhagen) (charter, seasonal)
- Astraeus (London Gatwick, London Heathrow) (charter, seasonal)
- SN Brussels (Copenhagen, Birmingham) (charter, seasonal)
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| Airports of Norway |
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| Primary Airports Alta | Bardufoss | Bergen | Bodø | Harstad/Narvik | Haugesund | Kirkenes | Kristiansand | Kristiansund | Lakselv | Molde | Oslo | Stavanger | Tromsø | Trondheim | Ålesund |
| Regional Airports Andenes | Brønnøysund | Båtsfjord | Berlevåg | Fagernes | Florø | Førde | Hammerfest | Hasvik | Honningsvåg | Leknes | Mehamn | Mo i Rana | Mosjøen | Namsos | Narvik | Røros | Rørvik | Røst | Sandane | Sandnessjøen | Sogndal | Stokmarknes | Svolvær | Sørkjosen | Vadsø | Vardø | Værøy | Ørsta/Volda |
| Overseas Territories Jan Mayen | Longyearbyen | Ny-Ålesund | Svea |
| Private Notodden | Sandefjord | Skien | Stord |
| Air Force Stations Andøya | Banak | Bardufoss | Bodø | Gardermoen | Rygge | Sola | Ørland |
| Closed Geilo | Oslo-Fornebu |
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