Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad
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| Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad Mosjøen lufthavn, Kjærstad |
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| IATA: MJF – ICAO: ENMS | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner/Operator | Avinor | ||
| Serves | Mosjøen | ||
| Location | Kjærstad | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 72 m / 237 ft | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 16/34 | 919 | 3015 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Passengers | 76,294[1] | ||
Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad (IATA: MJF, ICAO: ENMS) (Norwegian: Mosjøen lufthavn, Kjærstad) is a regional airport serving Mosjøen in Nordland, Norway. In 2007 Mosjøen Airport had 76,294 passengers. It is owned and operated by the state owned Avinor.
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[edit] Service
The airport is served by Widerøe with Dash 8 aircraft connecting the community to Bodø and Trondheim. The routes are operated on public service obligation with the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications.
[edit] History
The airport was opened in 1987 as part of the last group of regional airports to be built in Norway.
In 2002 the Ministry of Transport launched an idea of merging the three airports serving Northern Helgeland, Mosjøen Airport, Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka and Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll into a new airport at Drevjadalen in Vefsn, 15 km north of Mosjøen city. But meteorological tests performed by Avinor showed that the area had too much fog to serve as an airport. The idea was to build one new airport with a large enough runway to take down Airbus A320/Boeing 737 aircraft directly from Oslo, and make it unnecessary to operate subsidied regional aircraft to Helgeland. The road tunnel Korgfjelltunnelen opened in 2005 created a reliable and fast road between Mosjøen and Mo i Rana (it's not nice to have an often blocked road between an airport and the largest city it serves). As of 2007 the idea is abandoned by both Avinor and the Ministry of Transport.[2][3]
[edit] Ground transport
The airport is located 20 minutes out of town. There is no bus service to the airport, but taxis are available.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Widerøe (Bodø, Mo i Rana, Namsos, Trondheim)
[edit] References
- ^ Avinor (2008). Årsoversikt passasjerer 2007.
- ^ Avinor. Utreder ny felles flyplass på Helgeland (Norwegian). Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
- ^ Statens Vegvesen. Nasjonal Transportplan, forslag til handlingsplan region nord (Norwegian). Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
[edit] External links
- Avinor entry for Mosjøen Airport (Norwegian)
- Avinor entry for Mosjøen Airport (in English, sparser information)
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