Ørsta-Volda Airport, Hovden

Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden Ørsta–Volda lufthamn, Hovden
IATA: HOV ICAO: ENOV
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Avinor
Serves	Ørsta and Volda
Location	Hovdebygda, Ørsta, Norway
Elevation AMSL	74 m / 243 ft
Coordinates	62°10′43″N 006°04′33″E / 62.17861°N 6.07583°E / 62.17861; 6.07583Coordinates: 62°10′43″N 006°04′33″E / 62.17861°N 6.07583°E / 62.17861; 6.07583
Map
HOV Location in Norway
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 06/24 1,070 3,510 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 121,021 Aircraft movements 6,294 Cargo (tonnes) 2
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Passengers	121,021
Aircraft movements	6,294
Cargo (tonnes)	2

Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden (Norwegian: Ørsta–Volda lufthamn, Hovden; IATA: HOV, ICAO: ENOV) is a regional airport situated at Hovdebygda in Ørsta, Norway, midway between the towns of Ørsta and Volda. The airport features a 1,070-meter (3,510 ft) asphalt runway aligned 06/24. Services are provided by Widerøe using their de Havilland Canada Dash 8 as a public service obligation. Owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor, the airport handled 121,021 passengers in 2014.

Hoved opened on 1 July 1971 as a municipal airport having cost 5.9 million Norwegian krone (NOK). Until 1993 Widerøe served it using the de Havilland Canada Twin Otter as a feeder service to Ålesund Airport, Vigra. The de Havilland Canada Dash 7 was used from 1985 to 1987. During the early years the airport had very poor regularity and was proposed closed. Terminal upgrades were carried out in 1988 and the runway extended in the early 2000s. Since the 2008 opening of the Eiksund Tunnel and the 2012 opening of the Kviv Tunnel, Hovden has significantly increased its catchment area and now covers a population of 60,000 in southern Sunnmøre and Nordfjord. This had led to a tripling of ridership.

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