Bergen Airport, Hjellestad

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ICAO: none

Summary

Airport type

Public

Serves

Bergen, Norway

Location

Hjellestad, Fana

Elevation AMSL

0 m / 0 ft

Coordinates

60°15′21″N 5°14′24″E / 60.2559°N 005.2399°ECoordinates: 60°15′21″N 5°14′24″E / 60.2559°N 005.2399°E

Map

Hjellestad

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	m	ft	Surface
			Water

Bergen Airport, Hjellestad (Norwegian: Bergen sjølufthavn, Hjellestad) was a water airport serving Bergen, Norway from 1948 through 1951. Located at Hjellestad, then in the municipality of Fana, the airport was variously used by Norwegian Air Lines (DNL), Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), Widerøe and West Norway Airlines for seaplane routes eastwards to Oslo, southwards to Haugesund and Stavanger, and northwards to Ålesund, Kristiansund and Trondheim.

Bergen Airport, Sandviken proved too small for DNL's routes with the introduction of the Short Sandringham, most due to ship traffic in the area. The airport at Hjellestad opened on 23 August 1948. It consisted of a small cabin used as a control tower, a small terminal building. Smaller aircraft could dock at a floating wharf, while the larger Sandringhams anchored at a buoy. The airport was closed in 1951, after DNL closed its Oslo routes and traffic moved back to Sandviken.

Bergen Airport, Sandviken was the first water airport to serve the city, with services commencing in 1934. Although it was close to the city center, this also meant that the airport's runway took up central parts of Byfjorden. With increased use of aircraft, they became a safety hazard on the fjord. The operations were distributed, as the air traffic control was located at Herdla Airport on Askøy. Herdla was considered, but its runway was too rudimentary and the airport was far from the city. Although closer, Bergen Naval Air Station on Flatøy also needed to be reached with a ferry.

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