Førde Airport, Øyrane
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Førde Airport, Øyrane Førde lufthavn, Øyrane |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Førde Municipality | ||||||||||
| Serves | Førde, Norway | ||||||||||
| Location | Øyrane, Førde, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 7 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 61°27′28″N 005°50′02″E / 61.45778°N 5.83389°ECoordinates: 61°27′28″N 005°50′02″E / 61.45778°N 5.83389°E | ||||||||||
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Førde Airport, Øyrane (IATA: FDE, ICAO: ENFD; Norwegian: Førde lufthavn, Øyrane) was a regional airport located at Øyrane in Førde, Norway. The municipal airport first opened as a water aerodrome, receiving a runway in 1970. Scheduled services started the following year, with Widerøe providing flights to Bergen with the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter. In addition, Førdefly and Airlift operated general aviation services from the airport. Førde Airport, Øyrane was located in the middle of an industrial area and had severe safety shortcomings, such as lacking an instrument landing system and had a control tower without sight of the entire runway. Øyrane was therefore replaced with Førde Airport, Bringeland in 1986.
Large-scale construction of airports in Norway started in the 1950s, largely funded by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Bergen Airport, Flesland opened in 1955, followed by Ålesund Airport, Vigra in 1958. The first plans for an airport in Sunnfjord were launched by Engineer Arne Bengtsen, who proposed building an airfield in Florø and having Vestlandske Luftfartsselskap operate to it using the Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer. Construction started in 1956, but was halted after the airline could not guarantee operations during winter.
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