Værøy Airport
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Værøy Airport Værøy lufthavn |
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| Airport type | Closed | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Municipality of Værøy | ||||||||||
| Serves | Værøy, Norway | ||||||||||
| Location | Nordlandet, Værøy | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 11 m / 36 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 67°41′18″N 012°40′54″E / 67.68833°N 12.68167°ECoordinates: 67°41′18″N 012°40′54″E / 67.68833°N 12.68167°E | ||||||||||
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Værøy Airport (Norwegian: Værøy lufthavn; IATA: VRY, ICAO: ENVY) was a regional airport located at Nordlandet on the island and municipality of Værøy, Norway. Operated between 1986 and 1990, it had an 800-by-30-meter (2,625 by 98 ft) asphalt runway aligned 07–25. The airport was owned and operated by the Municipality of Værøy. It was served by Widerøe, who operated de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft to Bodø and Røst.
Widerøe commenced seaplane operates to Værøy from 1965; five years later the first helicopter services were introduced. Planning of an airport started in the late 1960s, but unfavorable weather conditions prolonged finding a suitable location. The decision to build the airport was taken in 1984, construction began the following year and the airport opened on 1 June 1986. The fatal Widerøe Flight 839 accident took place on 12 April 1990, in which heavy wind caused structural failure of a Twin Otter. The airport has been closed since; helicopter services commenced in 1993 and Værøy Heliport opened in 1997.
The first aircraft to land in Værøy was a Noorduyn Norseman of the Royal Norwegian Air Force in 1948. Services to Værøy started in 1965, when Widerøe commenced sea plane services to the island using de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters and Norseman aircraft. The routes were operated two to three times per week as a charter service, with subsidies from the municipalities of Værøy and Røst. At Værøy the airline parked the aircraft in Sørlandsvågen and rowed passengers to and from land with a rowboat. Ragnar Johansen's Cessna was a frequent operator to Værøy for charter services.
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