Andøya Airport, Andenes

Infobox Airport
name = Andøya Airport, Andenes
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IATA = ANX
ICAO = ENAN
type = Joint (military and civilian)
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operator = Avinor
city-served = Andenes
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elevation-m = 13
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r1-number = 03/21
r1-length-f = 5,486
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Andøya Airport, Andenes Airport codes|ANX|ENAN (Norwegian: Andøya lufthavn, Andenes) is the airport serving Andenes, Norway, in the municipality of Andøy. It is located right next to the town of Andenes, and covers major parts of the northern tip of island Andøya. It is part of Andøya Air Station, who operate Orion surveillance aircraft. The Norwegian Space Centre and Andøya Rocket Range are also located at the airport.

Despite two long runways, the airport is part of the Short Take-Off and Landing (STOL) network in Norway, being served by Widerøe.Andøya Airport is owned and operated by Avinor.

History

The first idea of building a military airport was launched at a NATO meeting in Lisbon in 1951. In March 1952 the Norwegian Minister of Defence, Nils Langhelle announced that the airport was going to be built. There were multiple suggested locations, and the decision fell on the village of Haugnes. The entire village with 310 residents was expropriated to gain enough area for the airport.

The first aircraft landing took place on September 17 1954. The air station was operational from the fall of 1957. After a while, civilian services were asked for, and on April 2 1964 the first scheduled flight was flown by Scandinavian Airlines. In 1968, the second runway was finished. In the 1970s the airport became part of the new network of regional airports in Lofoten and Vesterålen with government subsidised operations with de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft seating 20 and operated by Widerøe. From April 1 2006 the public service obligation was won by Coast Air who operated services to Bodø and Tromsø. Coast Air announced that they would abandon the route from April 1, 2007. The contract to operate was awarded to Widerøe again. [ [http://www.boarding.no/art.asp?id=25186 Widerøe back at Andenes] "Widerøe tilbake på Andenes", Boarding.no, February 2, 2007. (in Norwegian)]

Airlines and Destinations

*Widerøe (Bodø, Tromsø)

Accidents and incidents

* On July 31 1988 4 people died when a private Cessna 172 aircraft crashed west of the airport just after take off. [http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=1065350]

External links

* [http://www.avinor.no/lufthavn/andoya?type=d Avinor - Andøya Airport]
*WAD|ENAN