- Bergen Airport, Flesland
Infobox Airport
name = Bergen Airport, Flesland
nativename = Bergen lufthavn, Flesland
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IATA = BGO
ICAO = ENBR
type = Public
owner =Avinor
operator =
city-served =Bergen ,Norway
location = Bergen, Norway
elevation-f = 170
elevation-m = 52
coordinates = coord|60|17|36.19|N|005|13|05.31|E|type:airport
website = [http://www.avinor.no/English/Airports/Bergen_Airport,_Flesland/ Official website]
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r1-number = 17/35
r1-length-f = 9,810
r1-length-m = 2,990
r1-surface =Asphalt
h1-number = H1
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stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Passengers
stat1-data = 4,852,740
stat2-header = Aircraft movements
stat2-data = 95,984
footnotes =Bergen Airport, Flesland (Norwegian: Bergen lufthavn, Flesland) Airport codes|BGO|ENBR is the airport in
Bergen, Norway , located 19 km south of the city center. It was opened in 1955, and built with funds fromNATO . It has functioned as a combined civil and military airport since its opening. Flesland is owned and operated byAvinor .Flesland is Norway's second largest airport, serving 4,852,740 passengers in 2007. Seven airlines offer domestic flights to 16 destinations while eight airlines offer flights to 19 international destinations, including daily flights to
Aberdeen ,Amsterdam ,Copenhagen ,Frankfurt ,London andStockholm . Some of the traffic comes from Flesland's role as a hub for regional traffic fromSogn og Fjordane , with many flights with 37 seatDash 8 airplanes operated byWiderøe andATR 42 planes byDanish Air Transport . The old terminal has been converted to aheliport , which primarily servesoil platform s in theNorth Sea . Still, the most important route is the one to Oslo, with about 35 daily flights withBoeing 737 aircraft operated by Norwegian andScandinavian Airlines . This route is the seventh busiest in Europe [http://www.boarding.no/art.asp?id=24013 no icon]Its current terminal was designed by the local
architect Halfdan Grieg and was opened in 1988. The same architect also designed the old terminal. The terminal has 11 gates withjetbridge s, numbered 21-32 (gate 30 is for airplanes on the apron). In general, gates on the south side of the terminal are used for international flights while gates on the north side are for domestic flights. Gates in the middle, i.e. the west side, have various assignments.History
The first steps towards an airport at Flesland were taken in 1937 when parts of the farm Flesland were expropriated by the City. In 1952 the authorities decided to build an airport there, and in 1955 it was finished with a runway at 2 999 meters. The original airport was primarily financed by
NATO . A new terminal opened in 1988 and a new tower in 1991.Future plans
Avinor has decided to use 461 million NOK to upgrade the airport, with among other things extension of the international terminal, better aircraft parking, change to the taxiways, new operational buildings, deicing platform, ground radar, secondary radar and runway center lights.Airlines and destinations
Domestic
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Bergen Air Transport (Notodden)
*Danish Air Transport (Florø, Oslo)
*Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo, Rygge, Stavanger, Trondheim)
*Scandinavian Airlines (Ålesund, Haugesund, Kristiansand, Kristiansund, Molde, Oslo, Stavanger, Trondheim)
* Vildanden (Skien)
*Widerøe (Bodø, Førde, Oslo, Sandane, Sandefjord, Sogndal, Stavanger, Tromsø, Ørsta/Volda)International
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airBaltic (Riga)
*British Airways (London-heathrow)
*Cimber Air (Billund)
*Icelandair (Reykjavík-Keflavík)
*KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
*Loganair (Shetland)
*Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
**Lufthansa Regional (Hamburg)
*Norwegian Air Shuttle (Alicante, Berlin-Schönefeld, Dubrovnik, Krakow, Las Palmas, London-Gatwick, Malaga, Murcia, Nice, Paris-Orly, Prague, Salzburg, Split, Stockholm-Arlanda, Warsaw)
*Scandinavian Airlines (Aberdeen, Alicante, Copenhagen, London-Gatwick, Stockholm-Arlanda, Tokyo-narita)
*Sterling (Copenhagen)
*Widerøe (Aberdeen, Edinburgh [seasonal] )Charter
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Air Europa (Barcelona, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca)
*Atlasjet (Antalya, Dalaman)
*BH Air (Bourgas)
*Eurocypria Airlines (Larnaca)
*Pegasus Airlines (Antalya)
*Scandinavian Airlines System (Chania, Funchal, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Palma de Mallorca, Santorini, Split, Tenerife)
*SunExpress (Antalya)
*Spanair (Las Palmas, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife)
*TUIfly Nordic (Faro)Heliport
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CHC Helikopter Service
*Norsk Helikopter Ground transport
* Bus
** Flybussen runs between Bergen city center and Bergen Airport Flesland. The trip takes between 30 - 45 minutes, depending on traffic. The route alternates on driving throughNesttun andFyllingsdalen . Stops in the city center include the Bus station/Railway station, Radisson SAS Hotel Norge, The Fish market and Radisson SAS Royal Hotel Bryggen. Fare is currently NOK 80.* Car
** 3127 parking spaces onsite or within walking distance. Operated on airport property by [http://www.europark.no EuroPark AS]
** Budget car park 3 minutes away from the airport, in Lønningsveien 12. Operated by [http://www.fleslandparkering.no/ Flesland Parkering] . Free shuttle to and from the airport. Free coffee and morning newspaper (in Norwegian).
** The rental companiesEuropcar ,Budget Rent a Car ,National Car Rental ,Avis Rent A Car System Inc. and Hertz' Rent-A-Car are represented at the airportThe
Bergen Light Rail is proposed to eventually run to the airport, but this extension is not part of the original line under construction.ee also
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List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries External links
* [http://www.avinor.no/lufthavn/bergen Official web page]
* [http://www.bt.no/kamera/article206.ece/ Bergens Tidenes web camera]
*References
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