Andøya Air Station
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| Coordinates | 69°17′33″N 016°08′39″E / 69.29250°N 16.14417°E | ||||||||||||||
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  Andøya Location in Norway  Andøya Andøya (Nordland) | |||||||||||||||
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Andøya Air Station (
The civil airport
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 Haugnes. The entire village with 310 residents was expropriated to give enough area for the airport. The community at Andøy only had 2000 residents at the time, and a large growth was expected.
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After a period of solely military use, civilian services commenced on April 2, 1964. The first scheduled commercial flight was flown by
In 1969 the Albatrosses were replaced by
The Norwegian parliament decided in November 2016 to close the air station. The station was until 30 June 2023 the base for 333 squadron, which from then on operates from Evenes Air Station.[5] According to a white paper from the Defense Ministry in 2022, Andøya will be a “permanent military reception base for allied forces.”[6]
Accidents and incidents
- On February 1, 1982, a Lockheed SR-71, tail number 980, diverted to the airport. It stayed there four days before being flown out.[7]
- On July 31, 1988, four people died when a private Cessna 172 aircraft crashed west of the airport just after takeoff.[8]
See also
- List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
References
- ^ https://snl.no/And%C3%B8ya_flystasjon. SNL.no. Retrieved 2024-04-03
- ^ https://www.nettavisen.no/regjeringen-vil-omgjore-nedleggelse-av-andoya-flystasjon-blir-base-for-langtrekkende-droner/s/5-95-1738658. Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 2024-04-03
- ^ https://www.nettavisen.no/regjeringen-vil-omgjore-nedleggelse-av-andoya-flystasjon-blir-base-for-langtrekkende-droner/s/5-95-1738658. Nettavisen.no. Retrieved 2024-04-03
- ISBN 82-7046-068-0.
- ^ Maaø, Ole Jørgen. "Andøya flystasjon". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Edvardsen, Astri (20 April 2022). "New Norwegian Whitepaper on Defense: The Government Increases Sea, Land, and Intelligence Activity in the North". High North News. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
- ^ Trip Log of SR-71s That Diverted, Leland R. Haynes, http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/triplog66_86.htm .
- ^ "Tidenes største, norske ulykker" [The biggest Norwegian accidents through time] (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
External links
- Air Force page on Andøya (in Norwegian)
