Brønnøysund Airport
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Coordinates | 65°27′40″N 012°13′03″E / 65.46111°N 12.21750°E | ||||||||||
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Brønnøysund Airport (
Brønnøysund received seaplane services in 1935, at first operated by
History
The first aircraft to land in Brønnøysund was a Hansa-Brandenburg seaplane of the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service on 23 July 1922. It was piloted by Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen and Finn Lützow-Holm, en route from Horten to Kirkenes. The following thirteen years Brønnøysund only saw occasional landings, when Norwegian Air Lines started a service from Bergen to Tromsø on 7 June 1935, which included a stop at the harbor in Brønnøysund. Passengers and mail would be rowed out to the waiting aircraft. The first season the route was flown using a single-engine Junkers W 34. The aircraft turned out to be too small and a larger Junkers Ju 52 was introduced the following season. Flights were dependent on good weather and were only operated during the summer.[4] The route was taken over by Widerøe in 1938.[5] All civilian flights were terminated during World War II, although the town would see occasional military landings.[4]
Seaplane routes resumed in 1947 using the Junkers Ju 52. Construction of primary airports in Norway started in the 1950s based on building joint military and civilian airport with funding from the
No primary airports had been built in Helgeland by the mid-1960s. The coastal parts of the region, such as at Brønnøysund, were without highways and railways. Although Widerøe operated a seaplane route, it remained a summer-only service. Travel time to
Widerøe came with an alternative proposal and suggested that a network of smaller airports be built instead, which could be served using
Planning started in 1966 and construction commenced the following year.
The first year of operation saw 6,157 passengers, dropping to 5,543 in 1969. Originally there were two southbound and two northbound flights per day in the summer and one per direction during winter. In 1969 this increased to two flights per direction all year.
Offshore helicopter operations commenced out of Brønnøysund Airport in 1981, when
NATO showed interest in upgrading Brønnøysund Airport in 1991. Specifically, they intended to spend NOK 125 million in expanding the runway to 2,000 meters (6,562 ft) and building a fuel depot. The airport was planned used as a relief
Airport security was introduced on 1 January 2005.[15] This put a large strain on the terminal capacity and the terminal had to be expanded. Makeshift solutions were used, such as plywood boards to allocate people through the security check. In late 2004, the airport started planning an all-new terminal building, as the old terminal was deemed both too small and out of date.[16] Construction of the NOK-115-million terminal started on 24 October 2006.[17] As the first airport in the world, Brønnøysund received SCAT-I, a satellite-based landing system, on 29 October 2007.[18] The new terminal opened on 26 May 2008, which allowed the a restaurant to open at the airport, all vehicles to be stored indoors[19] and included a new helicopter terminal.[4] Thon Hotel Torghatten opened in October 2009[20] and an airport surveillance radar was installed in 2010, making Brønnøysund the first regional airport in Norway to have one.[4]
Widerøe reintroduced direct flights to Oslo on 10 May 2010.
Avinor was working on plans to close the airports in Sandnessjøen, Mo i Rana and Mosjøen and replace them with a new primary airport at Mo i Rana. Brønnøysund has stated that they wish to keep their airport and not be part of a central airport for the region.[23] There is over 3 hours driving distance to Mo i Rana (compared to 5 hours to the much larger Trondheim airport). There have also been launched proposals by local politicians to extend the runway at Brønnøysund to 2,000 meters (6,562 ft). This proposal was in 2012 dismissed by the municipal council, which instead wanted a shorter extension to allow landing of Dash 8 Q400 aircraft.[24]
Facilities
The airport is located 2.5 kilometers (1.6 mi) southeast of the town center of Brønnøysund.[25] It consists of a combined passenger terminal and works building and includes a café. There is a separate helicopter terminal.[19] The runway, numbered 04–22, is 1,200 by 30 meters (3,937 ft × 98 ft); when including the safety zones at each end the total length is 1,440 meters (4,724 ft).[1][3][4] It is the only regional airport in Norway which has an airport surveillance radar installed.[4] The airport had 117,471 passengers, 10,494 aircraft movements and 39 tonnes of cargo in 2014.[2]
Taxis, paid parking and car rental is available at the airport. Driving time to the town center is about five to seven minutes. There is a bus service operated by
Airlines and destinations
Widerøe is the only airline operating scheduled flights out of Brønnøysund,
CHC Helikopter Service operates flights to the offshore oil platform at Norne on contract with
The
Airlines | Destinations |
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Bristow Helicopters | Skarv |
CHC Helikopter Service | Norne |
Widerøe | Bodø, Oslo, Sandnessjøen, Trondheim |
Statistics
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Accidents and incidents
- Widerøe Flight 710 took place on 6 May 1988 when a Dash 7 crashed into nearby Torghatten mountain during a landing approach, killing all 36 aboard.[31] It remains the worst accident involving a Dash 7 and is the fourth-worst accident on Norwegian soil.[32]
- Eurocopter Super Puma en route to Norne crashed into the Norwegian Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) northwest of the airport, killing all 12 people on board.[33]
References
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- ^ a b c "Månedsrapport". Avinor. 2015. Archived from the original (XLS) on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "Aerodrome Chart: ENBN – Brønnøysund / Brønnøy" (PDF). Avinor. 11 February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Lufthavnens historie" (in Norwegian). Avinor. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ Arnesen, Odd (1984). På grønne vinger over Norge (in Norwegian). Widerøe's Flyveselskap. pp. 24–29.
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- ^ Olsen-Hagen: 49
- ^ Olsen-Hagen: 50
- ^ "NATO-støtte til Brønnøysund lufthavn" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 21 August 1991.
- ^ Rapp, Ole Magnus (26 May 1993). "NATO kutt rammer Nord Norge". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 3.
- ^ "– Oppgradert i grevens tid". Nordlys (in Norwegian). 25 November 2009. p. 4.
- ^ "Staten eier av flyplasser". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 December 1994. p. 25.
- ^ Helgeland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Archivedfrom the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ Solberg, Pål E. (30 September 2004). "Tre usikre flyplasser i Midt-Norge". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 4.
- Helgeland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Archivedfrom the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
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- ^ "Prosjekter". Avinor. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ Helgeland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Archivedfrom the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ Helgeland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Archivedfrom the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ Helgeland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 3 November 2010. Archivedfrom the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- Helgeland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Archivedfrom the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ Helgeland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 15 February 2006. Archivedfrom the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- Helgeland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Archivedfrom the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Getting to and from the airport". Avinor. Archived from the original on 27 September 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ "Destinations from Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy". Avinor. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Archivedfrom the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ Sæthre, Hege (11 October 2012). "CHC Øker". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian). p. 4.
- ^ "Luftambulansebasen i Brønnøysund" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Air Ambulance. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- ^ "Flyambulansebasen i Brønnøysund" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Air Ambulance. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- Norwegian Accident Investigation Board. August 1989. Archivedfrom the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- Aviation Safety Network. August 1989. Archivedfrom the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
- Accident Investigation Board Norway. November 2001. Archivedfrom the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
Bibliography
- Olsen-Hagen, Bernt Charles (2014). Offshore Helicopters: Helikopteraktiviteten på norsk kontinentalsokkel. Aviation Forlag. ISBN 978-82-999547-0-9.