Ålesund Airport, Vigra
Ålesund Airport, Vigra Ålesund lufthavn, Vigra | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Avinor | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ålesund | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 m / 69 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 62°33′37″N 06°06′36″E / 62.56028°N 6.11000°E | ||||||||||
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Ålesund Airport, Vigra (IATA: AES, ICAO: ENAL) (Template:Lang-no) is an airport which serves the Norwegian city of Ålesund. The airport is located on the island of Vigra in the Giske municipality, northeast of the city centre. The airport served 732,616 passengers in 2006 (ranked eight in Norway).
Scheduled services are offered by Scandinavian Airlines to Copenhagen, Bergen, Oslo and Trondheim, by airBaltic to Riga, and by Norwegian to Oslo. In addition there are regular charter flights.
History
The airport was opened in 1958, as the first in Møre og Romsdal. Scheduled flights were offered by Braathens S.A.F.E using de Havilland Heron aircraft, later replaced with Fokker F-27, Fokker F-28 and Boeing 737 aircraft.
In 1986 the present terminal was opened along with an extended runway, and the next year a new complex of bridges and underwater road tunnels connected the airport to Ålesund, without the need for ferries.
In 1998 the new low-cost carrier Color Air started services to the new Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. This resulted in a price war in addition to Scandinavian Airlines also starting services to the city. Today the only airlines left are Scandinavian Airlines, its subsidiary airBaltic, and main Norwegian rival Norwegian.
Airlines and destinations
Scheduled
- airBaltic (Riga
Latvia) - Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo
Norway) - Scandinavian Airlines (Bergen, Oslo, Trondheim Norway)
- operated by Cimber Air (Copenhagen
Denmark)
- operated by Cimber Air (Copenhagen
Charter
- airBaltic (Riga Latvia)
- Atlasjet (Antalya
Turkey) - BH Air (Bourgas
Bulgaria) - Gazpromavia (Moscow
Russia) - Iberworld (Palma de Mallorca
Spain, Santorini 
Greece) - Nouvelair (Monastir
Tunisia) - Novair (Heraklion Greece)
- Pegasus Airlines (Antalya Turkey)
- Turkish Airlines (Antalya Turkey)
- Scandinavian Airlines (Chania, Rhodes Greece)
- Spanair (Palma de Mallorca Spain)
Former airlines and destinations
- Scandinavian Airlines System (London-Gatwick
England)
Accessibility
- Regular bus service to the airport from Ålesund
- The airport is on route 658. Note that one must pay a toll fee to come from Ålesund.
See also
External links
- Avinor entry for Ålesund Airport
- Avinor entry for Ålesund Airport (in Norwegian) (more detail)
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