Ålesund Airport, Vigra Ålesund lufthavn, Vigra
IATA: AES – ICAO: ENAL
Summary
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 6.11°E / 62.56028; 6.11
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
07/25	2,314	7,592	Asphalt

Ålesund Airport, Vigra (IATA: AES, ICAO: ENAL) (Norwegian: Ålesund lufthavn, Vigra) 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 811,160 passengers in 2008 (ranked ninth 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.

Contents 1 History 2 Airlines and destinations 2.1 Scheduled 2.2 Charter 3 Accessibility 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] 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 airport is operated by Scandinavian Airlines, its subsidiary airBaltic, and main Norwegian rival Norwegian.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Scheduled

• airBaltic (Riga)
• Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo)
• Scandinavian Airlines (Bergen, Oslo, Trondheim)
  • operated by Cimber Air (Copenhagen)

[edit] Charter

• Air Europa (Las Palmas)

[edit] Accessibility

• Regular bus service to the airport from Ålesund
• The airport is on bus route 658.

[edit] See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

[edit] External links

• (Norwegian) Avinor entry for Ålesund Airport
• (English) Avinor entry for Ålesund Airport (sparser information)
• Airport information for ENAL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.

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