Sandane Airport, Anda

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Sandane Airport, Anda
IATA: SDN - ICAO: ENSD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Avinor
Serves		Sandane
Elevation AMSL		196 ft (60 m)
Coordinates		61°46′0″N, 6°13′0″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
09/27	2625	800	Asphalt

Sandane Airport, Anda (IATA: SDN, ICAO: ENSD) (Norwegian: Sandane lufthanv, Anda) is an airport in the Gloppen municipality in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, opened in 1975. The airport is located north of the municipality centre, at the base of a peninsula between the fjords Utfjord and Gloppefjord. The airport is operated by Avinor.

The only airline at the airport is Widerøe who operates regional Dash 8 aircraft on pubic service obligation contract with the Norwegian Government.

The airport has a single 800 m runway running roughly east-west, hence numbered 09/27, which stradlles the peninsula. The airport is in fairly rugged terrain with mountains and water, and landing an aircraft at Anda is fairly demanding. Safety regualations regarding the runway length have put the airports future in doubt because the location of the airport makes extending the runway difficult. ^[1] A study did show that it would be possible to bury the E39 road, which now runs west of the airport into a tunnel and expand the runway to 1000 m at a price of around 110 million NOK. ^[2] ^[3]

[edit] Destinations and Airlines

Widerøe (Bergen, Oslo, Sogndal)

[edit] External links

Avinor entry on Sandane Airport, Anda
Entry on Sandane Airport NRK Sogn og Fjordane county encyclopedia, in Norwegian
↑ Yearly report from the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority (in Norwegian)
↑ The runway on Sandane Airport can be expanded to 1000 m (in Norwegian)
↑ New hope for Anda (in Norwegian)

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