Sandane Airport, Anda
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IATA: SDN – ICAO: ENSD
 SDN
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Avinor | ||
| Serves | Sandane | ||
| Location | Anda, Norway | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 196 ft / 60 m | ||
| Coordinates | 61°49′48″N 6°6′21″E / 61.83°N 6.10583°E | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 09/27 | 800 | 2,625 | Asphalt |
Sandane Airport, Anda (Norwegian: Sandane lufthavn, Anda) (IATA: SDN, ICAO: ENSD) is an airport in 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 Nordfjord and Gloppefjord. The airport is operated by Avinor, and serve the towns of Sandane and Nordfjordeid, as well as surrounding areas.
The only airline at the airport is Widerøe who operates regional Dash 8 aircraft on public service obligation contract with the Norwegian Government.
The airport was rebuilt in 2010, and now has a single 950 m runway running roughly east-west, hence numbered 09/27, which straddles the peninsula. The airport is in fairly rugged terrain with mountains and water, and landing an aircraft at Anda is still, after the rebuilding, fairly demanding. The runway now passes on top of the regional main road E39.
The upgrades in 2010 also provided safety zones at the runway and improved approach instrumentation. The airport reopened 26 August 2010.[1]
In 2009, the travel magazine Travel and Leisure claimed Sandane to be one of the 17 scariest runways in the world. As the runway is sandwiched between two fjords, who then have steep hillsides on the other side, it may provide exhilarating rides. However, no fatal accidents have been noted in the airport's history.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Widerøe | Bergen-Flesland, Oslo-Gardermoen, Sogndal-Haukåsen, Ørsta/Volda-Hovden[2] |
[edit] References
- ^ "Sandane lufthavn gjenåpnet" (in Norwegian). Boarding.no. http://www.boarding.no/art.asp?id=42910. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- ^ wideroe.no
[edit] External links
- Avinor entry for Sandane Airport
- Avinor entry for Sandane Airport (Norwegian) (more detail)
- Entry on Sandane Airport NRK Sogn og Fjordane county encyclopedia, in Norwegian
- Travel and Leisure World's Scariest Runway
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