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23-700: The airport was opened on 1 July 1975 as the only public airport serving Nordfjord , four years after the other regional airports in Sogn og Fjordane county. Originally the airport was served with de Havilland Canada Twin Otters . The airport was plagued with severe turbulence and low regularity. A terminal expansion took place in 1987 and the runway was slightly expanded in 2010. The first four airports in Sogn og Fjordane and southern Sunnmøre opened on 1 July 1971: Florø Airport : Førde Airport, Øyrane ; Sogndal Airport, Haukåsen and Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden . This left

46-428: A mail route between Stavanger and Bergen. In 1858, mail was rerouted to newly established steam ships Bergen–Vadheim, and the mail route changed to Vadheim – Sande – Førde , in parts precisely along today's route. Since 1990, a number of long bridges and tunnels have replaced four of the ferries. The bridges and tunnels are: Other large road projects include: The route Trondheim–Ålesund–Bergen–Stavanger–Kristiansand

69-603: Is 97 kilometers (60 mi). People in Nordfjordeid and Stryn on the other side of Nordfjorden have been users of Sandane Airport. Road projects, such as the 2012 opening of the Kviv Tunnel has created one hour road distance without ferry for them to Hovden. Combined with the inability to extend the runway at Sandane further, this could cause the authorities to close down the airport. Nordfjord Nordfjord (English: Northern fjord —in contrast to Sunnfjord )

92-566: Is a traditional district of Norway . The region is located in the northern part of Vestland county in Western Norway . It centers on the Nordfjorden and it comprises the municipalities of Selje , Vågsøy , Bremanger , Eid , Gloppen , Hornindal , and Stryn . The Nordfjord region covers an area of about 4,295 square kilometres (1,658 sq mi) and is home to a population (2010) of approximately 32,464. The fjord

115-470: Is aligned 08/26. It has a takeoff run available (TORA) of 820 meters (2,690 ft) and a landing distance available (LDA) of 760 meters (2,490 ft). The airport is equipped with category 4 fire and rescue service. The airport is situated 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) from Sandane. Paid parking, taxis and car rental are available at the airport. Widerøe provides the only scheduled services at Sandane Airport. They are operated as public service obligation with

138-605: Is considering the regional airport structure in Southern Norway and has looked at the fate of Sandane airport. Of the five airports in the northwest, Sandane is by far the least used. Avinor has started a process to look at the airport structure in Sogn og Fjordane. After 2010, no new aircraft can be purchased except for small ones, which can use very short runways such as Sandane. Early plans have looked at closing down Førde Airport, Bringeland and Sandane Airport while expanding

161-468: Is located at the road E39 . Taxis and rental cars are available. Sandane is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away. Nordfjordeid is located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the airport, but that includes a ferry connection. People in Nordfjordeid can also drive to Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden which from 2012 can be driven without using a ferry, but that is 78 kilometres (48 mi) away. Avinor

184-430: Is particularly scenic. The Stryn area provides year-round alpine skiing , and there are numerous old fishing communities along the fjord going back to pre-Viking times. 61°55′34″N 5°08′40″E  /  61.92611°N 5.14444°E  / 61.92611; 5.14444 This Vestland location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . European route E39 European route E39

207-602: Is the sixth longest in Norway stretching 106 kilometres (66 mi) from the island of Husevågøy at the mouth to the village of Loen at the other end. The region encompasses the rough coastline of the Stadlandet peninsula to the Jostedalsbreen , Europe's largest mainland glacier. The region also includes the lake Hornindalsvatnet , Europe's deepest lake at 514 metres (1,686 ft). The glacier Briksdalsbreen

230-786: Is the designation of a 1,330 kilometres (830 mi) north–south road in Norway and Denmark from Klett, just south of Trondheim , to Aalborg via Bergen, Stavanger and Kristiansand. In total, there are nine ferries, more than any other single road in Europe. In Trondheim, there are connections to E6 and E14 . In Ålesund, to E136 , in Bergen to E16 , in Haugesund, to E134 , in Kristiansand to E18 , and in Aalborg to E45 . In Norway,

253-606: The Ministry of Transport and Communications and are flown with Dash 8-100 aircraft. Services are provided to Oslo with intermediate stops in Sogndal. Operation of the airport runs at a deficit of NOK 20 million in 2012. In addition the routes are subsidies at a cost of NOK 1163 per passenger. Combined the air service received subsidies of NOK 1,476 per year. In 2015, Sandane Airport served 37,272 passengers, 2,977 aircraft movements and 1.5 tonnes of cargo. The airport

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276-439: The longest proposed bridge spans . In 1786, a royal decision was made to establish a postal route between Bergen and Trondheim. From the establishment of mail in Norway in 1647 until then, all mail between those cities went over to Oslo. To begin with, the route was for large parts usable for walking and horse riding only, but in the following decades it was rebuilt to allow horse carriages. Several parts required boat. The route

299-454: The E39 are regarded as an integral part of national highways. Ferries operate according to a published timetable and standard prices for vehicles and passengers. [1] [2] The E39 includes the following ferry routes from North to South (approximate crossing time in minutes): The Norwegian government plans to replace all the ferries on E39 in Norway with bridges and tunnels. This involves some of

322-563: The E39 is part of the Norwegian national road system, and is as such developed and maintained by the public roads administration. The E39 is mostly a two-lane undivided road, and only relatively short sections near Stavanger, Trondheim and Bergen are motorways or semi-motorways . The E39 ferries are operated by Fjord1 except the Volda-Folkestad and Festøya-Solavågen ferry, which are operated by Norled . Domestic car ferries on

345-405: The coast. To a much greater degree than other regional airports in the area, Anda was subject to severe wind, frequently canceling flights. This was in part due to severe turbulence during the landing. Combined with poor navigation, this caused several near-accidents. This prompted additional navigational equipment to be installed. The airport has had much lower regularity than the other airports in

368-428: The county. The regularity has been improved thanks to instrument landing systems to around 5 % cancelled flights in 2022. The airport initially had two people in the tower and two and a half for other operations. The airport had two employees on duty at any time while open: one in the tower and one who managed operations and the fire and rescue service, as well as parts of the ground handling. The terminal building

391-681: The district of Nordfjord without an airport. Four locations were considered; in addition to Anda, these were Markane in Stryn , Bjørlomona in Eid and Mona in Sandane. Anda was ultimately selected. The airport opened on 1 July 1975. Services were part of the West Coast route operated by Widerøe with their 19-seat de Havilland Canada Twin Otters. Services were originally flown to Bergen Airport, Flesland ; Ålesund Airport, Vigra and other regional airports on

414-479: The runway are close to sleep hillsides which dive into the fjords. Four kilometres west of the runway, there is a 400 m high mountain ridge, which is too close for aircraft to pass, so they have to do a sharp turn close to the runway. Travel + Leisure included Sandane in its 2009 list of the world's seventeen scariest runways. The aerodrome has a reference elevation of 60 meters (196 ft). The asphalt runway measures 970 by 30 meters (3,182 by 98 ft) and

437-471: The runway at Florø to 2,000 meters (6,600 ft). This would allow for jetliners to operate from Florø to Oslo with significantly lower ticket prices and remove the need for subsidies. Previously, the Ministry of Transport and Communications has proposed closing Sandane Airport and splitting the traffic between Førde and Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden . The road distance from Sandane to Førde-Bringeland

460-519: Was Bergen – Åsane – Hordvik –(boat over Salhusfjorden )– Isdal – Hundvin – Gulen – Rutledal –(boat over Sognefjorden )– Leirvik ( Hyllestad )– Flekke – Dale – Bygstad – Førde – Jølster – Gloppen -(boat over Nordfjord )–Faleide ( Stryn )– Hornindal – Hellesylt – Stranda –(boat along Storfjorden )– Sjøholt – Vestnes -(boat over Romsdalsfjorden )– Molde – Angvik –(boat over Tingvollfjorden )– Tingvoll –(boat over Halsafjord )– Stangvik – Skei – Rindal – Orkanger – Trondheim . The 1786 decision also included

483-505: Was introduced on 1 January 2005. The airport was closed between 1 March and 26 August 2010 for renovations costing NOK 150 million. The main work was lengthening the runway by 160 meters (520 ft). The European route E39 is built in a tunnel under the extended runway. Sandane Airport is located at Anda in Gloppen, Norway. It is situated perpendicularly on a peninsula which cuts between Nordfjorden and Gloppefjorden . Both ends of

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506-585: Was minimal, built for the 20 seat Twin Otter, and check-in was handled by a travel agency in Sandane. This changed in 1987 when the terminal building was rebuilt and the check-in moved to the airport. Widerøe replaced its Twin Otters with the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 in the early 1990s. Ownership of the airport passed from Gloppen Municipality to the Civil Aviation Administration (later renamed Avinor) on 1 January 1997. Airport security

529-500: Was named E39 in 2000. Kristiansund–Stavanger was earlier riksveg 1 (national highway 1, "coastal through-road") from 1992 and riksveg 14 before 1992. Stavanger–Kristiansand was part of E18, and Trondheim – Kristiansund was riksveg 65 and riksveg 71. An international car ferry is operated by Color Line and by Fjord Line (seasonally). From Norway, E39 goes with ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshals, in northern Denmark. Ferries are run by Color Line and Fjord Line . The motorway goes from

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