Bergen Airport

This article is about Bergen Airport in Norway. For the airfield in Bergen on Rügen see Airfield Rügen .

Bergen Lufthavn, Flesland
Characteristics
ICAO code	ENBR
IATA code	BGO
Coordinates	60 ° 17 '36 "  N , 5 ° 13' 5"  E Coordinates: 60 ° 17 '36 "  N , 5 ° 13' 5"  E
Height above MSL	52 m (171  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	13 km southwest of Bergen
Street	Riksvei 580
Local transport	Bus, light rail
Basic data
opening	1955
operator	Avinor
surface	860 ha
Terminals	2 + 1 (under construction)
Passengers	6,113,452 (2017)
Air freight	4,503 t (2014)
Flight movements	90,341 (2017)
Employees	1267
Start-and runway
17/35	2990 m × 45 m asphalt

The Bergen airport ( Norwegian Bergen Lufthavn, Flesland , IATA code BGO , ICAO code ENBR ) is the international airport of the Norwegian city of Bergen .

He is both civilian and military purposes (for NATO - air forces and the Luftforsvaret ) used. With 6,113,452 passengers in 2017, the airport is the second largest in Norway.

Location and transport links

Bergen Airport is 13 kilometers southwest of Bergen city center.

It is integrated into local public transport through the Bergen light rail system.

history

The airport opened in 1955. The then 2,440 m long runway was built with funds from NATO and created with massive rock blasts in the hilly landscape.

In 1988 a new terminal building with eleven passenger boarding bridges was put into operation at the airport . Since then, the old terminal has been used to handle helicopter passengers, mainly in traffic to the oil rigs in the North Sea. The Bergen light rail was extended to the airport in April 2017. Another new terminal building with a capacity of 10 million passengers went into operation in August 2017. Bad weather approaches have been possible under CAT II conditions since October 2018.

Airlines and Destinations

Both regional and international destinations are served from Bergen. The main connection is the Bergen- Oslo route . In the ranking list of Europe's most frequently flown routes, this route was in seventh place in 2005, with an average of 54,471 passengers per week.

Traffic figures

Source: Avinor

Source: Avinor

Bergen Airport traffic figures 1999-2017

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail )	Aircraft movements (with military)
2017	6,113,452	-	90.341
2016	5,949,060	-	94.180
2015	6,021,020	-	98,936
2014	6,216,841	4,503	103,767
2013	6.215.705	5,199	106.225
2012	5,814,413	6,747	106,481
2011	5,601,394	6,717	103.183
2010	5,078,267	7,499	96.505
2009	4,628,424	6,934	97.255
2008	4,808,419	6.105	100,318
2007	4,199,886	6.102	99.172
2006	4,358,038	7,430	95,484
2005	3,473,695	7,259	88,929
2004	3,344,397	7.154	87,088
2003	3,587,805	-	88,087
2002	3,553,438	7,859	90.184
2001	3,673,577	9,860	94,467
2000	3,926,964	9,586	97.238
1999	3,913,925	10,317	104,873

Web links

Commons : Bergen Airport, Flesland  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Airport website (Engl.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Statistics. Avinor.no , accessed November 16, 2018 . 
2. ↑ FlugRevue November 2018, pp. 34–38, Norway's number two
3. ↑ Welcome to the new Terminal at Bergen Airport. In: avinor.no. Avinor , accessed July 4, 2018 (Norwegian / English). 
4. ↑ Boarding.no: "Bergensflyet" number sju i Europa ( memento from October 2, 2012 on WebCite ) (Norwegian), accessed August 15, 2009