Trondheim Airport

Trondheim Lufthavn Værnes
Characteristics
ICAO code	ENVA
IATA code	TRD
Coordinates	63 ° 27 '27 "  N , 10 ° 55' 27"  E Coordinates: 63 ° 27 '27 "  N , 10 ° 55' 27"  E
Height above MSL	17 m (56  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	35 km east of Trondheim
Street	E6 expressway
train	Regional train station
Basic data
opening	1952
operator	Avinor
Terminals	2
Passengers	4,428,897 (2017)
Air freight	5,187 t (2014)
Flight movements	60,152 (2017)
Runways
09/27	2849 m × 45 m asphalt
14/32 (closed)	950 m × 36 m asphalt

The Trondheim Airport ( Norwegian Trondheim Lufthavn, Værnes ; IATA code : TRD , ICAO code : ENVA ) is a Norwegian airport 35 km east of Trondheim . With around 4.4 million passengers, it is the country's third largest airport after Oslo and Bergen . There are two terminals: Terminal A handles domestic flights, Terminal B handles international flights. At Terminal A, there are five passenger boarding bridges .

The civil airport shares the area with a base of the Norwegian Air Force , which however has no more flying units stationed here. The facility, now known as Værnes garnison and shared by other parts of the armed forces , is used when necessary as a supply base for transport aircraft of the United States Air Force .

history

Værnes, 1936

Beginnings

The airport site has been in military use since 1887. The first aircraft movement dates from 1914 and as a result the first airfield infrastructure was created.

German occupation

The airport was from 1940 to 1942 during the German occupation to an air base of the Air Force expanded with three runways, but today only one runway in use. With a few exceptions, the Air Force used the air base as a base for multi-engine aircraft; one of the exceptions was a training squadron of the Drontheim hunting group (JGr. Drontheim), whose type Bf 109T hunters were stationed in Trondheim for a year from June 1941.

Colonel General Milch in 1940 with Sturzkampfgeschwader 1 in Værnes; in the background Stuka Ju 87R

From April 1940 the 1st group of Sturzkampfgeschwaders 1 with Junkers Ju 87 as well as larger parts of Kampfgeschwader 26 (KG 26) equipped with He 111H were here as the first group , but from May only III. Group that only stayed in Værnes until July. In addition, part of the reconnaissance group 120 was here during these months . For a longer period of time, until October 1944, Weather Reconnaissance Squadron 5 (Wekusta 5) remained stationed in Værnes. Group I of KG 26 relocated to Værnes for another three months in January 1942. It was then replaced by the I. Gruppe des Kampfgeschwader 40 (KG 40), which remained stationed here until January 1943 and again between July and October 1944. In this second phase there was also the III. Group of the KG 40 with the Fw 200 and from July 1944 also the He 177 . From October 1943 to July 1944 part of the reconnaissance group 22 used the space next to it. As the last unit of the Luftwaffe, the KG 26 returned to Værnes in October 1944, initially only the III. and from November also the staff and the II. group. This squadron, meanwhile equipped with Ju 88A (the III. Group also flew Ju 188 ), stayed in Trondheim until the end of the war.

post war period

The Luftforsvaret continued to use Værnes as a military airfield after the war . After the end of the war, two Spitfire Mk. IXE squadrons lay here at the beginning of 1945 , and both of them, formed from Norwegians, were still part of the British Royal Air Force at the time. The remaining season lasted until 1949; however, it was deactivated in 1946/1947.

After the beginning of the Cold War , jet fighters were stationed for a short period of time . Most of the vampires F.Mk.3 of the 337th Skavdron lay in Værnes between April 1953 and September 1955. From 1952, Vaernes remained the home of the Luftforsvarets Flygeskole for the longest time . The flight school existed here until 2002.

The airport around 1925; The Stjørdalselva still flows around the east-west runway

The 2,849 m long and 45 m wide runway 09/27 was extended in 1961 into the Trondheimfjord or its foothills, Stjørdalsfjord . For this purpose, the mouth of the Stjørdalselva, which flows into Stjørdalen from the east, was relocated to the south.

Since 1994 there has been an airport station on the Nordlandsbanen between Trondheim and Bodø .

Airlines and Destinations

The airport is only served by Norwegian directly from Germany from Berlin-Schönefeld (SXF) . There are connections with SAS via Copenhagen and Oslo and with KLM via Amsterdam . Also Norwegian flying him via Oslo. The route to Oslo is served up to 16 times a day with SAS and up to 11 times a day with Norwegian, the route to Copenhagen up to four times a day. In addition, there are some connections within Norway, connections to Northern Europe and numerous seasonal flights to holiday destinations around the Mediterranean.

Others

Trondheim-Lade Airport

Earlier Trondheim had north of the city in charge of the city closer Trondheim charging airport. This was created in 1940 for the German Air Force and was used until 1965. The Luftwaffe stationed parts of Jagdgeschwader 5 (mid-1942 to early 1944 and again in winter 1944/1945) and destroyer squadron 26 (winter 1944/1945), which were equipped with Bf 109G and Bf 110G .

After the war, the airport was used for civilian purposes. From 1952, when Ark was incorporated, it was in the city of Trondheim. The airfield was a convenient location for a required industrial area and was therefore closed in 1965.

Jonsvatnet Seaplane Base

In 1936 to 1939, took advantage of Norwegian Air Lines (DNL) the Jonsvatnet - Reservoir southeast of Trondheim in the summer months as water airfield for her three times a week by seaplanes operated summer route between Bergen and Tromsø with stops in Ålesund , Molde , Kristiansund , Trondheim, Brønnøysund , Sandnessjøen , Bodø , Narvik and Harstad .

During and after the German invasion of Norway in April 1940, the frozen Jonsvatnet was used by the Air Force as an important makeshift airfield, and up to 60 machines were temporarily stationed there. When the ice melted, at least three aircraft were lost in the lake: a Heinkel He 111 , a Junkers Ju 88 and a Junkers Ju 52 . The wreck of the Ju 52 was destroyed during the construction of one of the water pipes in the 1980s. The wrecks of the two bombers were lifted in 2005 after several years of careful preparation. During the search for the wrecks, an Arado Ar 196 was also found, which later crashed into the lake during the war; however, this wreck remained undisturbed as a war cemetery .

Traffic figures

Source: Avinor

Source: Avinor

Trondheim Airport - traffic figures 1999–2017

year	Passenger volume	Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail )	Aircraft movements (with military)
2017	4,428,897	-	60,152
2016	4,417,490	-	61,663
2015	4,352,721	-	60,643
2014	4,416,681	5,187	61,474
2013	4,313,547	5,383	60,830
2012	4,160,284	5,109	60,988
2011	3,926,461	4,898	57,912
2010	3,521,734	5,322	55,474
2009	3,424,965	6,207	54,686
2008	3,474,264	7,553	57,402
2007	2,999,647	6,672	54,954
2006	3,167,601	4,694	53,328
2005	2,579,856	5,532	51,351
2004	2,436,569	5,145	49,577
2003	2,614,133	-	48,592
2002	2,529,876	6,378	48,690
2001	2,705,636	10,208	54,725
2000	2,831,607	12,080	55,874
1999	2,873,008	12,542	63,253

Web links

Commons : Trondheim Airport  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the airport (English / Norwegian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Statistics. Avinor.no , accessed on November 18, 2018 .