Bergen Airport, Flesland
Bergen Airport (Nynorsk: Bergen lufthamn; IATA: BGO, ICAO: ENBR), alternatively Bergen Flesland Airport or simply Flesland Airport, is an international airport located at Flesland in the city and municipality of Bergen, Vestland, Norway. Opened in 1955, it is the second-busiest airport in Norway, with 6,306,623 passenger operations in 2018. Flesland is operated by the state-owned Avinor. Until 1999, Flesland Air Station of the Norwegian Air Force was co-located at the airport.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Avinor | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bergen, Norway | ||||||||||
| Location | Flesland, Bergen, Vestland | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 50.6 m / 166 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 60°17′37″N 005°13′05″E | ||||||||||
| Website | avinor.no | ||||||||||
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Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Norwegian Air Shuttle and Widerøe are the largest airlines operating at the airport. The route to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, is among the busiest in Europe. Substantial traffic is generated by CHC Helikopter Service and Bristow Norway to offshore oil platforms in the North Sea.
Originally, Bergen was served by water aerodromes at Flatøy, Sandviken, and Herdla. Financing of Flesland was largely secured through NATO funds, and the airport opened on 2 October 1955. Until the 1980s, Bergen was the Norwegian airport used for intercontinental flights by SAS to New York. New terminals were opened in 1988 and in August 2017. The Bergen Light Rail was extended to the airport in April 2017.