Sandane Airport Sandane lufthavn | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Avinor | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sandane and Nordfjordeid, Norway | ||||||||||
| Location | Anda, Gloppen, Norway | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 196 ft / 60 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 61°49′48″N 006°06′21″E / 61.83000°N 6.10583°E | ||||||||||
| Website | avinor.no | ||||||||||
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Sandane Airport (Norwegian: Sandane lufthavn; IATA: SDN, ICAO: ENSD) is a regional airport serving the village of Sandane in Vestland county, Norway. It perpendicularly straddles the Anda peninsula in Gloppen Municipality between the Nordfjorden and Gloppefjorden. The airport has an asphalt runway measuring 970 by 30 meters (3,182 by 98 ft) and aligned 08/26. Services are provided by Widerøe on public service obligation with the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The airport is owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor and served 37,272 passengers in 2013.
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.