Sandefjord Airport, Torp Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Sandefjord kommune (43,26%) Vestfold fylkeskommune (43,26%) Vestfold Flyplassinvest AS (13,48%) | ||||||||||
| Operator | Sandefjord Lufthavn AS | ||||||||||
| Serves | Vestfold, Norway | ||||||||||
| Hub for | Widerøe | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 87 m / 285 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°11′12″N 010°15′31″E / 59.18667°N 10.25861°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.torp.no | ||||||||||
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Sandefjord Airport, Torp (Norwegian: Sandefjord lufthavn, Torp; IATA: TRF, ICAO: ENTO) is a minor international airport located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) northeast of Sandefjord and 110 kilometers (68 mi) south of Oslo in Norway. The airport features a 2,989-meter (9,806 ft) runway aligned 18/36. Torp partially serves as a regional airport for Vestfold and in part as a low-cost airport for Eastern Norway and the capital, Oslo. Widerøe have a base at Torp, serving both domestic and shorter International flights. It also sees scheduled flights by airBaltic, Ryanair, Wizz Air, and Norwegian Air Shuttle. As of 2021, it is the second-largest airport in eastern Norway in terms of flights after Rygge shut down in 2016.[5]
The airport was built largely with NATO funding as one of several bases to be used by the United States Air Force in case of war. Construction started in 1953 and the airport was opened on 2 July 1956. [citation needed] By then, the military interest in the airport had dwindled. Civilian flights commenced in 1958, and in 1960, a municipal airport company was established to run a civilian sector. Vestfoldfly started operations the following year, and through a series of name changes and acquisitions has become the basis for Widerøe's operations at Torp. International services commenced in 1985 and Mediterranean charter services in 1992. The airport expanded in the 1960s and in 1997 became a Ryanair destination, which marketed it as an airport serving Oslo. The airport markets itself as TORP Sandefjord Airport (Norwegian: TORP Sandefjord lufthavn).
The main entry road from European route E18 traverses the birch tree forests of Fokserød Nature Preserve.[6]
- ^ "Airport information for ENTO" (PDF). Avinor. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Passenger statistics from Avinor" (xls). Avinor. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Aircraft Movement statistics from Avinor". Avinor. Archived from the original (xls) on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Cargo statistics from Avinor". Avinor. Archived from the original (xls) on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- ^ "Flyplasser rundt Oslo: OSL (Gardermoen) og Torp".
- ^ "Fokserød naturreservat".