Namsos Airport Explained

Namsos Airport
Image2-Width:300
Iata:OSY
Icao:ENNM
Pushpin Map:Norway#Trøndelag
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Label:OSY
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Norway
Type:Civil
Operator:Avinor
City-Served:Namsos
Location:Høknesøra, Namsos, Norway
Elevation-F:8
Elevation-M:2
Coordinates:64.4722°N 11.5786°W
Metric-Elev:y
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:07/25
R1-Length-F:3,068
R1-Length-M:935
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2014
Stat1-Header:Passengers
Stat1-Data:29,091
Stat2-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat2-Data:3,364
Stat3-Header:Cargo (tonnes)
Stat3-Data:8
Footnotes:Source:[1] [2]

Namsos Airport (Norwegian: Namsos lufthavn;), referred locally as Høknesøra Airport, is a regional airport located along the Namsen river, just outside the town of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway. The airport is served with Dash 8 aircraft from Widerøe on public service obligation contracts with the Ministry of Transport and Communications. It had 25,684 passengers in 2011 and is owned and operated by Avinor. There has been one large disaster associated with the airport. In 1993, Widerøe Flight 744 hit ground in darkness during approach, causing six deaths out of 19 on board.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Månedsrapport . . XLS . 13 January 2015 . 2015.
  2. Web site: Airport information for ENNM . Avinor . 9 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120730021422/https://www.ippc.no/norway_aip/current/AIP/AD/ENNM/EN_AD_2_ENNM_en.pdf . 30 July 2012.
  3. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 LN-BNM Namsos Airport (OSY).