Haugesund Airport, Karmøy

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Haugesund Airport ( norw Haugesund Lufthavn, IATA: Gents, ICAO: ENHD ) on Karmøy in Norway is operated by the Company Avinor AS. The airfield served daily flights to Oslo, Bergen, Copenhagen and several times a week to London. SAS, Widerøe and Ryanair fly to the airport. In addition, the airport is used for charter flights.

The airport was opened in 1975. It lies on the west coast of Karmøy, the start and runway ends at the North Sea. Despite the severe weather conditions with strong winds and frequent fog of the airfield has the most punctual departures of Norway in the rule.

2004, the airport is a regularity of 98.1 percent (ie, only 77 of 4,116 scheduled flights were canceled ). Punctuality is 91.3 percent ( 338 of 3,893 flights were delayed ).

Of the 662 076 passengers traveled through the airport in 2012, were 438 286 domestic passengers and foreign passengers 223 790 (Ryanair and charter).

Besides the professional air traffic, the airport is used for glider pilots ( Haug Aland Seilflyklubb ).

A shuttle bus runs to the approximately 15 kilometers north of town in Haugesund.