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Airport information for Bodo Airport Country: Norway Location: Bodo Coordinates: 67.16.00N / 014.22.00E IATA Code: BOO Timezone: GMT +1 Direct flights form Bodo Airport Direct flights to Bodo Airport Find connecting flights to Bodo Airport Find connecting flights from Bodo Airport

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Bodø Airport (IATA: BOO, ICAO: ENBO) (Norwegian: Bodø lufthavn) is a independent civilian airport in Bodø, Norway. It is turn up next to the armed forces air pressure ground Bodø Main Air Station, merely southward of the town center, on the westernmost tip of the peninsula Bodø lies on. The airport has a individual concrete, 3.394 m x 45 m landing track which runs in a or so east-west way. In addition to jet plane functioning to major domestic destinations, the airport assists as a hub for regional airline voyages to Helgeland, Lofoten and Vesterålen. It assisted 1,430,000 riders in 2006.

History

Postal voyages to Bodø set about in 1921, and before 1940 Bodø was assisted with sea airplanes from Widerøe.

The 1st landing track at Bodø Airport was make during World War II by British military personnel, after Germany had occupied Southern Norway. On May 26, 1940 three British Gloster Gladiators district and pick out the 1st airborne defense for the town. The area  was swamp, and the 1st makeshift landing track dwell of wooden boards blowing on the water. But presently the superior Luftwaffe clutched command over the airport, and maintained it for the continuance of the conflict, amongst other things upgrading the landing track to concrete.

Not much was done with airport until the Korean War set about in 1950. The West were afraid of a Soviet assail on Western Europe, so a new field was build at a new place southwestward of the old 1. Originally be after to be complete in 1951, the new airport didn't open until 1956, though the civilian spot opened in 1952. From then on scrapper jet plane have been posted at Bodø. In 1988 NATO shot vast amounts of money to enable the field to deal big air pressures in the case of an pinch.

Air pressure ground

Main article: See Bodø Main Air Station

The Bodø Main Air Station, located near at the airport, is the largest air station in Norway functioned by the Royal Norwegian Air Force. This air station is the place of the 331st and the 332nd Squadron of F-16s in addition to a disengagement from the 330th Squadron of Westland Sea King eggbeaters.

Original article.