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Airport Directory » Norway » Skien » Skien AirportAirport information for Skien AirportCountry: NorwayLocation: Skien Coordinates: 59.11.00N / 009.34.00E IATA Code: SKE Timezone: GMT +1 Direct flights form Skien Airport Direct flights to Skien Airport Find connecting flights to Skien Airport Find connecting flights from Skien Airport |
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Skien Airport, Geiteryggen (Norwegian: Skien lufthavn, Geiteryggen) (IATA: SKE, ICAO: ENSN) is an airport turn up 2.5 kilometre southwestward of the town center of Skien, Norway. Skien Lufthavn AS functions the airport and this corporation is owned by the local municipality of Skien in the Grenland district. In 2005 the airport had 14,736 riders, in 2006 approx 34,000 riders used the airport. Estimated traffic for 2007 is approximately 50,000 riders. The airport has domestic and international voyages.
History
First aircraft to see Skien district in the nearby area of Gråtenmoen in 1914. Local business community with the back up of local authority before long realized that airtraffic was essential for the area economic development and planned an airport at Geiteryggen in 1936, but due to hold up and World War II no existent traffic of all time set about. In 1946 Telemark Flyselskap was constituted to set about a local airport. Some hydroplanes were using Skien's nearby canals and rivers to make city with goods and riders.
The local air power baseball club, Grenland Flyklubb (constituted 1946), set about voyages at Geiteryggen in 1952. First aeroplane, a two seater Piper Cub, district Thursday February 7, 1952.
Skien Airport Geiteryggen has had commercial voyages since the 1950s. From the begin daily functioning were run by Snorre Kjetilson and his married woman Reidun and their corporation; Fjellfly (1952-1972). After a slow set about the air hose functioned at the most 14 aircraft of various sizes (in 1965). They functioned commercial voyages to Oslo and Hamar as good as charter voyages and goods transport. The airport was locally famous for its 2 bears that populated nearby the airport location.
In 1980 the 3rd biggest Norwegian bearer, Norving (1976-1988), had 7 daily connexions to Oslo, and Skien was the corporation's proficient ground. In 1987; 60,000 riders used the airport. Norving was replaced by Norsk Air (presently to be Widerøe Norsk Air) until 1993 when this corporation locomoted its traffic to Sandefjord Lufthavn, Torp. In 1996 Sun Air offered for a short clip international voyages to Copenhagen. In aggregative between 80-90 million NOK have been placed in the airport since the 80s.
Two yr ago local man of affairs, with the back up of the local municipality, constituted a new air hose; Vildanden, with daily connexions to Bergen. In 2007 the airport acquired an additional encouragement with new daily voyages to Molde, Stavanger and its 1st interntaional destination with 3 voyages a hebdomad to Stockholm. The air hose has also seen an increase in holidaymaker traffic using its voyages as good as the transposing oil-workers.
Owner of the airport have in October 2006 make up one's mind to allow a loan of 2,5 million NOK to elongate air traffic at the airport.
Airlines that have functioned from Geiteryggen: Fjellfly, Norving, Norsk Air, Sun Air Scandinavia, Air Stord, Teddy Air, Coast Air, Golden Air and European Executive Express (EEE).
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