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Vaernes Airport
Airport Directory » Norway » Trondheim » Vaernes AirportTrondheim Airport, Værnes (IATA: TRD, ICAO: ENVA) (Norwegian: Trondheim lufthavn, Værnes) is turn up in Stjørdal, Nord-Trøndelag, about 35 kilometre east of Trondheim. This is a regional airport, assisting Sør-Trøndelag and Nord-Trøndelag counties. In addition, it also assists as a hub for the southern division of Nordland county. It is owned and functioned by Avinor in concurrence with the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
Værnes is the 4th biggest airport in Norway, and had 57,402 polite air motion and 3,474,264 riders in 2008. Scheduled domestic voyages are offered by 4 air hose to 18 destinations, while 4 operators offer 14 international destinations, including daily voyages to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, London and Stockholm. Charter operators offer twelve additional destinations on regular ground. Værnes is a hub for regional airports in northern Nord-Trøndelag and southern Nordland, with numerous voyages using Dash eight aircraft functioned by Widerøe. The most eminent path is the road to Oslo, with approximately 33 daily voyages with Boeing 737 aircraft. This path is the ninth biggest path in Europe.
The airport has 2 depots. Domestic depot A was opened in 1994, and is fit out with skybridges. The old independent depot, opened in 1982, has been renamed depot B and is used for international voyages. It has currently been restituted including a new bigger duty free shop shop. In August 2009 opens the trade name new Radisson Blue Trondheim Airport Hotel, adjesent to depot A and airport railroad train depot.
Transport to Trondheim is by cab, auto, passenger vehicle or railroad train, all taking about 30 min.. The rail service has northbound and southbound going every 60 minute with the commuter railroad train Trønderbanen. Værnes was the 1st airport in Northern Europe to have a railroad terminal in the depot, turn up between Hell and Stjørdal on Nordlandsbanen. The main road E6 and E14 pass the airport. Taxi 24/7, and Airport Express Coaches go to the hotels in business district Trondheim every 15 min. (30 min. on Saturdays).
The Norwegian Home Guard ground for the Trøndelag land is plugged in to the airport. This is wherefore the airport is big for a town of that size, as it was made during the Cold War to let NATO armed forces force to pass through to their forward deployed equipment shops, in example of conflict with the Soviet Union.
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