Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll

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Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll

Mo i Rana lufthavn, Røssvoll
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAvinor
ServesMo i Rana
LocationRøssvoll, Rana, Norway
Opened1968
Elevation AMSL229 ft / 70 m
Coordinates66°21′50″N 014°18′06″E / 66.36389°N 14.30167°E / 66.36389; 14.30167
Websiteavinor.no
Map
MQN is located in Norway
MQN
MQN
Location in Norway
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 2,858 871 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers104,474
Aircraft movements7,374
Cargo (tonnes)13
Source:[1][2]

Mo i Rana Airport (Norwegian: Mo i Rana lufthavn; IATA: MQN, ICAO: ENRA) is a regional airport serving the town of Mo i Rana in Rana in Nordland county, Norway. The airport is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) outside the town in the village of Røssvoll. In 2014 Mo i Rana Airport served 104,474 passengers. It is operated by Avinor.

Service

The airport is served by Widerøe with Dash 8-100 and Dash 8-200 aircraft connecting the community to Bodø, Trondheim, and other communities in Nordland and Trøndelag counties. The routes are operated on public service obligation with the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. The runway is too short for flights with enough fuel to reach Oslo (in 2017 flights with a fuel stop were introduced, later cancelled. Flying a small aircraft all the way to Oslo is slow due to slow speed and a landing needed anyway, and expensive due to few passengers).

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Widerøe Bodø,[3] Mosjøen, Namsos,[4] Trondheim[5][6]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at MQN airport. See Wikidata query.

Ground transportation

The airport is located in Røssvoll about 20 minutes north-east of the town along the E6. There are no buses to the airport, but taxis are available. Rental cars are available in the town of Mo i Rana.

Future

Since at least 2002 there has been ideas of building an airport near Mo i Rana and nearby cities with a large enough runway to fly mid-size jet aircraft directly to Oslo, and thereby reducing the cost of travel to Northern Helgeland. It's not possible to extend the present short runway at Røssvoll. There has been support in principle from the government, but it took several years of delays and redoing plans, but in March 2021 the plans were given go-ahead.[7] On 26 September 2022, construction works started with a ceremony.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Airport information for ENRA" (PDF). Avinor. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Månedsrapport" (XLS). Avinor. 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Bodo". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 134. November 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  4. ^ Liu, Jim. "Widerøe NS24 Domestic Sectors Additions". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Trondheim". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 1065–1066. November 2023. ISSN 1466-8718.
  6. ^ wideroe.no
  7. ^ Andreas Budalen, Markus Thonhaugen: Enda en flyplass i Nordland får milliarder: – Dette hadde nok få trodd var mulig, nrk.no, 5. mars 2021
  8. ^ "BLI MED INN" (in Norwegian). Avinor. Retrieved 2022-10-10.