Oppdal Airport, Fagerhaug ( no, Oppdal flyplass, Fagerhaug; ) is an

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serving the municipality of

Oppdal is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Dovre region and the traditional district of Orkdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Oppdal. Other villages in the municipality include Lønse ...

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county,

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. It is located on the south side of the village of Fagerhaug, about northeast of the municipal center of

, along the European route E6 highway.

History

The airport was established by a local recreational flying club in the 1980s, and was later closed. In 2000, industrialist Kjell Inge Røkke was completing his holiday home in Oppdal. The closest airport to Oppdal was then

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, located three hours drive away. Røkke wanted an airport to fly his business jet to Oppdal and engaged

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to renovate and reopen the airport. The airport was at the time closed because of lack of maintenance. The municipality gave permission in February 2011 for Røkke to invest 25 million Norwegian krone to extend the runway by , allowing him to use a larger business jet.

Facilities

The airport resides at an

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. It has one

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aligned 07–25 with an

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surface measuring . It is owned and operated by Midtnorsk Fly og Luftsportssenter, which is again owned by NTNU Fallskjermklubb (35%), Våningshuset (owned by Røkke, 32%), NTH Flyklubb (17%), Oppdal Municipality (11%) and Oppdal Flyklubb (6%).

References

External links

Official website
{{Airports in Norway Airports in Trøndelag Oppdal