Ørland Airport guide

Ørland Airport (ICAO ENOL) lies on the Ørland peninsula at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord, a short distance northwest of Brekstad. It is a joint civil and military field in Trøndelag county. The Royal Norwegian Air Force owns the site and runs the runway, air traffic control and rescue services. Ørland Municipality operates the civil side.

The airfield began as a German wartime base. Planning started in January 1941 and a concrete runway was finished in mid-1944. The Royal Norwegian Air Force formally took over on 2 November 1945. The single asphalt runway, 15/33, is about 2,700 metres long and 45 metres wide, far longer than a regional service needs. Civil flying stayed tightly restricted by the military until the airport gained national airport status in 1985.

Commercial service has come and gone over the years. Braathens, Widerøe, Norving, Valdresfly and Air Norway have all flown here for periods. Air Leap ended its Oslo route in January 2022. DAT now lists seasonal and scheduled links to Oslo, Stord and Harstad/Narvik. Traffic is very light: 5,546 passengers and 1,462 aircraft movements in 2014.

A fast ferry links Brekstad with Trondheim in about 55 minutes, and the road trip including a ferry crossing covers roughly 106 km in two hours. Many travellers use that route instead of flying.