Stavanger Airport
Stavanger Airport Stavanger lufthavn | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public / Cargo / Military | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Avinor | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Stavanger, Norway Sandnes, Norway | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Sola, Rogaland | ||||||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 9 m / 29 ft | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°52′36″N 005°38′16″E / 58.87667°N 5.63778°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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Stavanger Airport (Norwegian: Stavanger lufthavn; IATA: SVG, ICAO: ENZV), commonly known simply as Sola, is an international airport located in Rogaland county, Norway. The airport is located 6 NM (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of the centre of the city of Stavanger inside the neighboring municipality of Sola and serves the Stavanger, Sola, Sandnes area as well as serves as a regional hub for southwestern Norway. It is Norway's third-busiest airport and 9th busiest in the Nordic countries, with both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter traffic for the offshore North Sea oil installations. In addition, the Royal Norwegian Air Force operates Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters from Sola Air Station.
Four airlines offer domestic flights to four destinations while 11 airlines offer international flights to 35 destinations. Two helicopter companies operate out of Sola. The busiest route is Sola–Oslo Gardermoen, which has about 28 daily flights. In the vicinity of the airport there is an aeronautical museum, Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola.