ENSO
Stord Airport, Sørstokken
VFR
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Name
Stord Airport, Sørstokken
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
ENSO / SRP / ENSO
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
12:43 am (CET)
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Municipality
Leirvik
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Coordinates
59° 47′ 30″ N 5° 20′ 27″ E
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Elevation
161 ft (49 m MSL)
About Stord Airport, Sørstokken
Stord Airport (Nynorsk: Stord lufthamn; IATA: SRP, ICAO: ENSO) is a municipal regional airport located at Sørstokken in Stord Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Located 13 kilometres (8 mi) from Leirvik and on the island of Stord, it is the only airport with scheduled services in Sunnhordland. The airport consists of a single asphalt 1,460-by-30-metre (4,790 ft × 98 ft) runway designated 14/32. It is classified as an airport of entry. Danish Air Transport operates up to three daily flights to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. Previously the airport has been served by Coast Aero Center, Fonnafly, Air Stord, Teddy Air, Widerøe and Sun Air of Scandinavia.
Planning of the airport started in the 1950s, and after a proposal to locate it at Meatjørn was abandoned, it was decided built at Sørstokken. The airport opened on 25 October 1985. It received instrument landing system in 1986, which was also the first year with regular flights. The airport was originally both publicly and privately owned, but from 1991 it was taken over by Stord Municipality and Hordaland County Municipality.