Facts
Bergen airport Flesland is Norway`s second largest airport and the biggest in western Norway.
Geography
- Less than 30 minutes from the city centre of Bergen. Long established as one of the most important regional airports in Norway, Bergen Airport’s primary role has always been to serve as a regional hub, efficiently serving the local community’s transport needs, while also ensuring that the world’s holiday-makers and tourists have easy airline access to the world’s number one sustainable tourism destination – the fjords.
- Transport; 30 minutes to city centre by car, airport bus leaving every 15. minutes.
Infrastructure & Operations
- Runway length: 2,990 meters – sufficient for all commercial aircraft to take-off and land.
- Slot Coordinated: Yes
- Operating hours: 24 hours a day
- Terminal Capacity; 11 contact gates with air-bridges and a capacity of five million passengers a year
Vital statistics
- Total passengers 2009: 4,862,869
- Domestic: 2,955,592
- International: 1,301,598
- Transfer: 223,686
- North Sea Oil Rigs: 234,445
- Transit: 147,548
Financials
All Norwegian airports operated by Avinor currently levy the same scale of charges on their airline partners; the Ministry of Transportation sets these charges annually.
Operational facilities at Bergen Airport
Airport codes: | IATA code: BGO
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Airport operator: | Avinor AS
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Slot coordinator: | Airport Co-Ordination Norway AS
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Operating hours: | 24 hours, 7 days a week |
Runways: | LDA 2550 Runway 17 TODA 2850
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Gates: | 11 gates with jetbridges |
Check-in: | 20 counters and an equivalent number of check-in machines for both scheduled and charter flights. |
Fire safety category: | Cat. 9 |
Instrument handling system: | Cat. 1 |
Security standard | ECAC standard |
Capacity: | Total number of aircraft movements per hour: 34 (incl. helicopters). In addition there are the aircraft that do not use the terminal, such as private aircraft, small charter flights (business jets) and freight carriers. |
Technical maintenance: | SAS Technical Services
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Security: | Tel.: +47 67 03 11 05 |
Catering: | Gate Gourmet
LSG Sky Chefs Norge AS |
Customs and excise: | Customs and excise authority at Flesland
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De-icing: | De-icing facilities located at stand 2 (west) and stand 3 (east)
Norport Handling
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Fuel: | JET A1 and 100LL available 24 hours a day
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Handling agent: | SAS Ground Services (SGS)
Norport Handling AS
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Police and immigration authorities: | Terminal. Tel.: +47 67 03 18 70 |
Veterinary service and Norwegian Food Safety Authority: | Customs. Tel.: +47 55 57 37 00 |

