Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik

Historie

Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik is an international airport serving the city of Kristiansand in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The airport is located in the district of Tveit in the Oddernes borough, about 16km by road and 8km by air from the city center of Kristiansand. Operated by the state-owned Avinor, it is the sole airport in Southern Norway with scheduled flights. Kjevik has a 2035m runway aligned 03/21 and served 1,065,615 passengers in 2013. Scheduled flights are provided by Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Widerøe, KLM Cityhopper and Wizz Air. The Royal Norwegian Air Force has a training center at the airport.Kjevik opened on 1 June 1939, as the joint second airport in the country. During the Second World War it was occupied and expanded by the Luftwaffe. Kristiansand's southerly location caused the airport to receive several international routes during the early years, as well as domestic services. Braathens SAFE served domestic services from 1955 to its demise in 2004. KLM flew until 1971, after which Dan-Air opened routes to the United Kingdom. The terminal received major extensions in 1955, 1979, 1994 and 2015. New control towers were built in 1966 and 2013. Kjevik was the base for Sørfly from 1946 to 1962, for Agderfly from 1969 to 2004, and for FlyNonstop in 2013.

"Kristiansand lufthavn, Kjevik KRS, sørlandets eneste lufthavn har i dag blant annet ruteforbindelser med Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen, Trondheim, København, London-Stansted, Amsterdam og til Gdańsk i Polen. Flybuss forbindelse med Kristiansand og Lillesand, Grimstad og Arendal.I 2012 hadde lufthavnen for første gang over 1 000 000 passasjerer; 1 018 098, fordelt på 724 377 innenlands og 293 721 utenlandspassasjerer, det gjør Kjevik lufthavn til den 21. største flyplassen i Skandinavia med en økning på 6,9% reisende fra 2011-2012. Kjevik gikk med det forbi Ålesund lufthavn, Vigra, i antall reisende. Flyplassen hadde samtidig en økning på 3% flere fly-besøk i 2012"