Oppdal Airport, Fagerhaug

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Oppdal Airport, Fagerhaug is an airport serving Oppdal, in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located at Fagerhaug, about northeast of the municipal center of Oppdal, along the European route E6 highway.HistoryThe airport was established by a local recreational flying club in the 1980s, and was later closed.In 2000, industrialist Kjell Inge Røkke was completing his holiday home in Oppdal. The closest airport to Oppdal was then Molde Airport, Årø, located three hours drive away. Røkke wanted an airport to fly his business jet to Oppdal and engaged Sundt Air to renovate and reopen the airport. The airport was at the time closed because of lack of maintenance. The municipality gave permission in February 2011 for Røkke to invest 25 million Norwegian krone to extend the runway by 400m, allowing him to use a larger business jet.FacilitiesThe airport resides at an elevation of 559m above mean sea level. It has one runway aligned 07–25 with an asphalt surface measuring 936x. It is owned and operated by Midtnorsk Fly og Luftsportssenter, which is again owned by NTNU Fallskjermklubb (35%), Våningshuset (owned by Røkke, 32%), NTH Flyklubb (17%), Oppdal Municipality (11%) and Oppdal Flyklubb (6%).