Rørvik Airport
{{Short description|Airport in Ryumsjøen, Norway}}
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{{Infobox airport
| name = Rørvik Airport
| nativename = {{smaller|{{lang|no| Rørvik lufthavn}}}}
| image = Avinor logo purple.svg
| image-width = 150px
| image2 = Rørvik lufthavn Ryum.JPG
| IATA = RVK
| ICAO = ENRM
| type = Public
| owner-oper = Avinor
| city-served = Rørvik, Norway
| location = Ryumsjøen, Nærøysund Municipality, Trøndelag
| metric-elev = yes
| elevation-f = 15
| elevation-m = 4,5
| website = {{URL|https://avinor.no/en/airport/rorvik-airport/|avinor.no}}
| coordinates = {{coord|64|50|18|N|011|08|46|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Norway
| pushpin_mapsize = 300
| pushpin_relief = yes
| pushpin_label = RVK
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| metric-rwy = yes
| r1-number = 04/22
| r1-length-m = 830
| r1-length-f = 2723
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2015
| stat1-header = Passengers
| stat1-data = 34,168
| stat2-header = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data = 3,213
| footnotes = Source:{{cite web |url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/material/document/42080/download?resource_type=resource_document |title=Månedsrapport |publisher=Avinor |format=XLS |access-date=13 January 2015 |year=2015 |archive-date=17 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217002119/http://d20tdhwx2i89n1.cloudfront.net/raw/upload/t_attachment/wsdna9wtulvazbig7cqb.xlsx |url-status=dead }}
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Rørvik Airport ({{langx|no|Rørvik lufthavn}}; {{Airport codes|RVK{{cite web | url = http://www.iata.org/publications/Pages/code-search.aspx | title = IATA Airport Code Search (RVK: Rorvik / Ryum) | publisher = International Air Transport Association | access-date = 3 December 2012}}|ENRM|p=n}}) is a regional airport located at Ryumsjøen, about {{convert|6|km|sp=us|0}} south of the town Rørvik in Nærøysund Municipality in Trøndelag County, Norway. The airport is owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor and serves Nærøysund Municipality and its surroundings. The airport has a {{convert|950|m|0|sp=us|adj=on}} asphalt runway numbered 04–22. Widerøe flies to the airport with its Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft on contract with the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The airport opened in 1986 as a municipal airport. It was first served by Norving, but Widerøe took over the flights in 1988. The airport was nationalized in 1996.
History
Plans for an airport with short take-off and landing flights was launched by the government in December 1983. The airport was proposed along with five other regionals airport: Fagernes Airport, Leirin; Førde Airport, Bringeland; Mosjøen Airport, Kjærstad; Røst Airport and Værøy Airport.{{cite news |title=Fem fly plasser bygges |work=Aftenposten |date=16 December 1983 |page=4 |language=no}} The plans were passed by Parliament on 10 April 1984.{{cite news |title=Samferdselskomiteen sluttbehandler luftfartsmeldingen: Øket sikkerhet på Fornebu |work=Aftenposten |last=Malmø |first=Morten |date=11 April 1984 |page=3 |language=no}} Grants for starting construction were issued on the 1985 state budget{{cite news |title=Samferdselsdepartementet: Fire nye flyplasser |work=Aftenposten |date=4 December 1984 |page=9 |language=no}} and operating permission was issued by the government on 6 September 1985.{{cite news |title=Flyplass |work=Aftenposten Aften |date=6 September 1985 |page=14 |language=no}} The financing was split between the state (60 percent), Vikna Municipality (30 percent) and Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality (10 percent). The municipal funding was financed through a loan in Kommunalbanken.{{cite news |title=J. J. Jakobsen ber om flyplass-lån |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=21 April 1986 |language=no}} Most of the state funding was granted on the 1986 state budget, along with three other airports.{{cite news |title=Statsbudsjettet 1986 |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=7 October 1986 |language=no}} The original target was for 12,000 passengers per year.{{cite news |title=Advarte mot å legge ned flyplass |work=Adresseavisen |date=7 December 2000 |page=17 |language=no}}
The airport was estimated to cost {{NOK|15 to 16 million|link=yes}}, but the lowest tender was between {{NOK|10 and 11 million}}.{{cite news |title=Uheldig valg av seng |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=6 June 1985 |language=no}} The airport ended having severe cost overruns—NOK 12 million combined with Førde Airport.{{cite news |title=Sprekk for alle kortbaneflyplasser |work=Aftenposten |date=16 December 1983 |page=4 |language=no}} Ryum was scheduled to be opened on 1 October 1986, but there was too bad weather that day that the ceremonies could take place, as aircraft could not land.{{cite news |title=Rørvik flyplass stengt ved åpningen |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=1 October 1986 |language=no}} Rørvik was initially served by Norving, which flew two services with the Dornier 228: Bodø–Rørvik–Namsos–Trondheim and Rørvik–Brønnøysund Monday through Friday.{{cite news |title=Norving med nye ruter 1. oktober |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=29 September 1986 |language=no}} During the first winter several shortcomings were found in the terminal building and temperatures down to {{convert|−6|C}} were measured indoors.{{cite news |title=Smuglet og spyttet |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=15 January 1987 |language=no}}
Norving announced on 10 December 1987 that they would terminate all operations outside Finnmark.{{cite news |title=Norving bare i Nord-Norge |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=10 December 1987 |language=no}} This took effect on 8 January 1988,{{cite news |title=Widerøes sommerruter godkjent |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=16 March 1988 |language=no}} leaving Rørvik without a scheduled services.{{cite news |title=Rørvik inn på Helgelandsruta |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=13 January 1988 |language=no}} Manning of the airport was reduced from eight to six, but the airport remained open from 08 to 23.{{cite news |title=Flyplass uten fly |last=Bondø |first=Tor-Hartvig |work=Verdens Gang |date=29 March 1988 |page=19 |language=no}} From the summer schedules of 1988, Rørvik was included in Widerøe's services along the Helgeland coast. The airport had 7,244 passengers in 1988, and the combined subsidies per passengers was {{NOK|511}}. This included {{NOK|1.3 million}} in state operating subsidies to the airport, in addition to an operating deficit of {{NOK|1 million}} covered by the municipality.{{cite news |title=Sentrale lufthavner går med overskudd |last=Guhnfeldt |first=Cato |author-link=Cato Guhnfeldt |work=Aftenposten |date=23 September 1989 |page=14 |language=no}}
From 1996, Ryum and 25 other regional airports were taken over by the state and the Civil Aviation Administration (later renamed Avinor).{{cite news |title=Staten eier av flyplasser |work=Aftenposten |date=10 December 1994 |page=25 |language=no}} The airport had 17,000 passengers in 1999. Four years after the nationalization, the CAA proposed that Ryum and certain other regional airport be closed in an effort to reduce costs, but this was disapproved by the government. The airport received a renewed certification by the Civil Aviation Authority in 2001, which in addition to new runway lighting required the airport to have a rescue boat.{{cite news |title=Krever redningsbåt på Rørvik lufthavn |last=Vestmo |first=B. |work=Adresseavisen |date=10 February 2001 |page=7 |language=no}} The ministry started a process in 2001 to consider using smaller aircraft than the 37-seat Dash 8 aircraft. The reason was that there were on average only 17 passengers per flight from Rørvik and Namsos Airport, Høknesøra combined.{{cite news |title=Kan få mindre rutefly |last=Vestmo |first=B. |work=Adresseavisen |date=29 March 2001 |page=16 |language=no}} Airport security was introduced on 1 January 2005.{{cite news |title=Tre usikre flyplasser i Midt-Norge |last=Solberg |first=Pål E. |work=Adresseavisen |date=30 September 2004 |page=4 |language=no}} Since 2010, Nord-Trøndelag County Municipality has been pressing for an extension of the runway to {{convert|1199|m|0|sp=us}} and construction of a larger hangar.{{cite news |url=http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Nyhet/article5311369.ece |title=Ryumsjøen bygges ut |last=Aardal |first=Jostein |work=Namdalsavisa |date=15 September 2010 |language=no |access-date=10 October 2012 |archive-date=8 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308060523/http://www.namdalsavisa.no/Nyhet/article5311369.ece |url-status=dead }}
Facilities
The airport is located at Ryumsjøen in Nærøysund Municipality, {{convert|6|km|sp=us}} south of Rørvik. Paid parking, taxis and car rental are available, but there is no bus service available to the airport.{{cite web |url=http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/rorvik/tofromairport |title=Getting to and from the airport |publisher=Avinor |access-date=10 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528114109/http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/rorvik/tofromairport |archive-date=28 May 2012 }} Ryum's catchment area includes Nærøysund Municipalitfy.{{cite web |url=http://www.naroy.kommune.no/NK/Web.nsf/mainAbout?OpenForm |title=Om kommunen |date=24 November 2010 |publisher=Nærøy Municipality |language=no |access-date=10 October 2012}}
The airfield's elevation is {{convert|4.5|m|0|sp=us}} above mean sea level and it has a {{convert|830|by|30|m|sp=us|adj=on|0}} runway aligned 04–22 (roughly northeast–southwest).{{cite web |title=ENRM – Rørvik / Ryum |work=AIP Norway |publisher=Avinor |url=https://www.ippc.no/norway_aip/current/AIP/AD/ENRM/EN_AD_2_ENRM_en.pdf |format=PDF |date=15 November 2012 |access-date=3 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807013949/https://www.ippc.no/norway_aip/current/AIP/AD/ENRM/EN_AD_2_ENRM_en.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2012 }} An extension of the runway and the runway end safety areas (RESA) was completed in November 2012.{{cite web | title = Work in progress at Rorvir Airport, Ryum - ENRM | url = https://www.ippc.no/ippc/display_pdf_or_url_servlet?origfilename=EN_Sup_2011_011_en.pdf | format = PDF | work = AIP Supplement | date = 4 October 2011 | access-date = 3 December 2012}} The runway's previous length was {{convert|800|m|0|sp=us}}.{{cite web |title=ENRM – Rørvik / Ryum |work=AIP Norway |publisher=Avinor |url=https://www.ippc.no/norway_aip/current/AIP/AD/ENRM/EN_AD_2_ENRM_en.pdf |date=31 May 2012 |access-date=10 October 2012 |format=PDF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807013949/https://www.ippc.no/norway_aip/current/AIP/AD/ENRM/EN_AD_2_ENRM_en.pdf |archive-date=7 August 2012 }} The western end of the runway is located on artificial land surrounded by sea. Precision approach runway (SCAT-I) with non-precision approaches RNAV and VOR/DME, but lacks instrument landing system.
Airlines and destinations
Ryum Airport is served by Widerøe with Dash 8-100/200 aircraft. The services are subsidized through public service obligations with the Ministry of Transport and Communications, except Rørvik-Oslo service.{{cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sapmi/1.6426054 |title=Widerøe vant kortbaneanbudet |last=Larsen |first=Dan Robert |publisher=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |date=9 January 2009 |language=no |access-date=10 October 2012 |archive-date=24 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324201215/http://www.nrk.no/kanal/nrk_sapmi/1.6426054 |url-status=live }}
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| Widerøe |Namsos, Trondheim{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Trondheim|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=1065-1066}}{{cite web |url=http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/rorvik/timetables |title=Destinations from Rørvik Airport, Ryum |publisher=Avinor |access-date=10 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528193421/http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/rorvik/timetables |archive-date=28 May 2012 }}
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Statistics
Ryum served 33,532 passengers in 2014.
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=RVK|titre=Traffic at Ryum airport|début=2000}}
Accidents and incidents
On 2 September 2003, a Cessna aircraft overshot the runway and landed in the sea after an emergency landing caused by loss of power immediately after take-off. Two of the people on board were uninjured and the third injured only slightly.{{cite news |title=Småfly i fjæra |last=Juvik |first=Erlend Hansen |work=Adresseavisen |date=3 September 2001 |page=3 |language=no}}
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