Editing Transport in Norway (section)

===Regional aviation===
The regional airport service was introduced in the 1960s, with 30 airports being served by [[STOL|short take-off and landing]] aircraft.<ref name=avinorpassengers /> These are located mainly in [[Sogn og Fjordane]] and [[Northern Norway]], in areas with long distances to large cities and with too little traffic to support commercial flights. The airports, which typically have an {{convert|800|m|ft}} runway, are run by Avinor, while the airplanes are operated based on subsidized [[public service obligation]] contracts with the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications.<ref name=regionale /><ref>Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communication, 2003: 5</ref> by the far largest contractor is [[Widerøe]] with their fleet of [[Bombardier Dash 8|de Havilland Canada Dash 8]] aircraft,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wideroe.no/modules/module_123/proxy.asp?D=2&C=416&I=3161 |title=Aircraft |author=Widerøe |access-date=2008-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071212035737/http://www.wideroe.no/modules/module_123/proxy.asp?D=2&C=416&I=3161 |archive-date=2007-12-12 }}</ref> but also [[DAT Danish Air Transport|Danish Air Transport]], [[Lufttransport]] and [[Kato Airline]] have won bids.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boarding.no/art.asp?id=18737 |title=Tildeling av einerett for drift av 16 ruteområde |author=Boarding |date=2005-11-02 |access-date=2008-07-15 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721114627/http://www.boarding.no/art.asp?id=18737 |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref> The flights operate from one or more regional airports to larger hubs; in [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen|Oslo]], [[Bergen Airport, Flesland|Bergen]], [[Trondheim Airport, Værnes|Trondheim]], [[Bodø Airport|Bodø]], [[Tromsø Airport|Tromsø]] and [[Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen|Kirkenes]].<ref name=wideroemap /> One service, to [[Værøy Heliport]], is served by [[helicopter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lufttransport.no/Lufttransport.nsf/unid/A78EFB93796E70CEC1256D91004270C5?opendocument |title=Ruteflyvning Bodø – Værøy v.v. |author=Lufttransport |access-date=2008-07-15 |language=no |author-link=Lufttransport |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609130715/http://www.lufttransport.no/Lufttransport.nsf/unid/A78EFB93796E70CEC1256D91004270C5?opendocument |archive-date=June 9, 2007 }}</ref> 1,214,508 passengers passed through the regional airports in 2012.<ref name=avinorpassengers/>