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{{Short description|Commercial airport in Sola, Rogaland, Norway}}
{{For|the military use of this facility|Sola Air Station}}
{{For|the old airport|Stavanger Airport, Forus}}
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{{Infobox airport
| name                = Stavanger Airport
| nativename          = {{lang|no|Stavanger lufthavn}}
| image               = Avinor logo purple.svg
| image2              = ENZV Aerial 2011.JPG
| image-width         = 150
| image2-width        = 250
| IATA                = SVG
| ICAO                = ENZV
| type                = Public / Military
| owner               = [[Avinor]]
| operator            = 
| city-served         = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[Stavanger]]
  | [[Sandnes]]}}
| location            = [[Sola, Norway|Sola]], [[Rogaland]], [[Norway]]
| opened              = {{start date and age|1937|05|29|df=yes}}
| hub                 = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[Bristow Norway]]
  | [[CHC Helikopter Service]]}}
| focus_city          = {{nowrap|[[Scandinavian Airlines]]}}
| metric-elev         = yes
| elevation-f         = 29
| elevation-m         = 9
| website             = {{URL|www.avinor.no/en/stavanger}}
| coordinates         = {{coord|58|52|36|N|005|38|16|E|region:NO|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map         = Norway
| pushpin_relief      = yes
| pushpin_label       = '''SVG'''/ENZV
| pushpin_map_caption = 
| metric-rwy          = yes
| r1-number           = 18/36
| r1-length-m         = 2,556
| r1-length-f         = 8,386
| r1-surface          = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| r2-number           = 10/28
| r2-length-m         = 2,449
| r2-length-f         = 8,035
| r2-surface          = Asphalt
| h1-number           = H1{{Ref|A|A}}
| h1-length-m         = 
| h1-length-f         = 
| h1-surface          = 
| stat-year           = 2019
| stat1-header        = Passengers
| stat1-data          = 4,309,723
| stat2-header        = Aircraft movements
| stat2-data          = 
| stat3-header        = Cargo (tonnes)
| stat3-data          = 
| footnotes           = Source: [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] at [[Avinor]]<ref name="aip_enzv">{{Cite web |date=31 May 2012 |title=ENZV – Stavanger/Sola |url=https://www.ippc.no/norway_aip/current/AIP/AD/ENZV/EN_AD_2_ENZV_en.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611140642/https://www.ippc.no/norway_aip/current/AIP/AD/ENZV/EN_AD_2_ENZV_en.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2012 |access-date=30 August 2012 |website=AIP Norge/Norway |publisher=Avinor |at=AD 2 ENZV }}</ref><br />Statistics from [[Avinor]]<ref name="pstats">{{Cite web |title=Passenger statistics from Avinor |url=https://avinor.no/globalassets/_konsern/om-oss/statistikk/no/2015/passasjerer-2015.xlsx |access-date=9 April 2012 |publisher=Avinor |format=xls}}</ref><ref name="mstats">{{Cite web |title=Aircraft Movement statistics from Avinor |url=https://avinor.no/globalassets/_konsern/om-oss/statistikk/no/2015/flybevegelser-2015.xlsx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418182144/https://avinor.no/globalassets/_konsern/om-oss/statistikk/no/2015/flybevegelser-2015.xlsx |archive-date=18 April 2016 |access-date=11 June 2016 |publisher=Avinor |format=xls}}</ref><ref name="cstats">{{Cite web |title=Cargo statistics from Avinor |url=http://www.avinor.no/tridionimages/11-TB9%20Frakt%20og%20post_tcm181-140527.xls |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829051811/http://www.avinor.no/tridionimages/11-TB9%20Frakt%20og%20post_tcm181-140527.xls |archive-date=29 August 2012 |access-date=9 April 2012 |publisher=Avinor |format=xls}}</ref><br />A.{{Note|A}}According to the AIP "Off-shore helicopters mainly use RWY 10/28. SAR helipad E of RWY 18/36"
}}

'''Stavanger Airport''' {{airport codes|SVG|ENZV}}, commonly known simply as '''Sola''', is an [[international airport]] located in [[Rogaland]] county, [[Norway]]. The airport is located {{convert|6|NM|abbr=on|lk=in}} southwest of the centre of the [[Stavanger (city)|city of Stavanger]] inside the neighboring municipality of [[Sola, Norway|Sola]] and serves the [[Stavanger]], [[Sola, Norway|Sola]], [[Sandnes]] area as well as serves as a regional hub for southwestern Norway.<ref name="aip_enzv" /> It is Norway's [[list of the largest airports in the Nordic countries|third-busiest airport]] and 9th busiest in the Nordic countries, with both [[fixed-wing aircraft]] and [[helicopter]] traffic for the offshore [[North Sea oil]] installations. In addition, the [[Royal Norwegian Air Force]] operates [[Westland Sea King]] [[search and rescue]] helicopters from [[Sola Air Station]].

Four airlines offer domestic flights to four destinations while 11 airlines offer international flights to 35 destinations. Two helicopter companies operate out of Sola. The busiest route is Sola–[[Oslo Gardermoen]], which has about 28 daily flights. In the vicinity of the airport there is an aeronautical museum, [[Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola]].

== History ==

===Facilities===
Stavanger Airport, Sola is Norway's oldest airport, opened by [[King Haakon VII]] on 29 May 1937.{{cn|date=August 2024}} The airport was the second to have a [[concrete]] [[runway]] in [[Europe]].{{cn|date=March 2025}}

Originally, the idea was to locate the Stavanger airport at [[Stavanger Airport, Forus|Forus]] in [[Stavanger Municipality]], but after the war the [[Royal Norwegian Air Force]] decided to use Sola temporarily until the new airport was built, and nothing ever became of Forus.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

Stavanger Airport has two passenger terminals, one each for [[airplanes]] and [[helicopters]]. The old terminal was demolished and made way for taxiway H. The airport has two crossing runways: the main runway, north–south (18/36) and the main runway for helicopters, which is oriented northwest–southeast (10/28).{{cn|date=September 2024}}

Expansion of the airplane terminal took place in 2009. The new gates were built without [[Jet bridge|jet bridges]]. The airport's two largest airlines, SAS and Norwegian, showed little interest in such amenity and desired quicker turnaround times.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Helgesen |first=Jan Petter |date=December 19, 2008 |title=Ingen gangbruer til flyene |language=no |publisher=Aftenbladet |url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/bildegallerier/article963503.ece |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001060119/http://www.aftenbladet.no/bildegallerier/article963503.ece |archive-date=October 1, 2009}}</ref> SAS though later said that they did want jet bridges for their larger jet aircraft, and only wanted gates without jet bridges for their smaller turboprop aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Helgesen |first=Jan Petter |date=January 24, 2009 |title=Uakseptabelt for SAS |language=no |publisher=Aftenbladet |url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/solarandaberg/977597/Uakseptabelt_for_SAS.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205233026/http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/solarandaberg/977597/Uakseptabelt_for_SAS.html |archive-date=February 5, 2009}}</ref> The lack of jetbridges angered the societies representing the disabled and [[multiple sclerosis]]-afflicted, prompting several Rogaland politicians to put pressure on Avinor to reconsider the building.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tollaksen |first=Tor Gunnar |date=February 1, 2009 |title=Fylket ber Navarsete legge press på Avinor |language=no |publisher=Aftenbladet |url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/solarandaberg/980883/Fylket_ber_Navarsete_legge_press_paa_Avinor.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916214648/http://aftenbladet.no/lokalt/solarandaberg/980883/Fylket_ber_Navarsete_legge_press_paa_Avinor.html |archive-date=September 16, 2009}}</ref> In April 2009, Avinor decided not to build jet bridges.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Helgesen |first=Jan Petter |date=April 6, 2009 |title=Rasende på Avinor |language=no |publisher=Aftenbladet |url=http://aftenbladet.no/lokalt/1011198/Rasende__paa_Avinor.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407075421/http://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/1011198/Rasende__paa_Avinor.html |archive-date=April 7, 2009}}</ref>

Offshore helicopter flights out of Stavanger commenced in 1966. Instead of operating out of Sola, the operator [[Helikopter Service]] decided to operate their services out of [[Stavanger Airport, Forus]], a closed-down airport built during the [[Second World War]].<ref>Olsen-Hagen: 35</ref> Throughout the 1970s and 1980s this became an increasingly problematic solution, not least due to increased development of the area. It eventually became inevitable to relocate the base to Sola.<ref>Olsen-Hagen: 37</ref> To allow for the transfer, the airport authority built a new, separate helicopter terminal at Sola, costing 56 million [[Norwegian krone]]r. It opened on 7 March 1989, at the same time as operations ceased out of Forus. At the same time Helikopter Service built an operations center at the airport, including a hangar and maintenance center. In total, the relocation from Forus cost about 120 million kroner.
<ref>Olsen-Hagen: 39</ref>

===Civilian airlines===
[[File:Opening of Sola Airport.jpg|thumb|Sola Airport being opened, to the right a [[Deutsche Luft Hansa]] [[Junkers G.38]]]]

[[Det Norske Luftfartsselskap]] (DNL, later [[Scandinavian Airlines|Scandinavian Airlines System]] or SAS) started flying to Sola after the war, as did [[Braathens ASA|Braathens SAFE]] in 1946 on its routes to Europe and the Far East with the [[Douglas DC-3]] aircraft.{{cn|date=September 2024}} In 1952, Braathens SAFE received [[concession (contract)|concession]] to fly the routes [[Oslo]]–Stavanger, Oslo–[[Kristiansand (town)|Kristiansand]]–Stavanger and the coastal route Stavanger–[[Bergen (city)|Bergen]]–[[Ålesund (town)|Ålesund]]–[[Trondheim (city)|Trondheim]]–[[Bodø (town)|Bodø]]–[[Tromsø (city)|Tromsø]]. [[Widerøe]] established itself at Sola in the late 1980s after they bought [[Sandefjord Airport, Torp]]-based [[Norsk Air]]. For a time, [[Scandinavian Airlines|SAS]] operated intercontinental nonstop flights between Stavanger and [[Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport]] (IAH) located in Texas in the U.S., with this service being operated by [[PrivatAir]] with [[Boeing 737-700]] jetliners configured with 44 business class seats.<ref>[http://airlineroute.net/2015/09/15/sk-iahewr-w15/ airlineroute.net - SAS Cancels Stavanger – Houston Route] 15 September 2015</ref>

===Foreign airlines===
[[British Airways]] predecessors had started operating at Sola after [[World War II]], in 1980 they started regular flights with [[British Aircraft Corporation]] [[BAC One-Eleven]] jet aircraft to [[Heathrow Airport|London Heathrow]].{{cn|date=September 2024}} Later, the route was operated with [[Boeing 737]]-200/-300/-400s. For a period the [[Boeing 737-400]] morning flight continued to [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris–Charles de Gaulle]] after London Heathrow as an extension of the flight. British Airways later{{when|date=September 2024}} started operating [[Boeing 757-200]]s with [[Boeing 737-200]]s flying new services twice daily to [[Gatwick Airport|London Gatwick]].{{cn|date=September 2024}} SAS Scandinavian Airlines operates two daily rotations to London Heathrow, Norwegian operates a daily rotation to London, Gatwick. [[Dan-Air]] flew the route London Gatwick – [[Newcastle International Airport|Newcastle]] – Stavanger, until they were taken over by British Airways in 1992. [[Norwegian Air Shuttle]] has flown to Newcastle as well.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

The oil industry has also required scheduled routes between Stavanger and Scotland, primarily to British oil center in [[Aberdeen Airport|Aberdeen]].{{cn|date=November 2024}} In addition to SAS, [[Air Anglia]] (later [[AirUK]], [[KLMuk]]) flew the route. Today, this route is flown by [[Scandinavian Airlines]] and [[Widerøe]]. In the 1970s, [[KLM]] started flights to Stavanger from [[Amsterdam]].{{cn|date=December 2024}}

[[Air France]] also operated to Stavanger, initially routing [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris–Charles de Gaulle]] - Stavanger - Gothenburg using [[Boeing 737]]s. The route later became a twice-daily direct Paris - Stavanger connection using [[Embraer ERJ-170]] jet aircraft, until it was discontinued in October 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |title=AIRFRANCE Ends 3 European Routes in W15 |publisher=Airline Route |url=http://airlineroute.net/2015/05/21/af-europe-w15/ |access-date=21 May 2015}}</ref>

On 15 February 2010, Scandinavian Airlines announced that Widerøe would take over their regional routes connecting airports in Western Norway, including the route from Stavanger to Kristiansand. SAS will retire their five Fokker 50 aircraft by November 2010, and Widerøe will take over the operations and 75 employees, and serve the routes using Q300 and Q400 aircraft.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 February 2010 |title=Widerøe vil overta for SAS på Vestlandskysten |language=no |work=Adressavisen |agency=[[Norwegian News Agency]] |url=http://www.adressa.no/forbruker/reiseliv/article1445210.ece |access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref>

==Airlines and destinations==
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Stavanger Airport:
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| [[Aegean Airlines]] | '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Chania International Airport|Chania]],<ref name="TUI.NO">{{Cite web |title=Only Flight |url=https://www.tui.no/finn-reise/ |publisher=tui.no}}</ref> [[Rhodes International Airport|Rhodes]]<ref name="TUI.NO"/>
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| [[KLM]] | [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]]<ref name="aeroroutes_240122-klns24eu">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240122-klns24eu|title=KLM NS24 European Service Changes – 21JAN24|website=Aeroroutes}}</ref>
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| [[Loganair]] | [[Newcastle International Airport|Newcastle upon Tyne]] (ends 29 December 2025)<ref>{{cite web | title=Loganair drops two routes from Newcastle | url=https://travelgossip.co.uk/latestnews/loganair-drops-two-routes-from-newcastle/ }}</ref>
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| [[LOT Polish Airlines]] | [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw–Chopin]] (begins 24 November 2025)<ref>{{cite web | title=LOT Polish Airlines Launches New Direct Flight to Stavanger, Norway | date=3 September 2025 | url=https://aviationsourcenews.com/lot-polish-airlines-launches-new-direct-flight-to-stavanger-norway/ }}</ref>
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| [[Lufthansa]] | [[Frankfurt Airport|Frankfurt]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftenbladet.no/lokalt/i/pW4gGj/lufthansa-gjenaapner-populaer-flyrute-fra-sola|title = Lufthansa gjenåpner populær flyrute fra Sola| date=14 December 2021 }}</ref>
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|[[LYGG]] | [[Esbjerg Airport|Esbjerg]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tvsyd.dk/esbjerg/lufthavn-abner-ny-direkte-rute-men-den-er-forbeholdt-en-gruppe-3f92b | title=Lufthavn åbner ny direkte rute, men den er forbeholdt én gruppe | date=7 October 2025 }}</ref> (begins 2 February 2026)
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|{{nowrap|[[Norwegian Air Shuttle]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.norwegian.com/uk/route-map/|title=Route map|website=norwegian.com}}</ref> | [[Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport|Alicante]],<ref>{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=28–30}}</ref> [[Bergen Airport, Flesland|Bergen]],<ref>{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=122–123}}</ref> [[Copenhagen Airport|Copenhagen]],<ref>{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=258–262}}</ref> [[Kraków John Paul II International Airport|Kraków]],<ref name="OAG_World_Nov2023_1004_1005">{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=Stavanger|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=1004–1005}}</ref> [[Gatwick Airport|London–Gatwick]],<ref name="OAG_World_Nov2023_1004_1005"/> [[Málaga Airport|Málaga]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240527-d8dynw24eu|title=Norwegian NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 26MAY24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=27 May 2024|accessdate=25 March 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Manchester Airport|Manchester]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_1024_1026">{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Stavanger, Norway|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=[[OAG (company)|OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited]]|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=1024–1026}}</ref> [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen|Oslo]],<ref>{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=793–797}}</ref> [[Trondheim Airport|Trondheim]]{{cn|date=April 2025}} <br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Antalya Airport|Antalya]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_1024_1026"/> [[Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport|Barcelona]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220531-dyjun22bgosvg|title=Norwegian Adds Seasonal Routes From Bergen / Stavanger in NS22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=31 May 2022|accessdate=25 March 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Bergamo Airport|Bergamo]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Norwegian NS24 Network Additions – 14NOV23|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231114-d8dyns24|website=AeroRoutes|language=en-CA}}</ref> [[Dubrovnik Airport|Dubrovnik]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_1024_1026"/> [[Gran Canaria Airport|Gran Canaria]],<ref>{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Gran Canaria, Canary Is.|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=[[OAG (company)|OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited]]|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=332–334}}</ref> [[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport|Nice]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_1024_1026"/> [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]],<ref>{{OAGWorldJuly2025Ref|title=Palma De Mallorca, Spain PMI|pages=880-886}}</ref> [[Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris–Charles de Gaulle]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mynewsdesk.com/no/norwegian-no/pressreleases/norwegian-aapner-nye-direkteruter-fra-trondheim-og-stavanger-3157793|title = Norwegian åpner nye direkteruter fra Trondheim og Stavanger| date=26 January 2022 }}</ref> [[Rhodes International Airport|Rhodes]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://finalcall.travel/no/norwegian-med-ny-direkterute-fra-stavanger-til-rhodos/ | title=Norwegian med ny direkterute fra Stavanger til Rhodos | date=29 December 2023 }}</ref> [[Split Airport|Split]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_1024_1026"/> [[Tenerife South Airport|Tenerife–South]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220609-dynw22svgtfs | title=Norwegian Adds Stavanger – Tenerife Service from Nov 2022 }}</ref>
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| {{nowrap|[[Scandinavian Airlines]]}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sas.no/vart-trafikkprogram/|title=Trafic programme|website=sas.no}}</ref> | [[Aberdeen Airport|Aberdeen]],<ref name="aeroroutes_241030-sknw24eu">{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-sknw24eu|title=SAS NW24 Europe Service Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 October 2024|accessdate=27 November 2024|language=en-CA}}</ref> [[Bergen Airport, Flesland|Bergen]],<ref name="aeroroutes_241030-sknw24eu"/> [[Copenhagen Airport|Copenhagen]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221221-skns23sh|title=SAS NS23 Short-Haul Frequency Variations – 18DEC22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=21 December 2022|accessdate=28 November 2024|language=en-CA}}</ref> [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen|Oslo]],<ref name="aeroroutes_241030-sknw24eu"/> [[Trondheim Airport|Trondheim]]<ref name="aeroroutes_241030-sknw24eu"/> <br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport|Alicante]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_1024_1026"/> [[Milan Malpensa Airport|Milan–Malpensa]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_1024_1026"/> [[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport|Nice]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_1024_1026"/> [[Split Airport|Split]]<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_1024_1026"/> <br /> '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Aktion National Airport|Preveza/Lefkada]],<ref name=Charter>{{Cite web|url=https://avinor.no/en/airport/stavanger-airport/|title=Stavanger Airport - Avinor|website=avinor.no}}</ref> [[Rhodes International Airport|Rhodes]],<ref name=Charter/> [[Samos International Airport|Samos]]<ref name=Charter/>
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| {{nowrap|[[Sunclass Airlines]]<ref name=Charter/>}} | '''Seasonal charter:''' [[Antalya Airport|Antalya]],{{cn|date=March 2025}} [[Chania International Airport|Chania]],{{cn|date=March 2025}} [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/250218-dkns25svgpmi|title=Sunclass Airlines NS25 Stavanger – Palma de Mallorca Aircraft Changes|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=18 February 2025|accessdate=16 March 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Rhodes International Airport|Rhodes]],{{cn|date=March 2025}} [[Amílcar Cabral International Airport|Sal]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241008-dknw24bgosvg|title=Sunclass Airlines Adds Bergen / Stavanger – Ilha do Sal in NW24|website=Aeroroutes}}</ref> [[Varna Airport|Varna]]{{cn|date=March 2025}}
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| [[Widerøe]] | [[Aberdeen Airport|Aberdeen]], [[Flesland Airport|Bergen]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240820-lhwfcodeshare | title=Lufthansa / Widerøe Launches Codeshare Service from Sep 2024 }}</ref> [[Oslo Airport, Gardermoen|Oslo]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Widerøe Adds Oslo – Stavanger Service From late-June 2025 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241203-wfns25oslsvg |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref> [[Sandefjord Airport, Torp|Sandefjord]],<ref>{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Oslo|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=793–797}}</ref> [[Trondheim Airport|Trondheim]] 
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| [[Wizz Air]] | [[Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport|Gdańsk]],<ref>{{OAGWorldMay2025Ref|title=Gdansk, Poland GDN|pages=405-407}}</ref> [[Kraków John Paul II International Airport|Kraków]]<ref>{{OAGWorldMay2025Ref|title=Krakow, Poland KRK|pages=557-559}}</ref>
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==Traffic and statistics==
{{Airport-Statistics|iata=SVG}}

==Sola Air Station==
{{main|Sola Air Station}}
The armed forces have a number of functions located at the airport. The [[330 Squadron]] operated [[Westland Sea King|Sea King]] [[search and rescue]] helicopters are the only squadron left at the airport, but still a number of military aircraft can be seen at the airport. [[NATO]]'s [[E-3 Sentry|AWACS]] aircraft, VIP transports, airlift command and fighter and attack aircraft are regular visitors. Technicians and equipment at the Sola AFB facilitate turnover and housing of fighters, predominately the RNoAF F-16A Fighting Falcons, as well as F-16s and other aircraft from NATO allies. Facilitating the Marines and Airforces training base, NATO FORSACS and NATO Joint Warfare Centre amongst others.

The Sola AFB is a NATO 24-hour readiness base for deployment of aircraft and military personnel in the event of a military escalated tension or conflict.

==Technical facilities==
Sola has a number of technical facilities, and has the largest aviation technical environment in Norway, including the largest helicopter maintenance facilities in Northern Europe, Braathens had its technical main base at Sola, as does Norwegian Air Shuttle, CHC Helikopter Service, Heli-One Norway, Bristow Norway, Norsk Helikopterservice, [[Norcopter]], [[Pratt & Whitney]] Norway Engine Centre and the air force's helicopter main technical base.{{cn|date=February 2025}} Heli-One (when part of Helikopter Service) had final assembly of most of the Bell 412 helicopters when introduced to the RNoAF. Both Bristow and Heli-One have their heavy duty maintenance facilities for their Sikorsky S-92A at the airport. Heli-One also specialises in the maintenance of the Turbomecca engines and the gearbox of the Super Puma. The airport also has the only Norwegian education school for aircraft mechanics, they are certified by Eurocopter qualifying them to make conversions of Eurocopter helicopters, they perform heavy duty maintenance tasks for many operators and air forces of foreign nations.{{cn|date=February 2025}}

On 31 March 2012, the board of Pratt & Whitney also decided to close the Pratt & Whitney Norway Engine Center.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/okonomi/195-ansatte-mister-jobben-450960b.html |title=195 ansatte mister jobben}}</ref> The last engine left the shop on 20 June 2012. All 195 jobs were lost. Later Gulf Aero Services opened a new engine center in the same building complex under the company name Aero Gulf,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aftenbladet.no/okonomi/Pratt--Whitney-blir-Aero-Gulf-467840b.html |title = Pratt & Whitney blir Aero Gulf| date=29 August 2013 }}</ref> delivering basically the same services as the former Pratt & Whitney Norway Engine Center. As per June 2017 maintaining and servicing CFM56-3/7b/5b jet engines under the company name Aero Norway AS Quality Engines for a growing number of both domestic and international airlines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aeronorway.no/ |title=Aero Norway AS – Quality Engines}}</ref>

The airport has a [[Charging station|charge point]], and started testing regular airfreight to Bergen with a [[Beta Technologies Alia|Beta Alia CX300]] [[electric aircraft]] in 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dette elektriske flyet er det første som flyr en rute i Norge |url=https://www.nrk.no/rogaland/starter-elektriske-flyvninger-mellom-stavanger-og-bergen-1.17519447 |publisher=[[NRK]] |language=nb |date=8 August 2025 |trans-title=Electric plane flies route in Norway}}</ref>

==Runways==
The airport has two [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] paved [[runway]]s: the main runway 18/36 measures {{convert|2556|x|60|m|0}} (Mark up, original 80 m wide, and runway 10/28 is {{convert|2449|x|45|m|0}} although initially built 65 m wide,.<ref name="aip_enzv" /> The two airstrips cross each other, but since they have a different orientation, they could never operate as individual runways for planes, but 10/28 is most commonly used as the activate helicopter runway, whilst 18/36 for planes, although the helicopters utilise the CATII on runway 18/36. 10/28 is used when the situation demands for it to serve as the main runway, typically when heavy winds from The Atlantic Ocean occurs, and landing in heavy gusts of crosswind makes it demanding to operate to and from 18/36. Although the orientation isn't ideal for operating planes from both runways, they are both most commonly active at the same time, 18/36 for planes and 10/28 for helicopters operating from it, having to keep well within the bounds of their intersection allowing for helicopters to operate from 28 to taxiway H, and departure from 11 from taxiway H, utilising both directions for helicopters, hotel and to the outer edge. Runway 18–36 has a CAT II landing system, enabling landing in very poor visibility. 10/28 has no traditional instrument approaches such as ILS, and is less frequently used, among other considerations to reduce noise emissions and flying over built areas, catering for population living in central parts of Sola municipality. The runway does however have low RNP approaches to both runway 10 and 28.

==Accidents==
''See [[1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash]].''

On 9 August 1961, a [[Vickers VC.1 Viking]] 3B (registration: G-AHPM), operated by [[British Eagle|Cunard Eagle Airways]] crashed into a mountain near [[Holta]] on approach to Stavanger Airport, Sola from [[Heathrow Airport]] with the deaths of all 39 on board: 3 crew, 34 schoolboys from [[The Archbishop Lanfranc School]] in [[Thornton Heath]], London, plus two members of staff from the school. The Norwegian report on the incident<ref>[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%202258.html Stavanger Accident Report] ''[[Flight International]]'' 4 October 1962</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=42626|title=British Pathe News}}</ref> concluded that the pilot was off-course for unknown reasons. The aircraft crashed into a hill approximately 500&nbsp;m (1,600&nbsp;ft) high, approximately {{convert|13|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of the airport at about 16:23. The [http://lanfranc-holtaheia.co.uk/ 50th anniversary] was marked by a book published in summer 2011, ''The Lanfranc Boys'' by Rosalind Jones, sister of Quentin Green, one of the victims.

On 7 January 2020, a major fire broke out in the main parking garage, later found to have started from a vehicle with faulty wiring (2005 Opel Zafira) as the driver attempted to start the vehicle and it subsequently caught fire then quickly spread to nearby cars.{{cn|date=December 2024}} The fire burned for nearly 7 hours, causing a partial collapse of the parking garage and destroying an estimated two to three hundred vehicles. An important factor that influenced the spread of the fire was a lack of a sprinkler system. No injuries or fatalities were reported.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nina |date=2020-01-08 |title=Airport garage fire started in diesel car |url=https://www.newsinenglish.no/2020/01/08/raging-fire-shuts-stavangers-airport/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Norway's News in English — www.newsinenglish.no |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book |last=Olsen-Hagen |first=Bernt Charles |title=Offshore Helicopters: Helikopteraktiviteten på norsk kontinentalsokkel |publisher=Aviation Forlag |year=2014 |isbn=978-82-999547-0-9}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category-inline|Stavanger Airport, Sola}}
* {{Avinor link|stavanger|en=Stavanger Airport, Sola|no=Stavanger lufthavn, Sola}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012200643/http://home.c2i.net/fozz/military/sola_his.html |date=12 October 2007 |title=History of Sola Air Station }}
* {{AIP_NO|ENZV|name=STAVANGER / Sola}}
* {{SkyVector|ENZV}}
* {{ASN|SVG}}

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