# Ålesund Airport (AES / ENAL)

**Ålesund Airport** (IATA: AES, ICAO: ENAL) is a large airport in Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It opened in 1958. It has one runway, 2,314 m (7,592 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Avinor. In 2025 it handled 1.0 million passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/enal

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AES / ENAL
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Avinor
- Serves: Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
- Opened: 1958
- Elevation: 21 m / 69 ft
- Coordinates: 62.5604, 6.1108
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,314 m / 7,592 ft
- Passengers: 1,012,941 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Oslo
- Website: https://avinor.no/flyplass/alesund
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85lesund_Airport,_Vigra (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175897
- Weather station: ENAL · WMO 01210
- Ident: ENAL

## Timeline

- 1958: Ålesund Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 2,314 m / 7,592 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 065° / 245° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,098,875 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 1,071,715 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,053,615 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,064,211 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 1,116,750 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 1,138,297 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 446,613 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 493,002 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 914,643 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 952,498 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 1,010,898 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 1,012,941 | Eurostat |

## Routes

9 destinations in 6 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [BGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbr.md) Bergen Airport, Flesland · Norway · 257 km / 160 mi · Widerøe
- [TRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enva.md) Trondheim Airport, Værnes · Norway · 263 km / 163 mi · Widerøe
- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 374 km / 232 mi · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 857 km / 533 mi · Scandinavian Airlines
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 1,143 km / 710 mi · KLM
- [GDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/epgd.md) Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport · Poland · 1,155 km / 718 mi · Wizz Air
- [ALC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leal.md) Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · Spain · 2,737 km / 1,701 mi · Norwegian Air Shuttle

### Seasonal (1)

- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · United Kingdom · 1,324 km / 823 mi · Norwegian Air Shuttle

### Seasonal charter (1)

- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 2,568 km / 1,596 mi · Scandinavian Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AES, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (5)

- DY [Norwegian Air Shuttle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norwegian-air-shuttle) · 3
- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 3
- WF [Widerøe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wider-e) · 2
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- W6 [Wizz Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wizz-air) · 1

Former hub of [Mørefly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/m-refly).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 1.0M (2025) | #820 of 3,974 | #199 in Europe | #9 in NO |
| Longest runway | 2,314 m / 7,592 ft | #3,024 of 29,858 | #590 in Europe | #17 in NO |
| Elevation | 21 m / 69 ft | =38,226 of 43,403 | =5,114 in Europe | #97 in NO |
| Age | Opened 1958 | =4,324 of 15,079 | =898 in Europe | #19 in NO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in NO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 128.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.850 |

## Nearby airports

- [HOV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enov.md) Ørsta-Volda Airport, Hovden · 42 km / 26 mi
- [MOL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enml.md) Molde Airport, Årø · 62 km / 39 mi
- [KSU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enkb.md) Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget · 106 km / 66 mi
- [FRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enfl.md) Florø Airport · 122 km / 76 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Ålesund Airport, Vigra”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ålesund_Airport,_Vigra&oldid=1372648294), revision of 1 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/enal/data