Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll
Airport in Rana, Norway
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Mo i Rana Airport (Norwegian: Mo i Rana lufthavn; IATA: MQN, ICAO: ENRA) is a regional airport serving the town of Mo i Rana in Rana in Nordland county, Norway. The airport is located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) outside the town in the village of Røssvoll. In 2014 Mo i Rana Airport served 104,474 passengers. It is operated by Avinor.
Mo i Rana Airport, Røssvoll Mo i Rana lufthavn, Røssvoll | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Avinor | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mo i Rana | ||||||||||
| Location | Røssvoll, Rana, Norway | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1968 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 229 ft (70 m) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 66°21′50″N 014°18′06″E | ||||||||||
| Website | avinor.no | ||||||||||
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Service
The airport is served by Widerøe with Dash 8-100 and Dash 8-200 aircraft connecting the community to Bodø, Trondheim, and other communities in Nordland and Trøndelag counties. The routes are operated on public service obligation with the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. The runway is too short for flights with enough fuel to reach Oslo (in 2017 flights with a fuel stop were introduced, later cancelled. Flying a small aircraft all the way to Oslo is slow due to slow speed and a landing needed anyway, and expensive due to few passengers).
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
| Year | Passengers | % Change |
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| 2025 | 112,417 |  19.8% |
| 2024 | 93,876 |  -17.3% |
| 2023 | 113,577 | 3.1% |
| 2022 | 110,118 | 37.4% |
| 2021 | 80,121 | 39.3% |
| 2020 | 57,524 | -45.9% |
| 2019 | 106,316 | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 109,660 | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 120,239 | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 127,404 | 6.5% |
| 2015 | 119,641 |
Ground transportation
Replacement
Since at least 2002 there has been ideas of building an airport near Mo i Rana and nearby cities with a large enough runway to fly mid-size jet aircraft directly to Oslo, and thereby reducing the cost of travel to Northern Helgeland. It's not possible to extend the present short runway at Røssvoll. There has been support in principle from the government, but it took several years of delays and redoing plans, but in March 2021 the plans were given go-ahead.[8] On 26 September 2022, construction works started with a ceremony.[9]
