<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Stavanger International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Stavanger Airport, Sola is Norway's oldest airport, opened by King Haakon VII 29 May 1937.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was the second to have a concrete runway in Europe. The airport was attacked and captured by German fallschirmj&auml;gers from 1st battalion of the 1st Regiment, 7th Flieger Division supported by Luftwaffe aircraft on 9 April 1940. The attack was over in an hour, and the airport remained in German hands for the duration of World War II. During the war, the German occupation forces and Luftwaffe expanded the airport considerably, as it was a vital strategic asset for the Germans. Former anti-aircraft positions are also still visible along the neighboring beach Solastranda in 2005, work to upgrade the terminal building started. A new domestic arrival hall was opened in the summer of 2005, followed by the refurbishing of the international arrival hall. A new international lounge finished in 2006 and a new baggage sorting system, and an extension of the check-in areas was completed in 2007. Avinor is working on the instrument landing system category II/LVTO approach system at the airport. This will allow planes to land with as little as 300 meters of horizontal visibility.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On 15 February 2010, Scandinavian Airlines announced that Wider&oslash;e 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 Wider&oslash;e will take over the operations and 75 employees, and serve the routes using Q300 and Q400 aircraft.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3">Transportation from Stavanger International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Take a look at the transportation options to and from Stavanger Airport:</p>
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<li class="blog-li"><strong>Taxi:</strong> Get within 15 minutes to downtown Stavanger by taxi.</li>
<li class="blog-li"><strong>Car Rental:</strong> Car rental options are available at Stavanger Airport, check our search engine.</li>
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