Moss Airport, Rygge

Moss Airport, Rygge

*Moss lufthavn, Rygge*
Moss Airport, Rygge; Moss lufthavn, Rygge
	IATA: RYG; ICAO: ENRY;
Summary
Airport type	Joint (public and military)
Owner	Royal Norwegian Air Force
Operator	Rygge Sivile Lufthavn AS
Serves	Moss, Norway
Location	Rygge
Elevation AMSL	53 m / 173 ft
Coordinates	59°22′44″N 010°47′08″E / 59.37889°N 10.78556°E
Website	ryg.no
Map
	RYG
Runways
Statistics (2016)
Passengers
Passengers	1,304,379
Aircraft movements	22,056
Cargo (tonnes)	5
	Source: Norwegian AIP at Avinor; Statistics from Avinor

Moss Airport, Rygge (Norwegian: Moss lufthavn, Rygge; IATA: RYG^[4], ICAO: ENRY) was^[5] a minor international airport serving Moss, Oslo and Eastern Norway. It is located in Rygge, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) outside Moss and 60 kilometres (37 mi) outside Oslo. It also served as a regional airport for Østfold county and owned and was operated by the private company Rygge Sivile Lufthavn AS.

Moss/Rygge shut down to all civilian traffic on 1 November 2016.^[5] The airport is however co-located with the still operational Rygge Air Station, operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force, which also owns the land and runway. The control tower services (air traffic control) are operated by Avinor.

The airport opened on 8 October 2007, but did not officially open until 14 February 2008, when regular scheduled services started. The airport has a capacity for 2 million passengers per year, but could not reach this because of a concession limit of 21,000 annual air movements. The airport handled 1,890,889 passengers in 2013. The airport used to be a major base for Ryanair^[6] from March 2010 until October 2016 and was also served to a much lesser extent by Norwegian Air Shuttle and few charter operators. The airport has been closed to all civilian traffic since 1 November 2016 due to a proposal from its main commercial operator, Ryanair, to shut down its base at the airport on that date^[7]^[8] after a new Norwegian passenger tax was introduced.^[5]

There are plans to reopen the airport for passenger traffic. There is interest from airlines, but aircraft delivery delays mean opening is planned for spring 2021 (as of spring 2020).^[9]

In 2021 the airport was used as a COVID-19 test and vaccine center.^[10]

^ "Airport information for ENRY" (PDF). Avinor. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
^ "Passenger statistics from Avinor" (xls). Avinor. Retrieved 10 April 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |author-link= (help)
^ "Aircraft Movement statistics from Avinor". Avinor. Archived from the original (xls) on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |author-link= (help)
^ "IATA Airport Code Search (RYG: Moss-Rygge)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c en.ryg.no – Oslo Rygge Airport closing business November 1st 2016 28 June 2016
^ Cite error: The named reference ryanairhub was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference closure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference FR-RYG base closure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Åpningen av Rygge lufthavn utsettes til 2021" [The opening of Rygge airport is postponed until 2021]. Finansavisen (in Norwegian). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^ "(+) Snart stenges dørene til vaksinesenteret: – Det vil fortsatt være tilbud om vaksine". 15 September 2021.

[info-1] "Airport information for ENRY" (PDF). Avinor. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.

[pstats-2] "Passenger statistics from Avinor" (xls). Avinor. Retrieved 10 April 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |author-link= (help)

[mstats-3] "Aircraft Movement statistics from Avinor". Avinor. Archived from the original (xls) on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012. {{cite web}}: External link in |author-link= (help)

[4] "IATA Airport Code Search (RYG: Moss-Rygge)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 3 December 2012.

[closureofficial-5] .ryg.no – Oslo Rygge Airport closing business November 1st 2016 28 June 2016

[ryanairhub-6] Cite error: The named reference ryanairhub was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[closure-7] Cite error: The named reference closure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[FR-RYG_base_closure-8] Cite error: The named reference FR-RYG base closure was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[9] "Åpningen av Rygge lufthavn utsettes til 2021" [The opening of Rygge airport is postponed until 2021]. Finansavisen (in Norwegian). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2020.

[10] "(+) Snart stenges dørene til vaksinesenteret: – Det vil fortsatt være tilbud om vaksine". 15 September 2021.

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