Molde airport, Aaroe, 2009

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By: SOFTLAD - 21st January 2010 at 15:43

I agree. What a stunning location and a great seletion of photos. Made a refreshing change.

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By: widmeister - 20th January 2010 at 16:40

Some very nice shots. It looks like a very nice little airport, and the backdrop is great. Plenty of options for different viewpoints. I like the Air Europa lined up at dusk.

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By: uav689 - 20th January 2010 at 08:27

best photo thread ever!

Absolutely great pics, love the scenery, very different with a fantastic range of types there! Brilliant.

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By: enml - 19th January 2010 at 00:49

Hi again and thank you all for your kind words!
Glad you liked the pictures and I will share more with you all when I get someting worth sharing on my memorycard.

I understand that not all of you know where Molde airport is located, and that some of you (most likely the most of you) have not even heard about the airport. I will try to give you all an idea of where in the world it is and what it looks like here.

So, to the moderators I just want to say I am sorry if I go a little off topic here, but it is all done in the best intentions.

Molde airport, Aaroe (Årø) MOL/ENML is located 62-45N 007-16E 3M.
Nearest town is Molde, capitol of More (Møre) and Romsdal county in the northwestern parts of Norway. Molde town has 25.000 inhabitants and 50.000 with surrounding areas.

Annually International Jazzfestival with about 80.000 visitors. Norways oldest and largest festival. Last for a week and has had names like Eric Clapton, Bob Dyland, Stewie Wonder, Sting, Mary J Blige, van Morrison, B.B. King, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davies and many many more on the menue.

Varden view point (picture below) 408 meters above sea level. “The Molde Panorama” with 222 mountain tops. A few of them over 2.000 meters above sea level.

Romsdals fjord. Many tourist ships visit Molde in the summertime. Picture taken from Aker Stadium with Rica Seilet Hotel in the background. The hotel stands partially in the fjord and has 16 floors with an spectacular view from the top.

We are very proud of our footballclub, Molde FC (MFK), and our stadium, Aker Stadium. Capacity of 11.800. Average attendance last season was 7.800. MFK finnished 2. place in the Norwegian Premier League. The club has exported 3 players to Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (20 LEgend) in 1996, Magnus Wolff Eikrem in 2006 and Mame Biram Diouf in 2009. In 1999 MFK played in the Champions League against Real Madrid, Porto, Olympiakos, CSKA Moscow and Real Mallorca. Molde is the smallest town ever to have had a team in the CL. The club also has many apps in the European Cup. Some of the opponents we have met are Glasgow Rangers, Benfica, Torpedo Moscow, Paris SC and Skonto Riga.

Looking west after takeoff from RWY 25 at Molde airport.

Nyhavna. “Ormen Lange” gasfield. Gas terminal at the municipality of Aukra, some 20 km west of Molde. Norways largest industrial development with a cost of £5 billion for the process plant onshore alone. Suplies the Great Britain with 20% of it´s annually need of gas. Facts and figures. Langeled export pipeline. The two red dots marks where the germans during World War 2 built an airport with a runway measuring 1600 X 60 meters. Over 80 aircrafts was stationed here. Today this is an airstrip used by the local aero club. Runwaylenght now is 500 meters.

At last. Here are two videoes from YouTube, showing the opening ceremony of Ormen Lange, held at Aker Stadium in October 2007. Europes largest multimedia show with a 360 degree screen measuring 430 meters in length and 12 meters high.

Video 1

Video 2 (very poor quality)

Thats it. From now on I promise to post aircraftpicures only!