Værøy Airport

Værøy Airport (Norwegian: Værøy flyplass) (IATA: VRY, ICAO: ENVY) is a closed regional airport on the island of Værøy in Norway. It was used between 1986 and 1990 and was operated by the Municipality of Værøy. It was plagued with low regularity caused by difficult wind conditions. Following the fatal Widerøe Flight 839 accident, the airport was closed and replaced by Værøy Heliport. The airport was served by twelve weekly services to Bodø and Røst by Widerøe, who used de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft.

Services to Værøy started in the mid 1960s, when Widerøe started sea plane services to the island using de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otters and Norseman aircraft. In 1972, the government wanted to start a helicopter service from Bodø Airport to Værøy and Røst—the island community further out from Værøy. Widerøe was granted the concession, but they did not want to operate helicopters, so they subcontracted it to Helilift. The service operated twice per day on weekdays and once per day in the weekends. The service was provided using two sixteen-seat Sikorsky S-58Ts. In 1973, NOK 1.9 million was granted in subsidies for the route, and the service transported 5,359 passengers (from both Røst and Værøy). In December 1976, one of the helicopters was bought by Widerøe and operations subcontracted to Offshore Helicopters. The second Sikorsky was bought from Helilift in March 1978 and also operated by Offshore Helicopters. In 1980, Helikopter Service merged with Offshore Helicopters, and the new Helikopter Service took over the route. From 1 January 1982, Helikopter Service started operating an eleven-seat Bell 212 helicopters because the Sikorskys cost too much to maintain. In 1982, the service to both islands transport 7,145 passengers and 3 tonnes (3.0 long tons; 3.3 short tons) of post and cargo, and made 744 landings. It received subsidies for NOK 4 million.