Avinor: Flesland Airport will be closed at short notice

All major airports are experiencing a large number of delays Sunday evening after a snowy weekend. Bergen is the hardest hit, and the problems there have spread.

Bergen airspace had to be closed to traffic for a period of time on Sunday due to snowy weather. This will have consequences for traffic at several airports.

Avinor warns that Bergen airport will be closed at short notice throughout the evening. – We cannot have snowplows out on the runway at the same time as planes, so as long as it snows we will have to make do with a shorter stay while it is being plowed, says press officer Carita Storm Røsaasen to NRK. Flesland was closed until 6 p.m., but will now reopen briefly. Several flights have been canceled at airports along the coast as a result of the c…

Both Widerøe and Norwegian are reporting delays.