Trondheim Airport, Lade , originally known as Lade Airport was a German

Germany

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 air station

Air station

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 and later civilian airport

Airport

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 located at Lade

Lade

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 in Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

, Norway

Norway

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. The facility was built during World War II

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 in 1940, and was demolished in 1965.

Braathens SAFE started services from Trondheim to Oslo Airport, Fornebu

Oslo Airport, Fornebu

Oslo Airport, Fornebu was the main airport serving Oslo and Eastern Norway from 1 June 1939 to 7 October 1998. It was then replaced by Oslo Airport, Gardermoen and the area has since been redeveloped. The airport was located at Fornebu in Bærum, from the city center. Fornebu had two runways, one...

 on 9 May 1952, using de Havilland Heron

De Havilland Heron

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 aircraft. Regular services started on 18 August 1953, and continued until 1956, when Braathens SAFE moved its services to Trondheim Airport, Værnes

Trondheim Airport, Værnes

Trondheim Airport, Værnes is an international airport located in Stjørdal, east of Trondheim, Norway. Operated by the state-owned Avinor, it shares facilities with Værnes Air Station of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. In 2010, the airport had 3,521,734 passengers and 55,747 air movements,...

. The airport was also served by Trondheim flyklubb, NTH flyklubb, Trønderfly and Widerøe

Widerøe

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. After the demolish, the area has been converted to a sports venue (Lade Anlegget

Lade Anlegget

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) and a range of industrial and commercial facilities, including the shopping center City Lade

City Lade

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. Some of the hangars remain.