Widerøe commenced seaplane operates to Værøy from 1965 ; five years later the first helicopter services were introduced . Planning of an airport started in the late 1960s , but unfavorable weather conditions prolonged finding a suitable location . The decision to build the airport was taken in 1984 , construction began the following year and the airport opened on 1 June 1986 . The fatal Widerøe Flight 839 accident took place on 12 April 1990 , in which heavy wind caused structural failure of a Twin Otter . The airport has been closed since ; helicopter services commenced in 1993 and Værøy Heliport opened in 1997
Widerøe Flight 839
Widerøe Flight 839
Værøy Airport