Birger Hønningstad was a Norwegian engineer and aircraft designer.

Hønningstad construct several airplanes, first in his own engineering firm, Birger Hønningstad & Co, and after World War II in Norsk Flyindustri, where he was director and chairman.

Stavanger Airport, Sola

Hønningstad's intitiative together with shipowner Ole Bergesen

Ole Bergesen (1891)

Ole Bergesen was a Norwegian ship-owner.He was born in Stavanger as a son of Sigval Bergesen. He was a grandson of Ole Bergesen and brother of Sigval Bergesen, Jr., and father of Berge Sigval Natanael Bergesen and Ole Bergesen....

 resultet in the establishment of an airport in the Stavanger area of Norway. It was opened in 1937 as Norway's first civil airport

Stavanger Airport, Sola

Stavanger Airport, Sola is an international airport located in Sola, Norway, southwest of Stavanger. It is Norway's third-busiest airport, with both fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter traffic for the offshore North Sea oil installations...

 by King Haakon VII

Haakon VII

Haakon VII may refer to:People* Haakon VII of Norway , King of Norway Ships* HNoMS King Haakon VII, a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship in commission from 1942 to 1951...

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Airplanes constructed

• Hønningstad Norge A (1938)
• Hønningstad C-5 Polar (1939) prototype
• Hønningstad Norge B (1946)
• Norsk Flyindustri C-5 Polar (1948)
• Norsk Flyindustri Finnmark 5A (1949)
• Hønningstad Norge C (1960)

External links

• Birger Hønningstad at SNL (no)
• Stavanger, Sola at Norske flyplasser (no)