 At first the airport was served using Twin Otters, but from the mid-1990s the Dash 8 was introduced.From 1996, Svartnes and 25 other regional airports were taken over by the state and the Civil Aviation Administration (later renamed Avinor).Widerøe lost the bid to operate the services between 2000 and 2003 to Arctic Air, but resumed services in 2003.