 At the same time Ørland Municipality hoped to establish a heliport at Ørland to serve oil fields in Haltenbanken, but this was instead located to Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget.Widerøe had throughout the 1980s been reducing its activity at Ørland and terminated its last flights in 1987.Norving chose to start four daily services, but they were forced to close them later the same year.