Stavanger-Sola Sjø

58°53'55"N 005°37'57"E

Runway: n/a - n/a - water

Sola Seaplane base (Norwegian: Sjøflyhavna Sola) was an airfield 300km southwest of Oslo
The airfield was built by the Luftwaffe in 1940, just north of Sola airfield.


He59s can be seen floating in the fjord as a bus takes German personnel to the fledgling seaplane base in May 1940
(fotonettverk-rogaland.no).


A He115 and a Do24 at Sjøflyhavna Sola in spring of 1940 (fotonettverk-rogaland.no).

It featured at least one large hangar. The airfield is known to have been used by He-59, He115 and Ar196 seaplanes and by BV138 'Seedrache' and Do-24 long range reconnaissance flying boats. It was in use by the Luftwaffe throughout the war until 8 May 1945, when Nazi Germany surrendered.


Sola-See photographed in 1945 with a Bv138 anchored in the fjord (luftwaffe.no).

After the war, the seaplane base became part of Stavanger Sola airfield, a joint military/civilian installation. The base became the Flyhistorisk Museum, Sola (Sola Aviation Museum) in 1984. No longer a military installation, the port is still frequently used by Norwegian floatplanes.


The former seaplane base hangar, now a museum, in 2007 (photo: Jarle Vines, via Wikipedia - licenced under Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike 3.0)