 At a common meeting for eleven southern Troms and Ofoten municipalities on 11 May 1965, these unanimously supported Evenes.They establish a committee, which issued a report to the government in June 1966, which concluded that it would be possible to have an airport completed by 1968.The airlines Braathens SAFE and Widerøe both launched an alternative proposal whereby the government instead should build a network of short take-off and landing airports.