the town's airport, ålesund airport, vigra, has several daily flights to/from oslo, bergen, trondheim, and copenhagen. it used to have several weekly flights to/from riga (riga international airport) (airbaltic) and london (london gatwick airport) but these routes have since ceased. in november 2012 klm announced it would fly to ålesund 5 days a week from amsterdam starting in april 2013.