Four locations were considered; in addition to Anda, these were Markane in Stryn, Bjørlomona in Eid and Mona in Sandane.

[5] Services were part of the West Coast route operated by Widerøe with their 19-seat de Havilland Canada Twin Otters.

[6] To a much greater degree than other regional airports in the area, Anda was subject to severe wind, frequently canceling flights.

The airport had two employees on duty at any time while open: one in the tower and one who managed operations and the fire and rescue service, as well as parts of the ground handling.

The terminal building was minimal, built for the 20 seat Twin Otter, and check-in was handled by a travel agency in Sandane.

[5] Widerøe replaced its Twin Otters with the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 in the early 1990s.

[8] Ownership of the airport passed from Gloppen Municipality to the Civil Aviation Administration (later renamed Avinor) on 1 January 1997.

Travel + Leisure included Sandane in its 2009 list of the world's seventeen scariest runways.

They are operated as public service obligation with the Ministry of Transport and Communications and are flown with Dash 8-100 aircraft.

People in Nordfjordeid can also drive to Ørsta–Volda Airport, Hovden which from 2012 can be driven without using a ferry, but that is 78 kilometres (48 mi) away.

Avinor has started a process to look at the airport structure in Sogn og Fjordane.

This would allow for jetliners to operate from Florø to Oslo with significantly lower ticket prices and remove the need for subsidies.

Combined with the inability to extend the runway at Sandane further, this could cause the authorities to close down the airport.