Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen

Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen
Stokmarknes lufthavn, Skagen
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Avinor
Serves Stokmarknes and Sortland
Location Skagen
Elevation AMSL 13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates 68°34′51″N 15°01′34″E / 68.58083°N 15.02611°E / 68.58083; 15.02611Coordinates: 68°34′51″N 15°01′34″E / 68.58083°N 15.02611°E / 68.58083; 15.02611
Website Official website
Map
SKN
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
09/27 3,015 919 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 93,782
Aircraft movements 6,302
Cargo (tonnes) N/A
Source: [1] [2]

Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen (IATA: SKN, ICAO: ENSK) (Norwegian: Stokmarknes lufthavn, Skagen) is an airport in the municipality of Hadsel in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Langøya, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of Stokmarknes and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Sortland.

Widerøe and FlyViking are the only approved scheduled air carriers to operate from the airport. Both are using Canadian-built De Havilland Canada Dash 8 STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft. Other traffic includes ambulance flights (MEDEVAC) using Beechcraft Super King Airs operated by Lufttransport AS.

History

Map of the airport and the main road that runs to the north of it
Passengers disembarking a Widerøe aircraft at Stokmarknes

The airport opened 1 July 1972 as part of a government program of building a series of small airports along the coast. This was a major success and an important step for the population in the area (Vesterålen archipelago), who now could travel to the bigger cities of Norway and the rest of the world in one day, not weeks. Currently owned and operated by Avinor, the airport was managed by the Hadsel municipality for the first 20 years.[3]

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Widerøe Bodø, Leknes, Tromsø
Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen

Extension

Work on extending RESA and improving the strip around the runway was completed in 2006.[3] In March 2015, Avinor decided to postpone plans for extending the runway to 1199 meters. [4]

References

  1. ↑ (XLS) https://avinor.no/globalassets/_konsern/om-oss/statistikk/no/2016/201612_manedsstatistikk_norsk.xlsx. Retrieved 11 September 2017. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ "Airport information for ENSK". Avinor.
  3. 1 2 "Lufthavnens historie" (in Norwegian). Avinor.no. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  4. ↑ "Utsetter Skagen". Bladet Vesterålen. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2015-05-06.


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