Stokmarknes Airport (Norwegian: Stokmarknes lufthavn; IATA: SKN, ICAO: ENSK) is an airport in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Langøya, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of the town of Stokmarknes and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of the town of Sortland. Widerøe is the only approved scheduled air carrier to operate from the airport, using Canadian-built De Havilland Canada Dash 8 STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft. Other frequent traffic includes ambulance flights (MEDEVAC) using Beechcraft Super King Airs operated by Babcock Scandinavian Air Ambulance.
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| Website | avinor.no | ||||||||||
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History
editThe 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
edit| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Widerøe | Andenes,[4] Bodø, Tromsø Seasonal: Oslo |
Statistics
editGraphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Extension
editWork 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. [5]
References
edit- ^ "Statistisk" (XLS). Retrieved 2017-09-11.
- ^ "Information about airports in Norway (AIP NORWAY)". Avinor.
- ^ a b "Lufthavnens historie" (in Norwegian). Avinor.no. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
- ^ Liu, Jim. "Widerøe additional domestic sector additions in S20". Routesonline. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
- ^ "Utsetter Skagen". Bladet Vesterålen. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
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