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Alta Airport

Alta Airport
Alta lufthavn
Alta Airport.jpg
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Avinor
Serves Alta, Norway
Location Elvebakken, Alta, Finnmark
Hub for Base: Widerøe
Elevation AMSL 3 m / 10 ft
Coordinates 69°58′34″N 023°22′18″E / 69.97611°N 23.37167°E / 69.97611; 23.37167Coordinates: 69°58′34″N 023°22′18″E / 69.97611°N 23.37167°E / 69.97611; 23.37167
Website avinor.no/en/airport/alta-airport/
Map
ALF is located in Norway
ALF
ALF
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 2,253 7,392 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 368,393
Air movements 11,707
Cargo (tonnes) 330
Source:
Passengers 368,393
Air movements 11,707
Cargo (tonnes) 330

Alta Airport (Norwegian: Alta lufthavn; IATA: ALFICAO: ENAT) is an international airport serving Alta, a town and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is located at Elvebakken, 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) northeast of Bossekop in Alta. It has a single, 2,253-meter (7,392 ft) runway numbered 11/29, which lies on the southern shore of the Altafjord. Alta Airport is owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor, and served 368,393 passengers in 2014, making it the busiest airport in Finnmark.

The airport is served by Norwegian Air Shuttle and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) with Boeing 737 aircraft on flights to Tromsø and Oslo. Widerøe operates services to several regional airports in Finnmark, feeding to the larger airlines'routes. There are a limited number of international charter flights. The first airport in the area was a military airfield built by the Luftwaffe in 1943, but was damaged beyond repair during World War II. The civilian airport opened on 4 May 1963. At first services were provided by SAS to other primary airports in the north and to Oslo, but in the 1970s, several regional airports opened in Finnmark, with Widerøe flying connecting flights to them. Alta Airport's regional importance increased in 1990, when it became a hub for the newly created SAS Commuter. Norwegian started flying to Alta in 2003 and a new terminal building was opened in 2009.


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