Mehamn Airport
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Mehamn Airport Mehamn lufthavn |
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Avinor | ||||||||||
| Serves | Mehamn, Finnmark, Norway | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 12 m / 39 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 71°01′44″N 027°49′35″E / 71.02889°N 27.82639°ECoordinates: 71°01′44″N 027°49′35″E / 71.02889°N 27.82639°E | ||||||||||
| Website | Official site | ||||||||||
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| Passengers | 14,392 |
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| Aircraft movements | 2,789 |
| Cargo (tonnes) | 4 |
Mehamn Airport (Norwegian: Meham lufthavn) IATA: MEH, ICAO: ENMH is a regional airport serving the village of Mehamn in Gamvik Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is located 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) outside of the village of Mehamn and is owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor. The asphalt runway is 880 meters (2,890 ft). Services are operated by Widerøe using Dash 8-100 aircraft which connect to other communities in Finnmark. The routes are subsidized by the Ministry of Transport and Communications through public service obligations.
Both the villages of Gamvik and Kjøllefjord were considered as alternative locations for the airport, and both received smaller airfields before Mehamn Airport opened in 1974. Widerøe operated de Havilland Canada Twin Otters until they were replaced with the Dash 8 in 1995. The airport served 14,392 passengers in 2014 and is the northern-most airport in Europe except Svalbard.
Plans for an airport on Nordkinnhalvøya were first articulated by a committee appointed by the Finnmark County Municipality. Their 1966 report recommended that six regional airports be built in Finnmark, which included Mehamn and Kjøllefjord as a possible site. Simultaneously the national government starting on planning a national network of regional airports. The Civil Aviation Administration (later renamed Avinor) looked into suitable sites at Mehamn, Kjøllefjord, and Gamvik. The government prioritized construction in Finnmark last, so the regional airline Norving took initiative to build smaller airfields in selected communities. They took contact with both Lebesby Municipality and Gamvik Municipality to initiate construction.
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