Stokmarknes Airport

Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen
Stokmarknes lufthavn, Skagen

IATA: SKN
ICAO: ENSK

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°ECoordinates: 68°34′51″N 15°01′34″E / 68.58083°N 15.02611°E

Website

Official website

Map

SKN

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
09/27	3,015	919	Asphalt

Statistics (2014)

Passengers	95,978
Aircraft movements	6,120
Cargo (tonnes)	6

Source:

Passengers	95,978
Aircraft movements	6,120
Cargo (tonnes)	6

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 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 traffic includes Dornier Do 228 and ambulance flights (MEDEVAC) using Beechcraft Super King Airs. Both types are operated by Lufttransport AS.

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.

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

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