Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen

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 ft m 09/27 3,015 919 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 95,978 Aircraft movements 6,120 Cargo (tonnes) 6
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 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.

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

Airlines	Destinations
Widerøe	Andenes, Bodø, Svolvær, Tromsø[4]

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. ^[5]

References

1. "Månedsrapport" (XLS). Avinor. 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
2. "Airport information for ENSK" (PDF). Avinor. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
3. "Lufthavnens historie" (in Norwegian). Avinor.no. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
4. "Flights to Norway and the rest of the world - fly with Widerøe". Wideroe.no. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
5. "Utsetter Skagen". Bladet Vesterålen. 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2015-05-06.