ENBS
Båtsfjord Airport
VFR
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Name
Båtsfjord Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
ENBS / BJF / ENBS
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
1:18 am (CET)
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Municipality
Båtsfjord
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Coordinates
70° 36′ 1″ N 29° 41′ 29″ E
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Elevation
490 ft (149 m MSL)
About Båtsfjord Airport
Båtsfjord Airport (Norwegian: Båtsfjord lufthavn, IATA: BJF, ICAO: ENBS) is a regional airport serving Båtsfjord Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It consists of a 1,000 by 30 meters (3,281 by 98 ft) runway and served 14,485 passengers in 2016. A further 14,663 landed and started at the airport without leaving the aircraft. Scheduled services are provided by Widerøe using the Dash 8 to Kirkenes, Hammerfest and other communities in Finnmark. The airport is owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor.
It is the second airport in Båtsfjord. The first was built in 1973, but only had a gravel runway. When Widerøe replaced their smaller de Havilland Canada Twin Otters (19-20 seats) with the Dash 8 (39 seats), a new airport was needed to serve Båtsfjord. The new airport cost 178 million Norwegian krone and opened on 9 September 1999.