ENSA
Svea Airport
VFR
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Name
Svea Airport
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ICAO / GPS
ENSA / ENSA
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
4:39 am (CET)
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Municipality
Svea
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Coordinates
77° 53′ 48″ N 16° 43′ 30″ E
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Elevation
32 ft (10 m MSL)
About Svea Airport
Svea Airport (Norwegian: Svea flyplass; ICAO: ENSA) was a private airport located in and serving the Sveagruva (also known as Svea) in Svalbard, Norway. The airport was owned and operated by Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, who used the airport to transport their coal mining workers from the company town to Longyearbyen and Svalbard Airport, Longyear. The airport featured a gravel runway measuring 800 by 30 meters (2,625 by 98 ft). Flights were operated about thirty times per week by Lufttransport using their two Dornier 228s.