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ENSB Svalbard Airport, Longyear VFR

  • Name
    Svalbard Airport, Longyear
  • ICAO / IATA / GPS
    ENSB / LYR / ENSB
  • Type
  • Restriction
  • Region
  • Timezone
    4:02 am (CET)
  • Municipality
    Longyearbyen
  • Coordinates
    78° 14′ 45″ N 15° 27′ 56″ E
  • Elevation
    94 ft (29 m MSL)

About Svalbard Airport, Longyear

Svalbard Airport (Norwegian: Svalbard lufthavn; IATA: LYR, ICAO: ENSB) is the main airport serving Svalbard in Norway. It is 5 km (3.1 mi) northwest of Longyearbyen on the west coast, and is the northernmost airport in the world with scheduled public flights. The first airport near Longyearbyen was constructed during World War II. In 1959, it was first used for occasional flights, but could only be used a few months a year. Construction of the new airport at Hotellneset started in 1973, and the airport was opened on 2 September 1975. It is owned and operated by state-owned Avinor.

In 2014, the airport handled 154,261 passengers. Scandinavian Airlines operates daily flights to Tromsø and Oslo in mainland Norway. Lufttransport provides services to the two other airports on Svalbard: Ny-Ålesund and Svea, using Dornier 228 turboprop aircraft. There are also regular charter flights.

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