NO-0008
Salangen Airfield Elvenes
VFR
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Name
Salangen Airfield Elvenes
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ICAO / GPS
NO-0008 / ENLV
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- Region
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Timezone
5:39 am (CET)
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Municipality
Salangen
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Coordinates
68° 52′ 14″ N 17° 58′ 42″ E
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Elevation
27 ft (8 m MSL)
About Salangen Airfield Elvenes
Salangen Airport, Elvenes (Norwegian: Salangen flyplass, Elvenes; ICAO: ENLV) is a general aviation airport located at Elvenes in Salangen Municipality in Troms county, Norway. It features a grass runway measuring 800 by 80 meters (2,620 by 260 ft). It also has a water airport located on Øvrevann. The municipal airport is solely used for air sports.
The first use of the area as an airstrip was by the Norwegian Army Air Service in 1915. A permanent structure was established in 1919 and remained the sole land airport of the Air Service in Northern Norway until it was supplemented by Bardufoss Air Station in 1938. Elvenes was mostly used for aerial support of Norwegian Army exercises.
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