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Airport Tromsø (Norway) - Langnes

Tromsø Airport, Langnes
Tromsø lufthavn, Langnes
Outside view, from Mount Fløya
IATA: TOS ICAO: ENTC
TOS
Location of airport in Troms
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Avinor
Serves Troms
Location Tromsø
Elevation AMSL 32 ft / 10 m
Coordinates 69°4053N 018°5504E / 69.68139°N 18.91778°E / 69.68139; 18.91778
Website www.avinor.no/en/airport/tromso
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,447 8,028 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers 1,800,093
Aircraft movements 39,484
Cargo (tonnes) 2,766
Source: Norwegian AIP at Avinor[1]
Statistics from Avinor[2][3][4]

Tromsø Airport, Langnes (IATA: TOS, ICAO: ENTC) (Norwegian: Tromsø lufthavn) is situated in Tromsø, on the western side of the island of Tromsøya, 1.7 Nautical miles (3.1 km) northwest of the city centre, which is on the eastern side of the island. The airport is the largest airport in Northern Norway (Norwegian: Nord-Norge), serving 1,800,093 passengers in 2011.

Tromsø Airport serves Tromsø, as well as northern and central parts of Troms county. It is an important hub for flights to many airports in Finnmark, though most passengers travel to and from Oslo. Most scheduled flights are domestic, including flights to Svalbard Airport, Longyear at Longyearbyen, though a few international destinations are also served Riga, Latvia and Murmansk, Russia). Additionally, charter operators fly to some destinations in Southern Europe and the Canary Islands.

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History

Work on the airport began on July 1, 1963, and it was officially opened for traffic on September 14, 1964. The city had enjoyed regularly scheduled flights from the 1930s, including the all important route to Oslo since 1939. However, until Tromsø Airport opened, all such traffic had been handled by seaplanes. In 1974 the airport became a hub for the new regional STOL (short takeoff and landing) network that opened in Finnmark using de Havilland Twin Otter aircraft.

The original terminal was replaced by a newer building, shaped like a semicircle, in 1977. The current terminal was built in 1998 as part of a comprehensive expansion and modernisation of the airport; it included a new control tower and, for the first time, passenger jet bridges at several gates. Part of the road leading to the airport was re-routed in a tunnel under the runway. Some portions of the older terminal buildings are still in use.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
BH Air Seasonal charter: Burgas
Nordavia Arkhangelsk, Murmansk
Norwegian Air Shuttle Alta, Bodø, Kirkenes, Oslo-Gardermoen, Trondheim
Scandinavian Airlines Alta, Bodø, Longyearbyen, Oslo-Gardermoen, Trondheim
Seasonal: Stockholm-Arlanda
SunExpress Summer Seasonal: Antalya
Widerøe Alta, Andenes, Bergen, Berlevåg, Båtsfjord, Hammerfest, Harstad-Evenes, Hasvik, Honningsvåg, Kirkenes, Lakselv, Mehamn, Stokmarknes, Sørkjosen, Vadsø, Vardø.
Summer Seasonal: Oslo-Torp [5]

There are also some seasonal charter flights to the Mediterranean operated from Tromsø Airport.

Ground transportation

Airport buses linking the airport with the town are synchronized with SAS flights. City buses stop at the fork near the airport. Taxis are available.

References

  1. ^ "Airport information for ENTC". Avinor. https://www.ippc.no/norway_aip/current/AIP/AD/ENTC/EN_AD_2_ENTC_en.pdf. Retrieved 9 April 2012. 
  2. ^ "Passenger statistics from Avinor" (xls). Avinor. http://www.avinor.no/tridionimages/11-TB8%20Passasjerer_tcm181-140526.xls. Retrieved 9 April 2012. 
  3. ^ "Aircraft Movement statistics from Avinor" (xls). Avinor. http://www.avinor.no/tridionimages/11-TB7%20Flybevegelser_tcm181-140525.xls. Retrieved 9 April 2012. 
  4. ^ "Cargo statistics from Avinor" (xls). Avinor. http://www.avinor.no/tridionimages/11-TB9%20Frakt%20og%20post_tcm181-140527.xls. Retrieved 9 April 2012. 
  5. ^ wideroe.no

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