Kristiansand Airport

Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik Kristiansand lufthavn, Kjevik
IATA: KRS ICAO: ENCN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Avinor
Serves	Kristiansand, Norway
Location	Kjevik, Tveit, Kristiansand, Agder
Elevation AMSL	17 m / 57 ft
Coordinates	58°12′14″N 008°05′06″E / 58.20389°N 8.08500°E / 58.20389; 8.08500
Website	avinor.no
Map
KRS
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 2,035 6,677 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers 1,061,130 Aircraft movements 19,290
Source:[1][2]

Kristiansand Airport, Kjevik (Norwegian: Kristiansand lufthavn; IATA: KRS, ICAO: ENCN) is an international airport serving Kristiansand Municipality in Agder county, Norway. The airport is located in the district of Tveit in the Oddernes borough, about 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) by road and 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) by air from the center of town of Kristiansand. Operated by the state-owned Avinor, it is the sole airport in Southern Norway with scheduled flights. It has a 2,035-meter (6,677 ft) runway aligned 03/21 and served 1,061,130 passengers in 2018. Scheduled flights are provided by Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Widerøe, KLM Cityhopper and Wizz Air. The Royal Norwegian Air Force has a training center at the airport.

It opened on 1 June 1939, as the joint second airport in the country. During the Second World War it was occupied and expanded by the Luftwaffe. Kristiansand's southerly location caused the airport to receive several international routes during the early years, as well as domestic services. Braathens SAFE served domestic services from 1955 to its demise in 2004. KLM flew until 1971, after which Dan-Air opened routes to the United Kingdom. The terminal received major extensions in 1955, 1979, 1994 and 2015. New control towers were built in 1966 and 2013. It was the base for Sørfly from 1946 to 1962, for Agderfly from 1969 to 2004, and for FlyNonstop in 2013.