Svalbard Airport

Svalbard Airport Svalbard lufthavn
IATA: LYR ICAO: ENSB
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Avinor
Serves	Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
Location	Hotellneset, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
Elevation AMSL	28 m / 94 ft
Coordinates	78°14′46″N 015°27′56″E / 78.24611°N 15.46556°E / 78.24611; 15.46556
Website	avinor.no
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 10/28 2,484 8,146 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers 154,261 Air movements 6,944 Cargo (tonnes) 608
Source: Norwegian AIP at Avinor[1] Statistics from Avinor[2][3][4]

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.^[5] Scandinavian Airlines operates daily flights to Tromsø and Oslo in mainland Norway. Lufttransport provides services to the other airport on Svalbard: Ny-Ålesund, using Dornier 228 turboprop aircraft. There are also regular charter flights.