Stokmarknes Airport

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Stokmarknes Airport (Norwegian: Stokmarknes lufthavn; IATA: SKN, ICAO: ENSK) is an airport in Hadsel Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Langøya, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of the town of Stokmarknes and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of the town of Sortland. Widerøe is the only approved scheduled air carrier to operate from the airport, using Canadian-built De Havilland Canada Dash 8 STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft. Other frequent traffic includes ambulance flights (MEDEVAC) using Beechcraft Super King Airs operated by Babcock Scandinavian Air Ambulance.

Airport typePublic
OperatorAvinor
ServesStokmarknes and Sortland
LocationSkagen
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Stokmarknes Airport
Stokmarknes lufthavn
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAvinor
ServesStokmarknes and Sortland
LocationSkagen
Elevation AMSL13 ft / 4 m
Coordinates68°34′51″N 15°01′34″E
Websiteavinor.no
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SKN is located in Nordland
SKN
SKN
SKN is located in Norway
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 3,015 919 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers93,782
Aircraft movements6,302
Cargo (tonnes)N/A
Source: [1][2]
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History

The airport opened 1 July 1972 as part of a government program of building a series of small airports along the coast. This was a major success and an important step for the population in the area (Vesterålen archipelago), who now could travel to the bigger cities of Norway and the rest of the world in one day, not weeks. Currently owned and operated by Avinor, the airport was managed by the Hadsel municipality for the first 20 years.[3]

Airlines and destinations

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AirlinesDestinations
Widerøe Andenes,[4] Bodø,[5] Tromsø[6]
Seasonal: Oslo[citation needed]
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Statistics

PassengersYear50,00060,00070,00080,00090,000100,000110,000120,000130,000200020052010201520202025PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
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Annual passenger traffic[7]
Year Passengers % Change
2025126,986Increase 9.7%
2024115,743Increase 0.4%
2023115,301Increase 3.7%
2022111,177Increase 33.2%
202183,485Increase 51.7%
202055,017Decrease -46.6%
2019103,028Decrease -7.7%
2018111,588Decrease -7.5%
2017120,692Increase 13.1%
2016106,727Decrease -0.6%
2015107,400
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Extension

Work on extending RESA and improving the strip around the runway was completed in 2006.[3] In March 2015, Avinor decided to postpone plans for extending the runway to 1199 meters. [8]

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