Båtsfjord Airport
Airport in Båtsfjord, Finnmark, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Båtsfjord Airport (Norwegian: Båtsfjord lufthavn, IATA: BJF, ICAO: ENBS) is a regional airport serving Båtsfjord in Finnmark, Norway. It consists of a 1,000 by 30 meters (3,281 by 98 ft) runway and served 14,485 passengers in 2016. A further 14,663 landed and started at the airport without leaving the aircraft.[3] Scheduled services are provided by Widerøe using the Dash 8 to Kirkenes, Hammerfest and other communities in Finnmark. The airport is owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor.
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Operator | Avinor | ||||||||||
Serves | Båtsfjord, Norway | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 149 m / 490 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 70°36′01″N 029°41′34″E | ||||||||||
Website | avinor.no | ||||||||||
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It is the second airport in Båtsfjord. The first was built in 1973, but only had a gravel runway. When Widerøe replaced their smaller de Havilland Canada Twin Otters (19-20 seats) with the Dash 8 (39 seats), a new airport was needed to serve Båtsfjord. The new airport cost 178 million Norwegian krone and opened on 9 September 1999.