Kirkenes airport

Kirkenes lufthavn, Høybuktmoen
Characteristics
ICAO code	ENKR
IATA code	KKN
Coordinates	69 ° 43 '30 "  N , 29 ° 53' 16"  E Coordinates: 69 ° 43 '30 "  N , 29 ° 53' 16"  E
Height above MSL	86 m (282  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	10 km west of Kirkenes
Street	Connection to the one to Kirkenes in the east and in more southern parts of Norway
Local transport	Airport bus to Kirkenes
Basic data
opening	1963
operator	Avinor
Terminals	1
Passengers	318,194 (2017)
Air freight	419 t (2014)
Flight movements	7,818 (2017)
Runways
06/24	2045 m × 45 m asphalt
15/33	1270 m (closed)

The Kirkenes-Høybuktmoen Airport is an airport in Norway and about is located ten kilometers west of the center of Kirkenes .

The airport has an asphalted, 2045 meter long runway (06/24) through which all civil aircraft movements are handled. A second runway (15/33), around 1200 meters long, which was planned in the military planning of the airport, has been laid out, but is currently not paved and is currently not in use.

history

During the Second World War , the German Air Force built the airport with two star-shaped runways (1000 m and 1200 m). A long-term user between February 1941 and August 1944 was the 1st squadron of the reconnaissance group 124 (1st (F) / 124), whose most frequently used aircraft type was the Ju 88D .

This first airport was destroyed when the Germans withdrew. Kirkenes civil airport was reopened in 1963.

links

From Kirkenes machines leave for Alta , Berlevåg , Båtsfjord , Hammerfest , Honningsvåg , Lakselv , Mehamn , Murmansk , Oslo , Sørkjosen , Tromsø , Vadsø and Vardø . The connections are flown by the airlines SAS Scandinavian Airlines and Widerøe . In addition, there are charter flights to Copenhagen , Cologne / Bonn , Munich and Sundsvall . The medium and short-haul flight types Boeing 737 , Airbus A320 and De Havilland DHC-8 are primarily used.

Web links

Commons : Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Airport operator's homepage (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Passengers 2017. (Excel (xlsx); 28 KB) In: avinor.no. Avinor , accessed September 14, 2018 (Norwegian / English). 
2. ↑ Frakt og Post 2014. (Excel (xlsx); 22 KB) In: avinor.no. Avinor , accessed September 14, 2018 (Norwegian / English). 
3. ↑ Flight movements 2017. (Excel (xlsx); 66 KB) In: avinor.no. Avinor , accessed September 14, 2018 (Norwegian / English).