Leknes Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Avinor | ||||||||||
| Location | Leknes | ||||||||||
| ElevationAMSL | 24 m / 81 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 68°09′09″N13°36′34″E/ 68.15250°N 13.60944°E | ||||||||||
| Website | avinor.no | ||||||||||
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Leknes Airport(Norwegian:Leknes lufthavn;IATA:LKN,ICAO:ENLK) is aregional airportserving the town ofLeknesand the surrounding areas in theLofotenarchipelagoinNordlandcounty, Norway. The airport is located just outside Leknes inVestvågøy Municipality.TheEuropean route E10highway passes along the east side of the airport. In 2014, Leknes Airport had 101,757 passengers. It is operated byAvinor.
Service
[edit]The airport is served byWiderøewithDash 8aircraft connecting the community toBodøand other communities in Nordland. The routes are operated onpublic service obligationwith theNorwegian Ministry of Transportation and Communication.Flights toOsloviaBodøtake about 3 hours with connecting routesWiderøe/Scandinavian Airlines.
Airlines and destinations
[edit]| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Widerøe | Bodø,Oslo,[3]Røst,Stokmarknes,[4]Svolvær,[5]Tromsø[4][better source needed] |
Statistics
[edit] | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info onPhabricatorand onMediaWiki.org. |
Ground transportation
[edit]The airport is located approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the town center. There are no buses, but taxis are available.
Future
[edit]Avinor is planning building a new primary airport to serve Lofoten and possibly also Vesterålen. The region wants to be more attractive on the conference market which would create more job opportunities outside the tourist season, and there is a need to adapt airports to modern aircraft types.
Two locations have been put forward,Gimsøya(68°19′10″N14°9′30″E/ 68.31944°N 14.15833°E) andHadselsanden(68°25′40″N14°37′30″E/ 68.42778°N 14.62500°E). The former could replace Leknes Airport andSvolvær Airport,the latter could also replaceStokmarknes Airport.As both alternatives imply direct services to Oslo, the leakage to Evenes would be reduced.[6]However weather recordings has shown that Gimsøy, located at the big ocean, is too windy and foggy for an airport.[7]
Therefore, the main option now is to extend the runway and terminal of Leknes airport, considering that Svolvær airport has no room for runway extension.[8][9]No such project is part of the NorwegianNational Transport Planfor 2022–2033.
A large road project, which will reduce the drive time between Svolvær and Evenes by 35 minutes, will be built 2023-2028.[10]This might makeHarstad-Evenes Airportairport more attractive than Leknes for travel between Oslo and Svolvær, if Leknes is not extended to full length for jet aircraft.
References
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- ^"Månedsrapport".Avinor.2015. Archived fromthe original(XLS)on 17 February 2016.Retrieved13 January2015.
- ^ "Airport information for ENLK"(PDF).Avinor. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 30 July 2012.Retrieved9 April2012.
- ^Tidenes storsatsningwideroe.no[dead link]
- ^abLiu, Jim (3 February 2017)."Widerøe adds new sectors in S17".Routes online.Retrieved3 February2017.
- ^wideroe.no
- ^"Nasjonal transportplan 2014–2023: Framtidsrettet utvikling av lufthavnstrukturen"(PDF)(in Norwegian).Avinor.15 February 2012. pp. 46–48. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 September 2013.Retrieved23 September2013.
- ^Gimsøya ikke tilfredsstillende som flyplasslokasjon i Lofoten(Lofotposten 23. November 2016)
- ^Avinor om flyplass i Lofoten: - Dette er den beste plasseringen for en forlengelse(in Norwegian) Lofotposten 31 August 2017
- ^"Vil bruke 6,4 milliarder på ny flyplass og ny vei i Lofoten"[Want to spend 6.4 billion on new airport and new road in Lofoten]. NRK. 23 January 2020.Retrieved7 September2021.
- ^"E10/rv. 85 Tjeldsund–Gullesfjordbotn–Langvassbukt - (OPS Hålogalandsvegen)".Statens vegvesen.3 October 2023.Retrieved21 December2023.
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