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Hammerfest Airport (IATA: HFT, ICAO: ENHF) (Norwegian: Hammerfest lufthavn) is a small airport serving the town of Hammerfest in Finnmark, Norway. The airport is located north of the town centre. The airport was opened on July 30, 1974 as part of a series of regional airports in northern Norway. It is operated by Avinor. In 2007 the airport served 148,541 passengers [1], making HFT the third largest airport in Finnmark. Traffic still increases with an average 8.6 % over April 2007 (domestic flights: 10.1 %, international flights: 5.9 %), compared to an average 5.6 % movements increase during the same period (domestic: 6.7 %, international: 2.6 %).
The airport is served by Widerøe who operates flights, with stops, to Alta and Tromsø which have connections onwards to Southern Norway. Widerøe operates Dash-8-100 aircraft from Hammerfest. The helicopter company Norsk Helikopter also operates flights to offshore installations.
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On May 1, 2005, the Widerøe Dash 8-100 airplane LN-WIK was buffeted by strong winds upon landing, and the landing gear on the right wing collapsed. While several passengers sustained injuries, there were no fatalities in the incident, but the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority imposed the strictest wind regulations in Norway upon the airport [2].
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