Tromsø Airport
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| Tromsø Airport Tromsø lufthavn Tromsø/Langnes Airport |
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| IATA: TOS – ICAO: ENTC | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner/Operator | Avinor | ||
| Serves | Troms | ||
| Location | Tromsø | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 31 ft / 9 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 01/19 | 2,392 | 7,848 | Asphalt |
| Source: Norwegian AIP[1] | |||
Tromsø Airport, formerly known as Tromsø Airport, Langnes (IATA: TOS, ICAO: ENTC) (Norwegian: Tromsø lufthavn) is situated in Tromsø, on the western side of the island of Tromsøya, 1.7 Nautical miles (3.1 km) northwest of the city center, which is on the eastern side of the island. The airport is the largest airport in Nord-Norge (Northern Norway), serving 1,557,000 passengers in 2006.
Tromsø Airport serves Tromsø, as well as northern and central parts of Troms county. It is an important hub for flights to many small airports in Finnmark, though most passengers travel to and from Oslo. Most scheduled flights are domestic, including flights to Svalbard Airport, Longyear at Longyearbyen, though a few international destinations are also served (London Stansted, England, Murmansk, Russia, and Kiruna, Sweden). Additionally, charter operators fly to some destinations in Southern Europe and the Canary Islands.
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[edit] History
Work on the airport began on July 1, 1963, and it was officially opened for traffic on September 14, 1964. The city had enjoyed regularly scheduled flights from the 1930s, including the all important route to Oslo since 1939. However, until Tromsø Airport opened, all such traffic had been handled by seaplanes. In 1974 the airport became a hub for the new regional STOL (short takeoff and landing) network that opened in Finnmark using de Havilland Twin Otter aircraft.
The original terminal was replaced by a newer building, shaped like a semi-circle, in 1977. The current terminal was built in 1998 as part of a comprehensive expansion and modernization of the airport; it included a new control tower and, for the first time, passenger jet bridges at several gates. Part of the road leading to the airport was re-routed in a tunnel under the runway. Some portions of the older terminal buildings are still in use.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Domestic
- Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo, Bodø [begins 1st of June 2008], Trondheim [begins 1st of June 2008])
- Scandinavian Airlines System (Alta, Bodø, Longyearbyen, Trondheim, Oslo)
- Widerøe (Alta, Andenes, Bergen[seasonal], Berlevåg, Bodø, Båtsfjord, Hammerfest, Harstad/Narvik, Hasvik, Honningsvåg, Kirkenes, Lakselv, Mehamn, Narvik-Framnes, Stokmarknes, Sørkjosen, Trondheim, Vadsø, Vardø)
[edit] International
- Aeroflot-Nord (Murmansk, Arkhangelsk)
- Norwegian Air Shuttle (London-Stansted)
- Scandinavian Airlines System (Stockholm-Arlanda [begins June 23, 2008]
[edit] Charter
- Atlasjet (Antalya)
- BH Air (Bourgas)
- Eurocypria Airlines (Chania)
- Hamburg International (Frankfurt)
- SunExpress (Antalya)
- Scandinavian Airlines (Chania, Samos)
[edit] Gallery
 Departure passengers hall |
 Arrivals hall and shop on ground level |
 Main concourse |
 Waiting area prior to boarding on plane |
 Departure hall restaurant |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Aeronautical Information Publication from Avinor
[edit] External links
- Avinor page on Tromsø Airport
- Airport information for ENTC at World Aero Data
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