| Harstad-Narvik Airport, Evenes | |||
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| IATA: EVE – ICAO: ENEV
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| Airport type | Joint (Civil and Military) | ||
| Operator | Avinor | ||
| Serves | Harstad and Narvik | ||
| Location | Evenes | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 84 ft / 26 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 17/35 | 9,213 | 2,808 | Asphalt |
Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (IATA: EVE, ICAO: ENEV) (Norwegian: Harstad/Narvik lufthavn, Evenes) is located in the Evenes municipality, in Nordland county in northern Norway. Some of the runway lighting at the north end of the runway crosses the county border into the Skånland municipality in Troms. The airport had 506,449 passengers in 2009.[1]
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The airport serves the cities of Harstad and Narvik with the surrounding areas. There have been discussions about the name of the airport. Harstad is the nearest and the biggest city, and the city of Narvik has its own (small) airport, Narvik Airport, Framnes, confusing many passengers. In April 2008 it was decided to use the name Lofoten International Airport[2] in marketing of the airport. There are two short-runway airports in Lofoten − Leknes Airport on Vestvågøya and Svolvær Airport on Austvågøya. Evenes however remains the nearest airport from Lofoten with a long runway and direct flights to Oslo.
There are mostly domestic flights from the airport, including non-stop flights to Oslo, Trondheim, Bodø and Tromsø. There are also charter flights to Southern Europe and the Canary Islands. In addition, there have been cargo flights with salmon to Japan. The small airline Kato Air was based at the airport.
Even though the airport opened in 1972, the runway was later lengthened, and investments in the military infrastructure continued after the cold war ended. Some of the infrastructure are still in use for training purposes, particularly winter training for NATO soldiers. The large C-5 Galaxy has used the airport several times during winter exercises. Antonov 124 has been the largest airplane operating at Evenes.
The airport is now almost exclusively for civilian use, but there are extensive military infrastructure as this was an air station for the Royal Norwegian Air Force, and was partly funded by NATO.
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Oslo-Gardermoen, Oslo-Torp [Begins March 2012] |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Oslo-Gardermoen |
| Widerøe | Andenes, Bodø, Tromsø, Trondheim[3] |
There are bus connections to Harstad (44 km), Narvik (80 km), and Sortland (120 km) from the airport. The bus connecting Narvik and Svolvær (160 km) also stops at the airport. Taxis are available.
As with many airports, there is an official weather station at the airport, 26 meters amsl. Statistics from this station gives following monthly 24-hr averages: January -4.2°C, April 1.5°C, July 13.5°C and October 4,0°C.[4]
Narvik Airport finished ninth in a survey by PrivateFly.com conducted in October and November 2011 to find the world's best airport approaches.[5]
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