Hammerfest Airport
Hammerfest, Norway

Hammerfest Airport
Gateway to Norway's Arctic coast and one of the world's northernmost airports.
- ›Hammerfest Airport is situated above the Arctic Circle, making it one of the world's northernmost commercial airports.
- ›The airport is operated by Avinor, Norway's state-owned airport operator.
- ›It serves as a key transport link for the Snøhvit LNG energy project workers and personnel.
- ›The runway is approximately 1,020 metres long, limiting operations to smaller regional aircraft.
- ›Hammerfest experiences polar night in winter and midnight sun in summer, affecting flight operations.
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Hammerfest Airport is a regional airport at Prærien just outside the town of Hammerfest in Hammerfest Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is operated by the state-owned Avinor and handled 145,396 passengers in 2014, making it the third-busiest regional airport in the country. The airport has a 880-meter (2,890 ft) runway aligned 05/23. Services are provided by Widerøe using the Dash 8-100. Up to eight daily flights are provided to Tromsø and public service obligation flights are flown eastwards to other airports in Finnmark. The airport is the base for offshore helicopter services operated by Bristow Norway and CHC Helikopter Service. An estimated 40,000 people from Hammerfest Airport's catchment area annually use Alta Airport for flights to Oslo.
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