- Tromsø Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Tromsø Airport
nativename = Tromsø lufthavn
nativename-a =
nativename-r =
image-width =
caption = Outside view, from Mount Fløya
IATA = TOS
ICAO = ENTC
type = Public
owner-oper =Avinor
city-served =Troms
location =Tromsø
elevation-f = 31
elevation-m = 9
coordinates = coord|69|40|53|N|018|55|04|E|type:airport
website = [http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/tromso www.avinor.no/en/airport/tromso]
metric-rwy = Yes
r1-number = 01/19
r1-length-f = 7,848
r1-length-m = 2,392
r1-surface =Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Passengers
stat1-data = 1,557,255
stat2-header = Aircraft movements
stat2-data = 40,053
footnotes = Source: Norwegian AIP [ [http://www.ippc.no/norway_aip/current/AIP/AD/ENTC/EN_AD_2_ENTC_en.pdf Aeronautical Information Publication] from Avinor]Tromsø Airport, formerly known as Tromsø Airport, Langnes airport codes|TOS|ENTC (Norwegian: "Tromsø lufthavn") is situated in
Tromsø , on the western side of the island ofTromsøya , 1.7Nautical mile s (3.1 km) northwest of the city center, which is on the eastern side of the island. The airport is the largest airport inNord-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 inFinnmark , though most passengers travel to and fromOslo . Most scheduled flights are domestic, including flights toSvalbard Airport, Longyear atLongyearbyen , though a few international destinations are also served (London Stansted,England , and Murmansk, [Russia. Additionally, charter operators fly to some destinations inSouthern Europe and theCanary Islands .History
Work on the airport began on
July 1 1963 , and it was officially opened for traffic onSeptember 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 regionalSTOL (short takeoff and landing) network that opened in Finnmark usingde 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 bridge s 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.Airlines and destinations
Domestic
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Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo-Gardermoen, Oslo-Rygge [starts 30th of October] , Bodø, Trondheim)
*Scandinavian Airlines System (Alta, Bodø, Longyearbyen, Trondheim, Oslo-Gardermoen)
*Widerøe (Alta, Andenes, Bergen, Berlevåg, Bodø, Båtsfjord, Hammerfest, Harstad/Narvik-Evenes, Hasvik, Honningsvåg, Kirkenes, Lakselv, Mehamn, Narvik-Framnes, Stokmarknes, Sørkjosen, Trondheim, Vadsø, Vardø)International
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Aeroflot-Nord (Murmansk, Arkhangelsk)
*Norwegian Air Shuttle (London-Stansted)
*Scandinavian Airlines System (Stockholm-Arlanda [summer route] )Charter
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Atlasjet (Antalya)
*BH Air (Bourgas)
*Eurocypria Airlines (Chania)
*Hamburg International (Frankfurt)
*SunExpress (Antalya)
*Scandinavian Airlines (Chania, Samos)Gallery
ee also
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List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries References
External links
* [http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/tromso Avinor page on Tromsø Airport]
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