- Alta Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Alta Airport
nativename = Alta lufthavn
nativename-r =
image-width = 104
IATA = ALF
ICAO = ENAT
type = Public
operator =Avinor
city-served =Alta
location = Alta
elevation-f = 9
elevation-m = 3
coordinates = coord|69|58|34|N|023|22|18|E|type:airport
website = [http://www.avinor.no/English/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicOpen;ID=1215 Official Website]
r1-number = 11/29
r1-length-f = 6,850
r1-length-m = 2,088
r1-surface =Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Passengers
stat1-data = 416,272
stat2-header = Air movements
stat2-data = 11,949
stat3-header = Cargo (tonnes)
stat3-data = 90.04
footnotes =Alta Airport (Airport codes|ALF|ENAT, Norwegian: Alta lufthavn) is the airport of
Alta, Norway . It is located about 6 km northeast of Alta centre, near the community Elvebakken on the south shore of theAlta Fjord .The airport served 416,272 passengers in 2006, an increase from 351,537 in 2005. This makes Alta Airport the most heavily trafficked airport in
Finnmark . The airport has a single paved 2088 m long runway. Ground transport is handled bybus and taxi. The government ownedAvinor is responsible for operations. The airport works as a semi-hub for operations in theSAS Group with many connections to regional airports in Finnmark as well as jet operations to Oslo.There are plans for construction of a new airport terminal. In the current layout the planes park too close to the
runway according to the newer safety regulations. The current authorization expires in 2008, and construction may start in 2007.History
The airport was opened
May 3 ,1963 , at the same time as Banak Airport inLakselv and Høybuktmoen Airport inKirkenes . For many years the only airline to serve Alta wasScandinavian Airlines , who operated routes toTromsø andOslo . Originally the airplanes serving Alta were Convair CV-440 Metropolitan propellor planes, whileDouglas DC-9 jet aircraft were introduced in1969 andMcDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft in1986 .When the new regional
STOL routes in Finnmark were opened in1974 , Alta got serviced by Widerøe'sTwin Otter aircraft. In1990 Scandinavian changed their operation prosedures in Finnmark, making Alta a hub with flights from other towns into Alta and flights to Oslo by jet aircraft. The spike routes were operated with 50 seatFokker 50 aircraft bySAS Commuter .In
2002 , after Scandinavian acquiredBraathens , Braathens took over Scandinavians routes.The two airlines were merged in2005 . In2003 Widerøe took over SAS Commuters routes from Alta. RecentlyNorwegian Air Shuttle has also started low-cost operations to its hub atOslo Airport, Gardermoen .Airlines and destinations
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Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo)
*Scandinavian Airlines (Oslo, Tromsø)
*Widerøe (Hammerfest, Lakselv, Tromsø, Vadsø, Kirkenes)External links
* [http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/alta Alta Airport entry on Avinor's website]
* [http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=NO64260 World Aero Data entry on Alta airport]
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