- Båtsfjord Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Båtsfjord Airport
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IATA = BJF
ICAO = ENBS
type = Public
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operator =Avinor
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location = Båtsfjord
elevation-f = 490
elevation-m = 149
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r1-number = 03/21
r1-length-f = 3,281
r1-length-m = 1,000
r1-surface =Asphalt
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footnotes =Båtsfjord Airport airport codes|BJF|ENBS (Norwegian: Båtsfjord lufthavn) is a small regional airport serving
Båtsfjord inFinnmark ,Norway . The airport is connected to the town centre by route 894. BJF is operated byAvinor and had 10,110 passengers in2004 [ [http://www.hibo.no/neted/upload/attachment/site/group1/Rapport.pdf Regional air traffic in the north] (PDF-file, in Norwegian)] .The airport has a single asphalt
runway with a landing distance of 1000 m and numbered 03/21. The terminal includes the airport'scontrol tower and can handle about 120 passengers per hour. The apron can comfortably accommodate 3Dash 8 aircraft. [ [http://www.npd.no/NR/rdonlyres/34ABB4BE-98D7-4971-BF16-3E6418DB4E28/0/Konse049.pdf 2003 Avinor report on the consequences of air traffic from oil field developments] (PDF-file, in Norwegian), pp 39-40] All services from the airport are operated byWiderøe with Dash-8-100 aircraft. All routes, though not nessesarilly direct, fly to eitherKirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen orHammerfest Airport . FromKirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen have direct flights to Southern Norway. The routes are operated on a public service obligation with the Norwegian Government.History
The first airport opened in Båtsfjord as part of the construction of a regional airport network in Northern Norway in
1978 . But because of safety regulations a new airport had to be constructed, and the new airport opened onOctober 29 1999 . The old Båtsfjord Airport was the last airport to be serviced withTwin Otter aircraft by Widerøe, all other regional lines switching to Dash 8 in the mid 1990s.Destinations and airlines
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Widerøe (Berlevåg, Hammerfest, Mehamn, Vadsø, Vardø)External links
* [http://www.avinor.no/lufthavn/batsfjord?type=d Avinor entry for Båtsfjord Airport]
* [http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=NO91678&sch=ENBS Word Aero Data entry for Båtsfjord Airport]
* [http://odin.dep.no/odinarkiv/norsk/bondevikI/sd/taler/028005-090051/dok-bn.html 1999 opening speech of the Båtsfjord airport] (in Norwegian)
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