Airport in Vestvagøy, Norway
Leknes Airport
(
Norwegian
:
Leknes lufthavn
;
IATA
:
LKN
,
ICAO
:
ENLK
) is a
regional airport
serving the town of
Leknes
and the surrounding areas in the
Lofoten
archipelago
in
Nordland
county, Norway. The airport is located just outside Leknes in
Vestvagøy
municipality. The
European route E10
highway passes along the east side of the airport. In 2014, Leknes Airport had 101,757 passengers. It is operated by
Avinor
.
Service
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The airport is served by
Widerøe
with
Dash 8
aircraft connecting the community to
Bodø
and other communities in Nordland. The routes are operated on
public service obligation
with the
Norwegian Ministry of Transportation and Communication
. Flights to
Oslo
via
Bodø
take about 3 hours with connecting routes
Widerøe
/
Scandinavian Airlines
.
Airlines and destinations
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Statistics
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Ground transportation
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The airport is located approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the town center. There are no buses, but taxis are available.
Future
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Avinor is planning building a new primary airport to serve Lofoten and possibly also Vesteralen. The region wants to be more attractive on the conference market which would create more job opportunities outside the tourist season, and there is a need to adapt airports to modern aircraft types.
Two locations have been put forward,
Gimsøya
(
68°19′10″N
14°9′30″E
/
68.31944°N 14.15833°E
/
68.31944; 14.15833
) and
Hadselsanden
(
68°25′40″N
14°37′30″E
/
68.42778°N 14.62500°E
/
68.42778; 14.62500
). The former could replace Leknes Airport and
Svolvær Airport
, the latter could also replace
Stokmarknes Airport
. As both alternatives imply direct services to Oslo, the leakage to Evenes would be reduced.
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However weather recordings has shown that Gimsøy, located at the big ocean, is too windy and foggy for an airport.
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Therefore, the main option now is to extend the runway and terminal of Leknes airport, considering that Svolvær airport has no room for runway extension.
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No such project is part of the Norwegian
National Transport Plan
for 2022?2033.
A large road project, which will reduce the drive time between Svolvær and Evenes by 35 minutes, will be built 2023-2028.
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This might make
Harstad-Evenes Airport
airport more attractive than Leknes for travel between Oslo and Svolvær, if Leknes is not extended to full length for jet aircraft.
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