Svea Airport
Svea Airport Svea flyplass | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sveagruva, Svalbard, Norway | ||||||||||
| Opened | February 16, 1995 | ||||||||||
| Closed | August 1, 2022 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 m / 32 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 77°53′49″N 016°43′30″E / 77.89694°N 16.72500°E | ||||||||||
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Svea Airport (Norwegian: Svea flyplass; ICAO: ENSA) was a private airport located in and serving the Sveagruva (also known as Svea) former mining settlement in Svalbard, Norway. The airport was owned and operated by Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, who used the airport to transport their coal mining workers from the company town to Svalbard Airport at Longyearbyen. The airport featured a gravel runway measuring 800 by 30 meters (2,625 by 98 ft). Flights were operated about thirty times per week by Lufttransport using their two Dornier 228s. The airport was closed on August 1, 2022.