Vadsø Airport
Vadsø Airport Vadsø lufthavn | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Avinor | ||||||||||
| Serves | Vadsø | ||||||||||
| Location | Kiby, Vadsø, Norway | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 39 m / 127 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 70°03′55″N 029°50′41″E / 70.06528°N 29.84472°E | ||||||||||
| Website | avinor.no | ||||||||||
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Vadsø Airport (Norwegian: Vadsø lufthavn; IATA: VDS, ICAO: ENVD) is a regional airport in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is located in the village of Kiby, 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) east of the town of Vadsø along the Varangerfjorden. The airport is operated by the state-owned Avinor and handled 77,348 passengers in 2014. The asphalt runway is 997 meters (3,271 ft) long. Services are provided by Widerøe using Dash 8-100 aircraft to other communities in Finnmark and to Tromsø International Airport. The routes are subsidized by the Ministry of Transport and Communications through public service obligations.
Vadsø was during the late 1930s and from the mid-1940s served with a seaplane route operated by Widerøe and Norwegian Air Lines. Planning of an airport started in the mid-1960s, with the airport opening in 1974. It was originally served both by Widerøe and by Norving, the latter to Båtsfjord Airport and providing air ambulance services. The airport received a major upgrade, with a hangar and larger terminal, ahead of the 1984 introduction of the de Havilland Canada Dash 7.