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Leknes Airport

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Avinor is planning building a new primary airport to serve Lofoten and possibly also Vesterålen. 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.
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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. No such project is part of the Norwegian
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A large road project, which will reduce the drive time between Svolvær and Evenes by 35 minutes, will be built 2023-2028. This might make
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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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The airport is located approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the town center. There are no buses, but taxis are available.
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highway passes along the east side of the airport. In 2014, Leknes Airport had 101,757 passengers. It is operated by
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Avinor om flyplass i Lofoten: - Dette er den beste plasseringen for en forlengelse
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Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
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county, Norway. The airport is located just outside Leknes in
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and other communities in Nordland. The routes are operated on
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Gimsøya ikke tilfredsstillende som flyplasslokasjon i Lofoten
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Norwegian Ministry of Transportation and Communication
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IATA
ICAO
Avinor
AMSL
Coordinates
68°09′09″N 13°36′34″E / 68.15250°N 13.60944°E / 68.15250; 13.60944
avinor.no
LKN is located in Norway
Runways
Direction
Norwegian
IATA
ICAO
regional airport
Leknes
Lofoten
archipelago
Nordland
Vestvågøy Municipality
European route E10
Avinor
Widerøe
Dash 8
Bodø
public service obligation
Norwegian Ministry of Transportation and Communication
Oslo
Bodø

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