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Alta Airport
Airport Directory » Norway » Alta » Alta AirportAirport information for Alta AirportCountry: NorwayLocation: Alta Coordinates: 69.59.00N / 023.22.00E IATA Code: ALF Timezone: GMT +1 Direct flights form Alta Airport Direct flights to Alta Airport Find connecting flights to Alta Airport Find connecting flights from Alta Airport |
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Alta Airport ((IATA: ALF, ICAO: ENAT), Norwegian: Alta lufthavn) is the airport of Alta, Norway. It is turn up approximately six kilometre nor'-east of the city heart of Alta, near the community Elvebakken on the southern shore of the Altafjord.
The airport assisted 416,272 riders in 2006, an increase from 351,537 in 2005—making it the most heavy trafficked airport in Finnmark. The airport has a individual paved 2,088-meter landing track. Ground transport is cared by coach and cab. The government-owned Avinor is responsible for functioning. The airport works as a semi-hub for functioning in the SAS Group with many connexions to regional airports in Finnmark as good as jet plane functioning to Oslo.
There are architectural plans for building of a new airport depot. In the current layout the airplanes parkland to a fault close to the landing track consorting to the newer safety ordinances. The current mandate run out in 2008.
History
SAS Boeing 737-600 being refueled between voyages in Alta AirportThe airport was opened three May 1963, at the same clip as Banak Airport in Lakselv and Høybuktmoen Airport in Kirkenes. For many yr the only air hose to assist Alta was Scandinavian Airlines, which functioned paths to Tromsø and Oslo. Originally the planes assisting Alta were Convair CV-440 Metropolitan propeller planes, while Douglas DC-9 jet plane were presented in 1969, and McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft in 1986.
When the new regional STOL paths in Finnmark were opened in 1974, Alta was serviced by Widerøe's Twin Otter aircraft. In 1990, Scandinavian modified their functioning processes in Finnmark, doing Alta a hub with voyages from other cities into Alta and voyages to Oslo by jet plane. The spike paths were functioned with 50 sit Fokker 50 aircraft by SAS Commuter.
In 2002, after Scandinavian get Braathens, Braathens took over Scandinavian's paths. The 2 air hose were united in 2005. In 2003, Widerøe took over SAS Commuter's paths from Alta. Norwegian Air Shuttle functions low-cost voyages to its hub at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.
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