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Hammerfest Airport
Airport Directory » Norway » Hammerfest » Hammerfest AirportHammerfest Airport (IATA: HFT, ICAO: ENHF) (Norwegian: Hammerfest lufthavn) is an airport assisting the city of Hammerfest in Finnmark, Norway. The airport is turn up northward of the city center. The airport was opened on 30 July 1974 as division of a series of regional airports in northern Norway. It is functioned by Avinor. In 2007, the airport assisted 148,541 riders , surviving the 3rd biggest airport in Finnmark. Traffic increased by 8.6% by April 2007 (domestic voyages: 10.1%, international voyages: 5.9%), compared to an mean 5.6% motilities increase during the same time period (domestic: 6.7%, international: 2.6%).
The airport is assisted by Widerøe who functions voyages to primarily Tromsø, which have connexions forwards to Southern Norway. Widerøe functions De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 aircraft from Hammerfest. The eggbeater corporation Norsk Helikopter also functions voyages to offshore installments.
Accidents and incidents
On one May 2005, the Widerøe Dash-8-100 plane LN-WIK was knocked about by strong current of airs upon districting, and the districting pitch on the right wing break. While several riders keep up harms, there were no fatalities in the incident, but the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority enforced the nonindulgent air current ordinances in Norway upon the airport.
New airport
Due to being turn up at a windy place, the airport sometimes is able to be closed for stallion solar days. To let more better regularity, local politicians have advised construction a new airport at Grøtnes, 15 kilometre southward of the town (approximately 70°34′N 23°43′E / 70.567°N 23.717°E / 70.567; 23.717). Initial programs regard construction a 1,200 metre landing track, letting bigger turbo-propeller planes to function. Some politicians have proposed or else construction a 2,000 metre landing track, that would permit jet plane to function direct voyages to Oslo. A account from the Institute of Transport Economics demands the labor with a longer landing track shall be profitable for society—but a big cost for Avinor—and that there shall be enough riders for 3 daily round trips to Oslo. However, there is a sure sum of money of precariousness since the rock oil industry's hereafter claim is unknown. Costs for the new airport are approximated between NOK 800 and 1,000 million, depending on the solution. Avinor has other precedencies, and it is unsure whether Hammerfest shall be prioritised in the near hereafter. A new primary airport in Hammerfest will cut down the base for services at Alta and Lakselv, and some local politicians there experience it is more better to not make a new airport.. Car or coach to Alta or Lakselv (two 60 minutes necessitated) is a common mode of locomoting Hammerfest-Oslo currently.
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