Alta Airport (ALF)
- IATA Code ALF
- ICAO Code ENAT
- FAA Code
- Time Zone Europe/Oslo
- Phone +47 67 034 900
- FAX +47 67 034 901
- Latitude 69.977167
- Longitude 23.355809
- Website avinor.no/en/airport/alta-airport
- Email charles.kristiansen@avinor.no
- Current Date and Time 12:21 19-Mar-2024
- Open Hours Monday through Sunday, all day
- Elevation 10 Feets
- Address Avivor, Alta Airport, 9509 Alta, Norway
Alta Airport Facts
Alta Airport is an international airport serving Alta, a town and municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The airport is located at Elvebakken, 4 kilometers northeast of Bossekop in Alta. It has a single, 2,253-meter runway numbered 11/29, which lies on the southern shore of the Altafjord. Alta Airport is owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor, and served 368,393 passengers in 2014, making it the busiest airport in Finnmark.
The airport is served by Norwegian Air Shuttle and Scandinavian Airlines with Boeing 737 aircraft on flights to Tromsø and Oslo. Widerøe operates services to several regional airports in Finnmark, feeding to the larger airlines' routes. There are a limited number of international charter flights. The first airport in the area was a military airfield built by the Luftwaffe in 1943, but was damaged beyond repair during World War II.
The civilian airport opened on 4 May 1963. At first services were provided by SAS to other primary airports in the north and to Oslo, but in the 1970s, several regional airports opened in Finnmark, with Widerøe flying connecting flights to them. Alta Airport's regional importance increased in 1990, when it became a hub for the newly created SAS Commuter. Norwegian started flying to Alta in 2003 and a new terminal building was opened in 2009.
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