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Lakselv Airport, Banak

Lakselv, Norway

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Elevation

25 ft

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LKL

Location

Lakselv · 56 · Norway

Connectivity

1 routes · 1 destinations

Position

70.069°, 24.973° · 25 ft elev.

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Gateway to Norway's remote Arctic Finnmark region.

Opened

1944

Location

Lakselv, Norway

Lakselv Airport, Banak (IATA: LKL, ICAO: ENNA) is a regional airport located near the town of Lakselv in Finnmark county, northern Norway. Situated at the innermost point of Porsangerfjord, it serves as an important air link for a sparsely populated area well above the Arctic Circle. The airport has military heritage, having originated as a wartime airfield and later serving as a NATO base during the Cold War. The runway at Banak is notably long—a legacy of its military past—making it one of the longer runways at Norwegian regional airports. Today the airport primarily handles domestic traffic, connecting Lakselv and the surrounding Porsanger municipality with Oslo and other Norwegian cities, playing a vital role in year-round mobility for residents of this remote Arctic community.

Terminals

The airport has a single small terminal building suited to regional passenger volumes.

Getting to & from

Ground transport to Lakselv town center is limited, with taxi services being the primary option as public bus connections are minimal.

Airlines here

Widerøe operates scheduled services from Lakselv Airport, providing connections to Oslo and other Norwegian destinations.

Notable facts

›Located approximately 160 km north of the Arctic Circle.
›The airport originated as a German Luftwaffe airfield during World War II.
›Banak served as a Norwegian Air Force base and NATO installation during the Cold War.
›The runway is approximately 2,798 meters long, unusually long for a Norwegian regional airport due to its military history.
›Surrounded by the dramatic Arctic landscape of the Porsanger fjord area.

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Airlines serving this airport

Widerøe

Routes

LKL → TOSWF · DH2 DH3 DH1

Aircraft operating here

De Havilland Canada DHC-8-200 Dash 8 / 8Q1 routes De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 81 routes De Havilland Canada DHC-8-100 Dash 8 / 8Q1 routes

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Encyclopaedia

Lakselv Airport is an international airport located at Banak, 1.5 kilometers north of the village of Lakselv in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. Co-located with the military Station Group Banak, the airport is owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor. The airport is also branded as North Cape Airport, although the North Cape is 190 km (120 mi) away, and the nearest airport is Honningsvåg Airport, Valan.

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Lakselv Airport

Airport in Banak, Norway

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