Hasvik Airport

Coordinates: 70°29′12″N 022°08′23″E / 70.48667°N 22.13972°E / 70.48667; 22.13972
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Hasvik Airport

Hasvik lufthavn
AMSL
7 m / 23 ft
Coordinates70°29′12″N 022°08′23″E / 70.48667°N 22.13972°E / 70.48667; 22.13972
Websiteavinor.no
Map
HAA is located in Norway
HAA
HAA
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
11/29 909 2,982 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers7,629
Aircraft movements1,272
Cargo (tonnes)0.2
Source:[1][2]

Hasvik Airport (

Dash 8-100 aircraft. The airport tower is operated remotely from Bodø.[3]

Planning started in 1972 for an airport to serve

de Havilland Canada Twin Otter
. The runway was asphalted in 1995, allowing Widerøe to introduce the Dash 8. The airport was nationalized two years later.

History

The first aircraft in Hasvik was an emergency landing carried out en route to Svalbard in the early 1970s. The plain where the aircraft landed, located near the village, became the site of the airport.[4] The regional airline Norving took the initiative in 1972 to construct a simple airfield at Hasvik; they hoped to finance along with the municipality, the National Insurance Administration and the local chapter of the Norwegian Red Cross Search and Rescue Corps.[5] In addition to being able to operate an air taxi service and land air ambulances, locals hoped that the construction would be a first step to becoming part of the state-financed construction of regional airports in Finnmark. However, Hasvik was not selected as one of the original regional airports.[6]

Passengers disembarking aircraft at Hasvik Airport

The initial airport consisted of a 421-meter (1,381 ft) gravel runway and a spartan terminal consisting of no more than a shack. The airport opened on 17 May 1973 and Norving started an air taxi service using the eight-passenger Britten-Norman Islander. Grants of 3.5 million

control tower and a lengthening of the runway—although it retained the gravel surface. The upgrades cost NOK 5.8 million;[6] they allowed Norving to operate a daily scheduled taxi route to Hammerfest and Alta, and for the first time Hasvik was able to receive same-day newspapers. The flights corresponded with Scandinavian Airlines System's Oslo-flights at Alta Airport.[7]

Norving operated at the airport until 1990,

Dash 8 they would no longer be able to serve the airport.[9] Additional navigation aids were installed in 1993[10] and the runway was asphalted in 1995, subsequently resulting in Dash 8 services being introduced.[4] The state and the Civil Aviation Administration took over ownership and operations of the airport from 1 January 1997.[11] The runway lights were upgraded in 2008 and 2009,[12] followed by the installation of the Global Positioning System-based landing system SCAT-I.[13]

Avinor wants to extend most short airports to 1200 m by year 2030, because they see a lack of aircraft types which have more than 19 seats able to use 800-meter runways.

Dash 8 built after 2009 can't use them. Few countries apart from Norway have such short airports. There is however no room for this at Hasvik, so the plan here and for some other airports with few passengers, is to use small planes with less than 20 seats.[14] Land reclamation
in order to expand the airfield could be considered, however it is economically unviable.

Facilities

Hasvik Airport has a simple terminal building with a capacity for 20 passengers per hour.[12] It has a 909-by-30-meter (2,982 by 98 ft) asphalt runway aligned 11/29.[1] The tarmac has a place for one airliner. There is a harbor southeast of the runway which limits any expansion.[12] The airport is located two minutes drive from the village center; free parking is available.[15]

Airlines and destinations

Dash 8-100
aircraft on take-off roll

The airport is served by Widerøe, who operates flights based on a public service obligation contract with the Ministry of Transport and Communications. All flights are operated using 39-seat Dash 8-100 aircraft. Flights are flown to Tromsø and Hammerfest and can continue to other villages and towns in Finnmark.[16] In 2014 the airport served 7,629 passengers, 1,272 aircraft movements and handled 0.2 tonnes of cargo. Hasvik is the third-least busy airport operated by Avinor, ahead of Berlevåg Airport and Fagernes Airport, Leirin.[2]

AirlinesDestinations
Widerøe Hammerfest, Tromsø

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at HAA airport. See Wikidata query.

References

  1. ^ a b "ENHK – Hasvik" (PDF). Avinor. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Månedsrapport" (XLS). Avinor. 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ^ Avinor now operating remote towers at Hasvik and Berlevåg airports
  4. ^ a b c Gynnild, Olav (2009). "Flyplassenes og flytrafikkens historie". Kulturminner på norske lufthavner – Landsverneplan for Avinor. Avinor. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  5. ^ Melling: 92
  6. ^ a b Melling: 105
  7. ^ a b Melling: 106
  8. ^ Gustad, Ragnhild (9 February 1993). "flyplass Båtsfjord". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 13.
  9. ^ Rapp, Magnus (1 December 1993). "Store utgifter for små flyplasser". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 3.
  10. ^ Wold, Trond (21 January 1993). "Flyplasser". Nordlys (in Norwegian). p. 24.
  11. ^ "Staten overtar 5 flyplasser i nord". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 16 November 1996. p. 4.
  12. ^ a b c "Konsekvenser for luftfart" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Avinor. October 2012. pp. 42–44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Prosjekter". Avinor. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  14. ^ "Nasjonal transportplan 2014–2023: Framtidsrettet utvikling av lufthavnstrukturen" (in Norwegian). Avinor. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Getting to and from the airport". Avinor. Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
  16. ^ Draagen, Lars; Wilsberg, Kjell (2011). "Alternative ruteopplegg for Finnmark og Nord Troms" (PDF) (in Norwegian). Gravity Consult. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2012.

Bibliography

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hasvik Airport.
  • Melling, Kjersti (2009). Nordavind fra alle kanter (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pilotforlaget.
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