# Kristiansand Airport (KRS / ENCN)

**Kristiansand Airport** (IATA: KRS, ICAO: ENCN) is a large airport in Kristiansand(Kjevik), Agder, Norway. It has one runway, 2,035 m (6,677 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Avinor. In 2025 it handled 820 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/encn

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KRS / ENCN
- Type: Large airport
- Operator: Avinor
- Serves: Kristiansand(Kjevik), Agder, Norway
- Elevation: 17 m / 57 ft
- Coordinates: 58.2042, 8.0854
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,035 m / 6,677 ft
- Passengers: 819,966 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Oslo
- Website: https://avinor.no/en/airport/kristiansand-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristiansand_Airport (23 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431790
- Weather station: ENCN · WMO 01452
- Ident: ENCN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,035 m / 6,677 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 035° / 215° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 1,068,353 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 1,052,686 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 1,017,476 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 1,028,128 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 1,061,638 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 1,061,944 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 384,361 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 395,804 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 738,538 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 743,727 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 796,670 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 819,966 | Eurostat |

## Routes

11 destinations in 5 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (7)

- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 280 km / 174 mi · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle
- [BGO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbr.md) Bergen Airport, Flesland · Norway · 284 km / 176 mi · Widerøe
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · Denmark · 399 km / 248 mi · Scandinavian Airlines
- [TRD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enva.md) Trondheim Airport, Værnes · Norway · 604 km / 375 mi · Widerøe
- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 688 km / 428 mi · KLM
- [BOO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbo.md) Bodø Airport · Norway · 1,056 km / 656 mi · Widerøe
- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 2,831 km / 1,759 mi · Aegean Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [ALC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/leal.md) Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport · Spain · 2,301 km / 1,430 mi · Scandinavian Airlines

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [PMI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lepa.md) Palma de Mallorca Airport · Spain · 2,109 km / 1,310 mi · Sunclass Airlines
- [CHQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgsa.md) Chania International Airport · Greece · 2,785 km / 1,731 mi · Scandinavian Airlines
- [LPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gclp.md) Gran Canaria Airport · Spain · 3,825 km / 2,377 mi · Scandinavian Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KRS, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (6)

- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 5
- WF [Widerøe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wider-e) · 3
- A3 [Aegean Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aegean-airlines) · 1
- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1
- DY [Norwegian Air Shuttle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norwegian-air-shuttle) · 1
- DK [Sunclass Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunclass-airlines) · 1 · seasonal charter

Former hub of [Agderfly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/agderfly), [FlyNonstop](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/flynonstop), [Sørfly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/s-rfly).

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 820K (2025) | #906 of 3,974 | #218 in Europe | #11 in NO |
| Longest runway | 2,035 m / 6,677 ft | =3,752 of 29,858 | #710 in Europe | #23 in NO |
| Elevation | 17 m / 57 ft | =38,866 of 43,403 | #5,212 in Europe | #99 in NO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in NO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | INFO | 124.475 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.100 |
| ATIS | KRISTIANSUND/KVERNBE | 135.075 |
| TWR | KRISTIANSUND/KVERNBE | 118.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [TED](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekts.md) Thisted Airport · 132 km / 82 mi
- [ENSN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ensn.md) Skien Airport · 139 km / 86 mi
- [CNL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eksn.md) Sindal Airport · 149 km / 92 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Kristiansand Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kristiansand_Airport&oldid=1368539113), revision of 9 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/encn/data