# Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN / ENKR)

**Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen** (IATA: KKN, ICAO: ENKR) is a medium airport in Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway. It opened in 1963. It has one runway, 2,115 m (6,939 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Avinor. In 2025 it handled 326 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KKN / ENKR
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Avinor
- Serves: Kirkenes, Finnmark, Norway
- Opened: 1963
- Elevation: 86 m / 283 ft
- Coordinates: 69.7258, 29.8913
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,115 m / 6,939 ft
- Passengers: 326,102 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Oslo
- Website: https://avinor.no/en/airport/kirkenes-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkenes_Airport (22 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431737
- Weather station: ENKR · WMO 01089
- Ident: ENKR

## Timeline

- 1963: Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 2,115 m / 6,939 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 069° / 249° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 306,081 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 305,600 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 306,031 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 315,510 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 314,909 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 313,762 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 166,191 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 190,098 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 252,958 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 263,064 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 294,996 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 326,102 | Eurostat |

## Routes

13 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (13)

- [VDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/envd.md) Vadsø Airport · Norway · 38 km / 24 mi · Widerøe
- [VAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enss.md) Vardø Airport, Svartnes · Norway · 83 km / 52 mi · Widerøe
- [BJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbs.md) Båtsfjord Airport · Norway · 98 km / 61 mi · Widerøe
- [BVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbv.md) Berlevåg Airport · Norway · 131 km / 81 mi · Widerøe
- [IVL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efiv.md) Ivalo Airport · Finland · 159 km / 99 mi · Finnair
- [MEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enmh.md) Mehamn Airport · Norway · 164 km / 102 mi · Widerøe
- [HVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enhv.md) Honningsvåg Airport, Valan · Norway · 204 km / 127 mi · Widerøe
- [ALF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enat.md) Alta Airport · Norway · 251 km / 156 mi · Widerøe
- [HFT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enhf.md) Hammerfest Airport · Norway · 257 km / 160 mi · Widerøe
- [SOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ensr.md) Sørkjosen Airport · Norway · 343 km / 213 mi · Widerøe
- [TOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/entc.md) Tromsø Airport · Norway · 423 km / 263 mi · Norwegian Air Shuttle, Widerøe
- [HEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efhk.md) Helsinki Vantaa Airport · Finland · 1,071 km / 665 mi · Finnair
- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 1,369 km / 851 mi · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- WF [Widerøe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wider-e) · 10
- AY [Finnair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/finnair) · 2
- DY [Norwegian Air Shuttle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norwegian-air-shuttle) · 2
- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 1

Former hub of [Varangfly](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/varangfly).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 326K (2025) | #1,300 of 3,974 | #283 in Europe | #15 in NO |
| Longest runway | 2,115 m / 6,939 ft | =3,550 of 29,858 | #681 in Europe | #20 in NO |
| Elevation | 86 m / 283 ft | =31,768 of 43,403 | =3,859 in Europe | #64 in NO |
| Age | Opened 1963 | =5,069 of 15,079 | =989 in Europe | =21 in NO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in NO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.025 |
| TWR | KIRKENES TWR | 118.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [VDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/envd.md) Vadsø Airport · 38 km / 23 mi
- [VAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enss.md) Vardø Airport, Svartnes · 83 km / 51 mi
- [BJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbs.md) Båtsfjord Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [BVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbv.md) Berlevåg Airport · 131 km / 82 mi

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #57

## 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: “Kirkenes Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kirkenes_Airport&oldid=1363049320), revision of 7 Jul 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/enkr/data