# Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR / ENSB)

**Svalbard Airport, Longyear** (IATA: LYR, ICAO: ENSB) is a medium airport in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. It opened in 1975. It has one runway, 2,319 m (7,608 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Avinor. In 2025 it handled 200 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LYR / ENSB
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Avinor
- Serves: Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway
- Opened: 1975
- Elevation: 27 m / 88 ft
- Coordinates: 78.2461, 15.4656
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,319 m / 7,608 ft
- Passengers: 200,190 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Website: https://avinor.no/en/airport/svalbard-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Airport (37 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59633
- Weather station: ENSB · WMO 01008
- Ident: ENSB

## Timeline

- 1975: Svalbard Airport, Longyear opens.
- 29 Aug 1996: Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801. 141 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,319 m / 7,608 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 105° / 285° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 161,223 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 166,220 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 169,799 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 163,821 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 181,110 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 185,079 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 68,202 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 82,206 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 169,992 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 151,188 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 184,023 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 200,190 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [TOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/entc.md) Tromsø Airport · Norway · 958 km / 595 mi · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle
- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 2,013 km / 1,251 mi · Scandinavian Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle

### Charter (3)

- [NO-0127](https://dromopedia.com/airports/no-0127.md) Svea Airport · Norway · 48 km / 30 mi · Lufttransport
- [ENAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enas.md) Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben · Norway · 109 km / 68 mi · Lufttransport
- [MMK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ulmm.md) Emperor Nicholas II Murmansk Airport · Russia · 1,174 km / 729 mi · Arktikugol

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (4)

- L5 [Lufttransport](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/lufttransport) · 2 · charter
- DY [Norwegian Air Shuttle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/norwegian-air-shuttle) · 2
- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 2
- [Arktikugol](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/arktikugol) · 1 · charter

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 200K (2025) | #1,535 of 3,974 | #332 in Europe | #17 in NO |
| Longest runway | 2,319 m / 7,608 ft | #3,015 of 29,858 | #589 in Europe | #16 in NO |
| Elevation | 27 m / 88 ft | =37,408 of 43,403 | =4,998 in Europe | #92 in NO |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =1,194 in Europe | =47 in NO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in NO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | INFO | 118.100 |
| AFIS | INFO | 884.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [ENAS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enas.md) Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben · 109 km / 68 mi

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #1

## 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: “Svalbard Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Svalbard_Airport&oldid=1369032778), revision of 12 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/ensb/data