SVJ

Svolvær Airport, Helle

ICAO ENSH68.2433°N 14.6692°E8 m / 27 ftMedium airport
On the map

Svolvær Airport, Helle (IATA: SVJ, ICAO: ENSH) is a medium airport in Svolvær, Nordland, Norway. It opened in 1972. It has one runway, 946 m (3,104 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Avinor. In 2022 it handled 90 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1972–1972
1972
OpenedSvolvær Airport, Helle opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
36/18009° / 189°
LENGTH946 m3,104 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022
82K
80K
67K
78K
86K
89K
107K
104K
94K
51K
59K
90K
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Routes

4 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SVJ. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Svolvær Airport” (revision of 8 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers90K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,855of 3,974 · #395 Europe · #26 NOLongest runway946 m3,104 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#15,385of 29,823 · #1,579 Europe · #52 NOElevation8 m27 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,677of 43,341 · =5,476 Europe · =119 NOAgeOpened 19722026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=6,633of 15,079 · =1,144 Europe · =38 NORunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =5 NO
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record