# Svolvær Airport, Helle (SVJ / ENSH)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SVJ / ENSH
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Avinor
- Serves: Svolvær, Nordland, Norway
- Opened: 1972
- Elevation: 8 m / 27 ft
- Coordinates: 68.2433, 14.6692
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 946 m / 3,104 ft
- Passengers: 89,927 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Oslo
- Website: https://avinor.no/en/airport/svolvar-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svolv%C3%A6r_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1703557
- Weather station: ENSH · WMO 01161
- Ident: ENSH

## Timeline

- 1972: Svolvær Airport, Helle opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 36/18 | 946 m / 3,104 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 009° / 189° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 81,921 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 80,181 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 66,980 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 78,205 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 86,337 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 88,519 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 107,144 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 103,530 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 94,498 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 50,721 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 59,042 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 89,927 | Wikidata |

## Routes

4 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [BOO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbo.md) Bodø Airport · Norway · 109 km / 68 mi · Widerøe
- [RET](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enrs.md) Røst Airport · Norway · 134 km / 83 mi · Widerøe
- [TOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/entc.md) Tromsø Airport · Norway · 233 km / 145 mi · Widerøe

### Seasonal (1)

- [OSL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/engm.md) Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport · Norway · 911 km / 566 mi · Widerøe

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- WF [Widerøe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wider-e) · 4

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 90K (2022) | #1,855 of 3,974 | #397 in Europe | #26 in NO |
| Longest runway | 946 m / 3,104 ft | #15,391 of 29,858 | #1,586 in Europe | #52 in NO |
| Elevation | 8 m / 27 ft | =40,737 of 43,403 | =5,487 in Europe | =119 in NO |
| Age | Opened 1972 | =6,630 of 15,079 | =1,146 in Europe | =38 in NO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in NO |

## Nearby airports

- [SKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ensk.md) Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen · 40 km / 25 mi
- [LKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enlk.md) Leknes Airport · 45 km / 28 mi
- [EVE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enev.md) Harstad/Narvik Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [BOO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbo.md) Bodø Airport · 109 km / 68 mi
- [ANX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enan.md) Andøya Airport, Andenes · 131 km / 81 mi

## In collections

- [Shortest runways with airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/shortest-scheduled) #98
- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #88

## Sources

- [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: “Svolvær Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Svolvær_Airport&oldid=1363130886), revision of 8 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/ensh/data