# Vardø Airport, Svartnes (VAW / ENSS)

**Vardø Airport, Svartnes** (IATA: VAW, ICAO: ENSS) is a medium airport in Vardø, Finnmark, Norway. It opened in 1943. It has one runway, 1,130 m (3,707 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Avinor. In 2022 it handled 28 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VAW / ENSS
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Avinor
- Serves: Vardø, Finnmark, Norway
- Opened: 1943
- Elevation: 13 m / 42 ft
- Coordinates: 70.3554, 31.0449
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,130 m / 3,707 ft
- Passengers: 27,683 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Oslo
- Website: https://avinor.no/en/airport/vardo-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vard%C3%B8_Airport (15 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1433183
- Weather station: ENSS · WMO 01099
- Ident: ENSS

## Timeline

- 1943: Vardø Airport, Svartnes opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 1,130 m / 3,707 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 163° / 343° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 29,580 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 32,217 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 28,875 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 30,786 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 30,786 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 32,063 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 30,107 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 29,107 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 29,724 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 17,309 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 7,881 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 27,683 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (4)

- [VDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/envd.md) Vadsø Airport · Norway · 56 km / 35 mi · Widerøe
- [BJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbs.md) Båtsfjord Airport · Norway · 57 km / 35 mi · Widerøe
- [KKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enkr.md) Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen · Norway · 83 km / 52 mi · Widerøe
- [BVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbv.md) Berlevåg Airport · Norway · 94 km / 58 mi · Widerøe

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from VAW, 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 | 28K (2022) | #2,320 of 3,974 | #483 in Europe | #39 in NO |
| Longest runway | 1,130 m / 3,707 ft | =11,512 of 29,858 | =1,267 in Europe | #38 in NO |
| Elevation | 13 m / 42 ft | =39,725 of 43,403 | =5,347 in Europe | =106 in NO |
| Age | Opened 1943 | =2,016 of 15,079 | =662 in Europe | #10 in NO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in NO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | VARDO INFO | 122.150 |

## Nearby airports

- [VDS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/envd.md) Vadsø Airport · 56 km / 34 mi
- [BJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbs.md) Båtsfjord Airport · 57 km / 36 mi
- [KKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enkr.md) Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen · 83 km / 51 mi
- [BVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbv.md) Berlevåg Airport · 94 km / 58 mi
- [MEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enmh.md) Mehamn Airport · 140 km / 87 mi

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #42

## 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: “Vardø Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vardø_Airport&oldid=1363085231), 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/enss/data