# Vadsø Airport (VDS / ENVD)

**Vadsø Airport** (IATA: VDS, ICAO: ENVD) is a medium airport in Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway. It opened in 1974. It has one runway, 999 m (3,278 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Avinor. In 2025 it handled 73 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: VDS / ENVD
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Avinor
- Serves: Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway
- Opened: 1974
- Elevation: 39 m / 127 ft
- Coordinates: 70.0653, 29.8447
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 999 m / 3,278 ft
- Passengers: 72,867 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Oslo
- Website: https://avinor.no/en/airport/vadso-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vads%C3%B8_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182789
- Weather station: ENVD · WMO 01088
- Ident: ENVD

## Timeline

- 1974: Vadsø Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 999 m / 3,278 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 087° / 267° | yes |

- 07/25 slopes 1.2%: threshold 25 at 27 m / 87 ft, threshold 07 at 39 m / 127 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 101,756 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 77,044 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 73,762 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 77,880 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 75,290 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 74,582 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 52,190 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 64,401 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 72,875 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 60,850 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 68,777 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 72,867 | Eurostat |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (10)

- [KKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enkr.md) Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen · Norway · 38 km / 24 mi · Widerøe
- [VAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enss.md) Vardø Airport, Svartnes · Norway · 56 km / 35 mi · Widerøe
- [BJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbs.md) Båtsfjord Airport · Norway · 60 km / 37 mi · Widerøe
- [BVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbv.md) Berlevåg Airport · Norway · 95 km / 59 mi · Widerøe
- [MEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enmh.md) Mehamn Airport · Norway · 131 km / 81 mi · Widerøe
- [HVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enhv.md) Honningsvåg Airport, Valan · Norway · 177 km / 110 mi · Widerøe
- [HFT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enhf.md) Hammerfest Airport · Norway · 240 km / 149 mi · Widerøe
- [ALF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enat.md) Alta Airport · Norway · 246 km / 153 mi · Widerøe
- [SOJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ensr.md) Sørkjosen Airport · Norway · 340 km / 211 mi · Widerøe
- [TOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/entc.md) Tromsø Airport · Norway · 420 km / 261 mi · Widerøe

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- WF [Widerøe](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/wider-e) · 10

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 73K (2025) | #1,928 of 3,974 | #411 in Europe | #28 in NO |
| Longest runway | 999 m / 3,278 ft | =14,600 of 29,858 | #1,518 in Europe | #48 in NO |
| Elevation | 39 m / 127 ft | =36,004 of 43,403 | =4,768 in Europe | #88 in NO |
| Age | Opened 1974 | =6,983 of 15,079 | =1,177 in Europe | =44 in NO |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =5 in NO |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| INFO | Vadsø | 120.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [KKN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enkr.md) Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen · 38 km / 23 mi
- [VAW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enss.md) Vardø Airport, Svartnes · 56 km / 34 mi
- [BJF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbs.md) Båtsfjord Airport · 60 km / 37 mi
- [BVG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enbv.md) Berlevåg Airport · 95 km / 59 mi
- [MEH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/enmh.md) Mehamn Airport · 131 km / 81 mi

## In collections

- [Northernmost airline service](https://dromopedia.com/collections/northernmost) #48

## 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: “Vadsø Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vadsø_Airport&oldid=1363085060), 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/envd/data