Mehamn Airport guide

Mehamn Airport serves the fishing village of Mehamn on the Nordkinn Peninsula in Finnmark, on the Barents Sea coast of northern Norway. It sits at the edge of the Arctic Ocean, near the northernmost mainland point of Europe. The single asphalt runway, 17/35, is 880 m long, which suits the short take-off aircraft used on the regional network.

Veidekke built the airport and it opened on 1 August 1974. The state took over ownership and operations in 1997, and Avinor now runs it. The runway was extended and relit in 2011, and security screening has operated since 2005. The control tower is remotely operated from Bodø.

Widerøe flies the only scheduled service, with Dash 8 aircraft on short-distance routes. These link Mehamn with other small Finnmark communities, including Båtsfjord, Berlevåg, Honningsvåg and Vadsø, and with Hammerfest, Tromsø and Kirkenes. The terminal is one building with an integrated tower and handles up to 70 passengers per hour. It has been expanded several times.