Vardø Airport, Svartnes guide

Vardø Airport, Svartnes (ICAO ENSS) serves Vardø in Finnmark, in the far north-east of Norway on the Barents Sea coast. It sits on the mainland at Svartnes, about 4 km from the town centre. The single asphalt runway, 15/33, is 1,145 m long and 30 m wide. It takes the 39-seat Dash 8-100 turboprops of the regional network.

Widerøe is the only airline. It flies short hops along the Varanger coast to Båtsfjord, Berlevåg, Kirkenes and Vadsø. Passenger numbers were 29,724 in 2019, fell to 17,309 in 2020 and have since ranged between 22,000 and 29,000 a year.

The Luftwaffe built the airfield in 1943 to protect German supply convoys, and it was abandoned in 1944. It was reopened for military use, and Norving began civil flights in 1970. The upgraded airport opened on 6 April 1987, and Widerøe took over scheduled service in 1991. Avinor, the state-owned operator, runs it. The single terminal has an integrated control tower and handles up to 30 passengers per hour.