Tromsø Airport
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The Tromsø airport or the airport Tromso Langnes (Norwegian Tromsø lufthavn, Langnes; IATA: TOS, ICAO: ENTC ) is located near Langnes in the west of the island Tromsøya, 3.1 km northwest of the city center of Tromsø on the east side of the island in the Fylke Troms in Norway. The airport is the largest airport in Northern Norway with 1,723,465 passengers in 2011.
The airport serves Tromsø as well as portions of Troms region. It is an important stopover for flights to numerous airports in Finnmark, although most passengers travel via Oslo. Many of the flights serve destinations in Norway, including Longyearbyen on Svalbard. However, some international destinations are served, including, for example, Arkhangelsk, Murmansk and London. In addition, there are some charter flights to some destinations in southern Europe and the Canary Islands.
History
The first airport in Tromsø was a water landing on Skattøra, back in the autonomous community Tromsøyasund. He was in the 1930s and was operated by the Det Norske Luftfartselskap. During World War II, the airport was taken over and expanded by the Air Force. A new seaplane route to Trondheim by a Junkers Ju 52 was introduced in 1946, which was a few months later extended north to Kirkenes.
The operation of the water airport was handed over by the Norwegian air forces on the communities of Tromsø and Tromsøysund. This built a new yard and a new terminal building. The airport was operated by two communities after the per- capita ratio. From 1947 new, faster aircraft (Short Sandringham ) were put into operation and a direct train to Oslo introduced, with a journey time of eight hours. The opening of the airport Bodø the Junkers Ju 52 were put back into operation. This was until 1956 handled until the Bardufoss airport was opened. Passengers from Tromsø were bused to the airport.
The Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority said in 1950 that Tromsø should have as north Norges largest city, an airport. Parliament decided in 1953 that a new airport would be built near Langnes. Local politicians but considered that Bardufoss is a permanent solution. Nevertheless, it was decided to build a new airport. For expropriation, the municipality spent 350,000 kroner. Originally they wanted to build a 1,400 meter long runway, which would, however, have meant that the largest machines would not be able to land. That's why you wanted to build a 1600 -meter-long train. Once this has been decided, there were plans to build a 2,000 meter long runway, which were then implemented.
The airport was opened on 14 September 1964 and served Caravelle aircraft from Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS ) by Sud Aviation. The Tromsø Airport became the base for flights to Finnmark. The SAS put on all flights to Finnmark a stopover in Tromso one. The airport also was the base for flights to Longyearbyen on Svalbard. Later the airport to the main airport in the Troms region was expanded. 1965 recorded 20,177 passengers of the airport. As a network was set up by regional airports in Vesterålen and Finnmark during the 1970s, passenger numbers rose in Tromso: 1975 posted to 214 135 passengers in 1990 and already 564 540 passengers.
The original terminal building was replaced in 1977 by a newer, which has the shape of a semicircle. The current building was built in 1998, while the airport was renovated and expanded. In addition, the airport received a new tower and for the first time passenger boarding bridges.