Sørkjosen Airport

Sørkjosen Airport

Sørkjosen lufthavn
Sørkjosen Airport seen from runway approach in a Widerøe Dash 8
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorAvinor
LocationSørkjosen, Nordreisa, Norway
Elevation AMSL5 m / 16 ft
Coordinates69°47′12″N 20°57′35″E / 69.78667°N 20.95972°E / 69.78667; 20.95972
Websiteavinor.no
Map
SOJ
Location in Norway
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
15–33 880 2,890 Asphalt
Statistics (2014)
Passengers15,198
Aircraft movements2,343
Cargo (tonnes)0
Source:

Sørkjosen Airport (Norwegian: Sørkjosen lufthavn; IATA: SOJ, ICAO: ENSR) is a regional airport located at the village of Sørkjosen in Nordreisa Municipality in Troms county, Norway, about 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) from the municipal center of Storslett. Owned and operated by the state-owned Avinor, it handled 15,198 passengers in 2014. The airport has a 880-meter (2,890 ft) runway and is served by Widerøe, which operates regional routes using the Dash 8-100 to Tromsø, and some communities and towns in Finnmark on public service obligation contracts. The airport opened in 1974 and was originally served using de Havilland Canada Twin Otter aircraft. Dash 8s were introduced in 1995 and two years later ownership was transferred from Nordreisa Municipality to the state.