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Svalbard

Svalbard Airport, Longyear

Svalbard Airport is the main airport serving in Norway. It is 5 km northwest of on the west coast, and is the northernmost airport in the world with scheduled public flights.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Svalbard, Norway
  • Also known as: “ENSB”, “Longyear Airport”, “Longyearbyen Airport”, “LYR”, “Svalbard Airport”, “Svalbard Longyear Airport”, “Svalbard lufthavn, Longyear”, and “SVALBARD/LONGYEAR airport”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Svalbard Global Seed Vault and Svalbard Satellite Station.

Warehouse
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The is a secure backup facility for the world's crop diversity on the Norwegian island of in the remote Arctic archipelago.

Research institute
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or SvalSat is a satellite ground station located on near in , Norway. Opened in 1997, it is operated by Kongsberg Satellite Services, a joint venture between Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and the Norwegian Space Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longyearbyen and Nybyen.

Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, is the largest populated area, and capital of the region of . The settlement is generally regarded as the northernmost town in the world as well as the most easily accessed frontier in the Arctic, and is an ideal base for the greater exploration of and the high Arctic.

Suburb
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is a small settlement located on the southern outskirts of , on the island of , in the archipelago of . The name is Norwegian and translates as The New Town.

Svalbard Airport, Longyear

Latitude
78.2462° or 78° 14′ 46″ north
Longitude
15.46327° or 15° 27′ 48″ east
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Operator
Avinor
IATA airport code
LYR
ICAO airport code
ENSB
Open location code
CFCQ6FW7+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 358229675
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
6296766
Wiki­data ID
Q59633
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Svalbard Airport, Longyear” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սվալբարդի օդանավակայան”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Svalbard”
  • Basque: “Svalbard aireportua”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Svalbard-Longyear”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Svalbard, Longyear”
  • Cebuano: “Svalbard Airport”
  • Chinese: “斯瓦尔巴朗伊尔城机场”
  • Chinese: “斯瓦尔巴朗伊尔机场”
  • Chinese: “斯瓦尔巴机场”
  • Chinese: “斯瓦爾巴機場”
  • Chinese: “朗伊尔城机场”
  • Czech: “Letiště Longyearbyen”
  • Czech: “Letiště Špicberky”
  • Czech: “Letiště Svalbard”
  • Danish: “Svalbard Lufthavn, Longyear”
  • Danish: “Svalbard Lufthavn”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Svalbard Longyear”
  • Dutch: “Svalbard Airport”
  • Dutch: “Svalbard lufthavn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سڤالبارد ايرپورت”
  • Estonian: “Svalbardi lennujaam”
  • Estonian: “Svalbardi Longyeari lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Huippuvuorten lentoasema, Longyear”
  • Finnish: “Huippuvuorten lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Longyearbyenin lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Longyearin lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Svalbard lufthavn, Longyear”
  • French: “aérodrome de Norvège”
  • French: “aéroport de Longyearbyen”
  • French: “Aéroport de Longyearbyen”
  • French: “Aéroport de Svalbard”
  • French: “ENSB”
  • French: “LYR”
  • French: “SVALBARD LUFTHAVN”
  • French: “SVALBARD, Longyear”
  • French: “SVALBARD”
  • French: “Svalbard/Longyear”
  • German: “ENSB”
  • German: “Flughafen Longyearbyen”
  • German: “Flughafen Svalbard”
  • German: “Svalbard lufthavn”
  • Hungarian: “Svalbardi repülőtér”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Svalbard, Longyear”
  • Indonesian: “ENSB”
  • Indonesian: “LYR”
  • Italian: “aeroporto delle Svalbard-Longyearbyen”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto delle Svalbard-Longyearbyen”
  • Japanese: “スヴァールバル・ロングイェール空港”
  • Japanese: “スヴァールバル空港”
  • Japanese: “ロングイェールビーン空港”
  • Korean: “스발바르 공항”
  • Latvian: “Svalbāras Longjēres lidosta”
  • Lithuanian: “Svalbardo oro uostas”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Longyear”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “ENSB”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Longyear flyplass”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Longyear lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “LYR”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svalbard flyplass”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svalbard lufthavn Longyear”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svalbard lufthavn, Longyear”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svalbard lufthamn, Longyear”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svalbard lufthamn”
  • Norwegian: “Svalbard lufthavn, Longyear”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه لانگیر سوالبارد”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Svalbard”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Svalbard”
  • Pushto: “د سوالبرد هوايي ډګر، لانګیر”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Svalbard”
  • Russian: “Аэропорт Свальбард”
  • Russian: “Свальбард”
  • Serbian: “Аеродром Свалбард”
  • Spanish: “aeropuerto de Svalbard”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Svalbard”
  • Spanish: “ENSB”
  • Spanish: “LYR”
  • Swedish: “Svalbard Lufthavn, Longyear”
  • Swedish: “Svalbard lufthavn”
  • Swedish: “Svalbards flygplats, Longyear”
  • Swedish: “Svalbards flygplats”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи лонгир суолборд”
  • Turkish: “Svalbard Havaalanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Свальбард”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Svalbard, Longyear”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Svalbard”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hotellneset and Vestpynten.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Flyplassen and Polar bear road sign.

Svalbard: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Longyearbyen, Bear Island, Barentsburg, and Ny-Ålesund.

Curious Places to Discover

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