Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen

Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (ENKR) is a medium airport in Kirkenes, Norway. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code ENKR or IATA code KKN. It sits in Europe.

Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen sits near sea level at 283 ft.

Local operations run on Europe/Oslo. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

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Kirkenes Airport is an international airport located at Høybuktmoen, 15 kilometers (9 mi) west of the town of Kirkenes, in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. Operated by the state-owned Avinor, the airport has a single 2,115-by-45-meter asphalt runway numbered 05-23. Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle operate Boeing 737-services to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, in part generated by Høybuktmoen's function as a hub for Widerøe's regional services to other airports in eastern Finnmark. There are also summer charter flights to Central Europe to bring tourists to the Hurtigruten cruises. The airport had 297,149 passengers in 2013.