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Svalbard, Longyear airport at Longyearbyen (Norway)
This airport is located near the North Pole. It is one of the northernmost airports in the world.
Longyearbyen Airport is a Norwegian airport, located in the Svalbard archipelago, on the island of Spitsbergen, 3 km northwest of the city of Longyearbyen. It is the most northerly scheduled airport in the world.
Svalbard, Longyear airport is located near Longyearbyen, with Longyearbyen at 3mi↑, Nybyen at 4mi↑, Svalbard at 8mi↑, Spitsbergen at 35mi↑, Havoysund at 527mi↑, Nordmannset at 534mi↑, Honningsvag at 536mi↑, Nordkapp at 536mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Norway and Southernmost airports in Norway
→ See also airports in Norway
aerial view of Svalbard, Longyear airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : ENSB
- IATA code : LYR
- Local code : -
Elevation : 27 m = 89ft
→ See also Highest airports in Norway and Lowest airports in Norway
Runways
- runway 10/28 : 2319m = 7608ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Norway
Coming to Svalbard, Longyear airport
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
By plane :
- Svalbard, Longyear airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Valan airport at 534mi : book on Trip.com
- Hammerfest airport at 543mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Svalbard, Longyear airport ENSB LYR
METAR for Svalbard, Longyear airport ENSB LYR
ENSB 200620Z VRB03KT 9999 BKN025 M17/M21 Q1030 RMK WIND 1400FT 35009KT
Decoded METAR for Svalbard, Longyear airport ENSB LYR
METAR issued by ENSB on Monday, January 20, 2025 at 06:20 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 days and 139 hours and -7154 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is -17°C = 1°F, dew point is -21°C = -6°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 71%.
QNH is 1030hPa = 30.42inHg
Wind 6km/h = 3kt, direction is °.
Clouds : broken at 2500ft = 760m.
Remarks : WIND 1400FT 35009KT
TAF for Svalbard, Longyear airport ENSB LYR
ENSB 200500Z 2006/2106 12008KT 9999 FEW015 BKN030 PROB40 TEMPO 2018/2105 25010KT
Decoded TAF for Svalbard, Longyear airport ENSB LYR
TAF issued by ENSB on Monday, January 20, 2025 at 05:00 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 5 days and 21 hours and 6 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, January 20, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Tuesday, January 21, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
2006/2106 12008KT 9999 FEW015 BKN030
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 120°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
few clouds at 1500ft = 460m broken at 3000ft = 910m
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Monday, January 20, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Tuesday, January 21, 2025 à 05:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 2018/2105 25010KT
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 250°
NOTAM for Svalbard, Longyear airport
Around Svalbard, Longyear airport at Longyearbyen (Norway)
near
- Hotels in Longyearbyen
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 2057mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 2059mi↑
- Paris at 2059mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 2059mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 2060mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 2073mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 2092mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 2096mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 2097mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 2098mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 2099mi↑
- Station de montagne Schnepfenried at 2102mi↑
- for Svalbard, Longyear airport at 0mi↑
- for Longyearbyen airport at 5mi↑
- for Barentsburg, Heerodden airport at 21mi↑
nearest airports to Svalbard, Longyear airport at Longyearbyen (Norway)
- Longyearbyen airport ( NO-0034) at 5mi↑defunct airport
- Barentsburg, Heerodden heliport (ENBA ) at 21mi↑NOTAM
- Svea airport (ENSA ) at 30mi↑NOTAM
- Pyramiden heliport (ENPY ) at 31mi↑NOTAM
- Ny-Ålesund (Hamnerabben) airport (ENAS ) at 68mi↑NOTAM
- Hopen heliport (ENHO ) at 187mi↑NOTAM
- Bjørnøya heliport (ENBJ ) at 265mi↑NOTAM
- Nagurskoye airport (UODN ) at 434mi↑
- Station Nord Landing Strip airport (BGMI ) at 444mi↑NOTAM
- Station Nord heliport (BGNO ) at 456mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Danmarkshavn airport (BGDH ) at 512mi↑NOTAM
- Valan airport (ENHV HVG ) at 534mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Norway
Data sources
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap