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Svalbard, Longyear airport in 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↑,→ 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
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
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 191150Z 11008KT CAVOK M17/M23 Q1026 NOSIG RMK WIND 1400FT 32002KT
Decoded METAR for Svalbard, Longyear airport ENSB LYR
METAR issued by ENSB on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 11:50 UTC, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 hours and 37 minutes ago.
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is -17°C = 1°F, dew point is -23°C = -9°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 60 %.
QNH is 1026hPa = 30.3inHg
Wind 15km/h = 8kt, direction is 110°.
Sky clear.
No significant change forecasted in next 2 hours remarks : WIND 1400FT 32002KT
TAF for Svalbard, Longyear airport ENSB LYR
ENSB 191100Z 1912/2012 12009KT CAVOK TEMPO 2008/2012 12019KT
Decoded TAF for Svalbard, Longyear airport ENSB LYR
TAF issued by ENSB on Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 11:00 UTC, issued 2 hours and 27 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, February 19, 2026 à 12:00 heure TU to Friday, February 20, 2026 à 12:00 heure UTC
1912/2012 12009KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 9kt = 17km/h, direction is 120°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
temporarily from Friday, February 20, 2026 à 08:00 heure TU to Friday, February 20, 2026 à 12:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2008/2012 12019KT
wind 19kt = 35km/h, direction is 120°
NOTAM for Svalbard, Longyear airport
Around Svalbard, Longyear airport in 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 in 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↑NOTAM
- 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
- Hammerfest airport (ENHF HFT ) at 543mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Gamvik airport ( NO-0075) at 545mi↑defunct airport
- Mehamn airport (ENMH MEH ) at 545mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Kjøllefjord airport ( NO-0046) at 547mi↑defunct airport
→ See also Former airports in Norway
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- 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
