AirportsKirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen is a medium-sized airport serving Kirkenes, in Finnmark, Norway. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KKN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KKN
- ICAO code
- ENKR
- City
- Kirkenes
- State or region
- Finnmark
- Country
- Norway
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 69.7258° N, 29.8913° E
- Elevation
- 86 m (283 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,115 m (6,939 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KKN means Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ENKR. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 69.7258° N, 29.8913° E. It stands 86 metres (283 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Murmansk, about 151 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Moscow, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,115 metres (6,939 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 47 airports of Norway on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 18.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,115 m 6,939 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Vadsø AirportVadsø | VDS | 38 km |
| Vardø Airport, SvartnesVardø | VAW | 83 km |
| Båtsfjord AirportBåtsfjord | BJF | 98 km |
| Berlevåg AirportBerlevåg | BVG | 131 km |
| Emperor Nicholas II Murmansk AirportMurmansk, Russia | MMK | 154 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,456 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,325 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,217 km | 6 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,564 km | 3 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,306 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,205 km | 10 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,260 km | 11 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,038 km | 9 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,712 km | 18 h 15 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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