AirportsVardø Airport, Svartnes is a medium-sized airport serving Vardø, in Finnmark, Norway. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is VAW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- VAW
- ICAO code
- ENSS
- City
- Vardø
- State or region
- Finnmark
- Country
- Norway
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 70.3554° N, 31.0449° E
- Elevation
- 13 m (42 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,130 m (3,707 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, VAW means Vardø Airport, Svartnes. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ENSS. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 70.3554° N, 31.0449° E. It stands 13 metres (42 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Murmansk, about 174 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
Vardø Airport, Svartnes has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,130 metres (3,707 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 47 airports of Norway on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 26.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 1,130 m 3,707 ft | 30 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 | 56 km |
| Båtsfjord AirportBåtsfjord | BJF | 57 km |
| Kirkenes Airport, HøybuktmoenKirkenes | KKN | 83 km |
| Berlevåg AirportBerlevåg | BVG | 94 km |
| Mehamn AirportMehamn | MEH | 140 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,456 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,337 km | 8 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,254 km | 6 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,641 km | 3 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,312 km | 8 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,162 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,236 km | 11 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,965 km | 8 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,650 km | 18 h 10 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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