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Svea Airport

Field	Value
name	Svea Airport
nativename	Svea flyplass
image	Sveagruva IMG 4454.JPG
image-width	300px
ICAO	ENSA
type	Private
operator	Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani
city-served	Sveagruva, Svalbard, Norway
location
opened
closed
metric-elev	yes
elevation-f	32
elevation-m	10
coordinates
pushpin_map	Svalbard
pushpin_label	ENSA
metric-rwy	yes
r1-number	04/22
r1-length-m	800
r1-length-f	2,625
r1-surface	Gravel

Svea Airport (; ) was a private airport located in and serving the Sveagruva (also known as Svea) former mining settlement in Svalbard, Norway. The airport was owned and operated by Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani, who used the airport to transport their coal mining workers from the company town to Svalbard Airport at Longyearbyen. The airport featured a gravel runway measuring 800 by. Flights were operated about thirty times per week by Lufttransport using their two Dornier 228s. The airport was closed on August 1, 2022.

History

The need for an airport at Svea arose during the mid 1990s. Store Norske, which had until then been mining coal in Longyearbyen, was in the process of moving the bulk of its mining operations to Svea. A road between the two towns was out of the question for environmental reasons. The company proposed that Svea would be built as a dorm town, where workers would commute for the week. They would have their permanent homes and families in Longyearbyen. On 10 April 1994, Store Norske's board stated that they could not support the two main alternatives, construction of an all-new permanent dwelling town in Svea, and commuting from the mainland. Store Norske cited their commitment to keep Longyearbyen a vibrant community.

The airport was officially opened on 16 February 1995. In March 1996, Store Norske, Kings Bay, and Lufttransport signed an agreement concerning intra-island transport out of Longyearbyen. This involved the introduction of Dornier 228 aircraft, which operated for Store Norske to Svea and for Kings Bay to Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben. Store Norske commenced construction of the new town and mine, and mining operations started in January 1997.

The airport was closed on 1 August 2022, after the mine was closed and the town demolished.

Facilities

The airport was located in the settlement of Sveagruva. Just like the rest of the company town, it was owned and operated by Store Norske. Svea Airport was situated at 10 meters (32 ft) above mean sea level, on the north shore of van Mijenfjorden. It consisted of a gravel runway aligned 04–22 (roughly northeast–southwest), which measures 800 by.

Airlines and destinations

Svea Airport was a private airport and not open to public flights, or any non-emergency landings by any flights not chartered by Store Norske.

| Lufttransport | Charter: Longyearbyen

References

Bibliography

References

Andreassen, Rune N.. (2021-06-06). "Nå fjernes flyplassen og gruvebyen Svea på Svalbard rives og jevnes med jorda".
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(6 March 2014). "ENSA – Svea". [[Avinor]].
(6 March 2014). "Charterflyvning". [[Lufttransport]].

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