Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben
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Ny-Ålesund Airport or Hamnerabben Airfield is an airport serving the former mining community of Ny-Ålesund
in the territory of Svalbard
. Flights are offered two to three days a week to Svalbard Airport, Longyear by Lufttransport
with Dornier 228 aircraft. The airport is operated by the former mining company Kings Bay AS
, owned by the Norwegian government. The flights are not regular public flights, but are considered charter flights. Passengers must have permission by the Kings Bay, which is not usually done for tourists.
community, but in 1962 the mine was closed. From then on Ny-Ålesund became a major research
facility in arctic science
, with the support infrastructure, including the airport, was operated by the coal
company, who changed their name to Kings Bay AS in 1998. The airport serves research staff in Ny-Ålesund. Lufttransport started their services on Svalbard in 1978.
Ny-Ålesund
Ny-Ålesund is one of the four permanent settlements on the island of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. It is located on the Brøgger peninsula at Kongsfjorden...
in the territory of Svalbard
Svalbard
Svalbard is an archipelago in the Arctic, constituting the northernmost part of Norway. It is located north of mainland Europe, midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole. The group of islands range from 74° to 81° north latitude , and from 10° to 35° east longitude. Spitsbergen is the...
. Flights are offered two to three days a week to Svalbard Airport, Longyear by Lufttransport
Lufttransport
Lufttransport is a Norwegian helicopter and fixed-wing airline that operates primarily air ambulance helicopters and planes for the Norwegian and Swedish governments...
with Dornier 228 aircraft. The airport is operated by the former mining company Kings Bay AS
Kings Bay AS
Kings Bay AS is a government enterprise owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry that operates the entire settlement of Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard. The settlement, the most northerly in the world serves research staff...
, owned by the Norwegian government. The flights are not regular public flights, but are considered charter flights. Passengers must have permission by the Kings Bay, which is not usually done for tourists.
History
Ny-Ålesund was originally a miningMining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
community, but in 1962 the mine was closed. From then on Ny-Ålesund became a major research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
facility in arctic science
Arctic
The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
, with the support infrastructure, including the airport, was operated by the coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
company, who changed their name to Kings Bay AS in 1998. The airport serves research staff in Ny-Ålesund. Lufttransport started their services on Svalbard in 1978.