Svea Airport is an airport that services the mining community of Sveagruva on the Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 overseas 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...

. The airport is owned, operated and used by the mining company Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani

Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani

Store Norske Spitsbergen Kulkompani , or simply Store Norske, is a Norwegian coal mining company based on the Svalbard archipelago. It was formed in 1916, after a Norwegian purchase of the American Arctic Coal Company ....

 to transport personnel to Svalbard Airport, Longyear at Longyearbyen. The personnel work in Svea, but live in Longyearbyen, staying in dormitories during the working weeks.

Services are provided by the airline 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 a Dornier 228 seating 19. They fly about 25 times per week.