Leknes Airport (Norwegian: Leknes lufthavn; IATA: LKN, ICAO: ENLK) is a regional airport serving the town of Leknes and the surrounding areas in the Lofotenarchipelago in Nordland county, Norway. The airport is located just outside Leknes in Vestvågøy municipality. The European route E10 highway passes along the east side of the airport. In 2014, Leknes Airport had 101,757 passengers. It is operated by Avinor.
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Annual passenger traffic at LKN airport.
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Ground transportation
The airport is located approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the town center. There are no buses, but taxis are available.
Future
Avinor is planning building a new primary airport to serve Lofoten and possibly also Vesterålen. The region wants to be more attractive on the conference market which would create more job opportunities outside the tourist season, and there is a need to adapt airports to modern aircraft types.
Therefore, the main option now is to extend the runway and terminal of Leknes airport, considering that Svolvær airport has no room for runway extension.[8][9] No such project is part of the Norwegian National Transport Plan for 2022–2033.
A large road project, which will reduce the drive time between Svolvær and Evenes by 35 minutes, will be built 2023-2028.[10] This might make Harstad-Evenes Airport airport more attractive than Leknes for travel between Oslo and Svolvær, if Leknes is not extended to full length for jet aircraft.