The airport opened 1 July 1972 as part of a government program of building a series of small airports along the coast. This was a major success and an important step for the population in the area (Vesterålenarchipelago), who now could travel to the bigger cities of Norway and the rest of the world in one day, not weeks. Currently owned and operated by Avinor, the airport was managed by the Hadsel municipality for the first 20 years.[3]
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Annual passenger traffic at SKN airport.
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Extension
Work on extending RESA and improving the strip around the runway was completed in 2006.[3]
In March 2015, Avinor decided to postpone plans for extending the runway to 1199 meters. [5]