Honningsvåg Airport

DNL assumed the Finnmark route in 1947, but dropped Honningsvåg from the schedule. The municipal council approved plans in 1948 to reestablish the water aerodrome, which had been destroyed in the German retreat in 1944. Despite several local initiatives from Nordkapp during the 1950s and 1960s, Honningsvåg was not included in the seaplane routes. At the time travel time from Honningsvåg to Oslo via Lakselv was ten hours. Various public committees look into better aviation services in Finnmark during the 1960s. One such alternative was to build a heliport. Instead the government opted for constructing short take off and landing airfields. The first of these were constructed in Helgeland in 1968. Widerøe introduced the Dash 8 in 1995 and from 1 January 1997 ownership and operations was taken over by the Civil Aviation Administration (later renamed Avinor). The North Cape Tunnel opened on 15 June 1999, providing a fixed link for Magerøya to the mainland. This resulted in a significant fall in traffic, which hit a record low 10,846 in 2005. The safety areas were upgraded in 2010, followed by a new control tower in 2011.

After 2010 there are no new aircraft available for purchase with more than 19 seats which can use the runways common in Norway. The presently used Dash 8 100 and Q200 aircraft are assumed to be retired around 2030. Honningsvåg is one of the airports where there is no room for runway extension. Considering the fairly low number of passengers, the plan is to use small planes.

The airport is located at Valan, from Honningsvåg. The airport served 13,487 passengers, 2,274 aircraft movements and handled 55 tonnes of cargo in 2014. Widerøe cooperate with SAS, Norwegian, Finnair and Lufthansa on connecting flights. The total flight time from Honningsvåg to Oslo, via Tromsø, is 3:45 hours. Honningsvåg falls partially within the catchment area of Alta Airport, which is away by road. The driving time from Honningsvåg to Alta is 3:00 hours. If this happens, the alternative route takes over 6:00 hours, , so the weather forecast should be checked 6–8 hours before. Another option is the Lakselv Banak Airport which is and 2:30 hours away by road and without a mountain pass, but has only weekly flights to Oslo.

On 29 October 1990 at 14:30 a Twin Otter of the Royal Norwegian Air Force crashed during landing at Honningsvåg Airport. The pilots lost control during turbulence and strong wind and the aircraft crashed from the runway threshold. Three of the fifteen people on board were killed. The accident resulted in stricter wind restrictions at the airport.