Narvik Airport, Framnes

The first scheduled airline service to Harstad and Narvik was carried out by Norwegian Air Lines (DNL) in 1935. Using a Junkers W 34, they flew a coastal route between Bergen and Tromsø, with stops in Narvik and Harstad. The route continued until 1939 when it was terminated because of the break out of World War II. The route resumed in 1946, when it was flown with a Junkers Ju 52. Widerøe started flying to Narvik in 1951, at first flying via Svolvær to Bodø. DNL's successor Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) terminated its seaplane routes the following year, leaving them to Widerøe, who operated the Noorduyn Norseman and de Havilland Canada Otter. An important issue for Narvik was the necessary construction of the Rombak Bridge to cut travel time to Evenes. The civilian sector at Bardufoss Airport opened in 1956. It served all of Tromsø as well as Ofoten. Travel time to Bardufoss was three hours (120 km and a ferry) from Narvik. The airlines Braathens SAFE and Widerøe both launched an alternative proposal whereby the government instead should build a network of short take off and landing airports. Planning of an airport at Vidrek started in 1968 and in early 1969 the company A/S Narvik Flyplass was established. Meetings were held with the ministry, where it was determined that planning would have to wait until further reports were made on the regional network in Nordland. Kyllingmark stated in 1970 that he intended to allow Narvik to receive a regional airport. Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes opened on 30 June 1973.

A new terminal opened on 24 September 1986; it cost 7 million Norwegian krone (NOK), of which the state paid seventy five percent, with the remainder financed by local governments. The new terminal building was and the control tower was expanded with The airport lacked a suitable garage for a fire truck, so a municipal fire engine had to be driven to the airport every time a plane landed. The upgraded terminal allowed Widerøe to start serving Narvik with the 50 passenger de Havilland Canada Dash 7. Routes to Narvik Airport, Framnes have been subject to public service obligation since 1 April 1997, with the first contract being won by Widerøe. In the third tender, which became operational on 1 April 2003, Kato Air won the bid to operate the route from Narvik to Bodø. In March 2004 they resigned the contract from 8 March 2005. The ministry subsequently issued a new tender, but no airlines bid. The ministry was forced to renegotiate the contract with Kato Air, which resulted in the subsidy for the last thirteen months increasing from NOK 8 to 18.2 million. The result of Kato Air taking over the route in 2003 was that the patronage had been halved. Widerøe recaptured the Narvik contract from 1 April 2006. In the tender valid from 1 April 2012 the routes to Svolvær, Leknes, Røst and Narvik were awarded to Danish Air Transport. Two weeks before operations were to start the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway stated that DAT did not meet the safety requirements, resulting in Widerøe instead being awarded the contract. The main issue resolved around the installation of the SCAT I landing system; the time from the tender was completed until the operations started was eight weeks, but it took eight months to install the system. DAT stated that the introduction of the SCAT I system had resulted in a de facto monopoly for Widerøe. DAT sued the ministry for breaching the tender rules but lost the case.

The government supported the construction of Hålogaland Bridge on the condition that Narvik Airport, Framnes be closed. Minister of Transport Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa stated in 2010 that money saved on having to upgrade the runway safety area and the operating deficits of the airport and subsidies for the route could help finance the bridge, estimated to cost NOK 2.2 billion. The bridge will reduce the travel distance by road from Narvik to the Evenes by and 20 minutes, to and 55 minutes. Construction of the bridge started on 18 February 2013 and was scheduled for completion near the end of 2017. Widerøe, the only operator, decided to move the only line at Framnes (from Bodø) to Evenes airport on 1 April 2017, and increase its traffic there. The new bridge actually opened in December 2018.

The runway is and aligned 01–19, roughly north–south.

At the time of closure, the airport's only service was a Widerøe route to Bodø, operated using the Dash 8 100. The route was subsidized through a public service obligation with the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

On 29 September 2004, an Algerian asylum seeker attacked the Kato Airline Flight 605 pilots with an axe. He boarded the Bodø bound flight at Framnes and attacked the pilots mid flight, attempting to take control over the aircraft. He was overpowered by two passengers and the first officer was able to take control over the aircraft, which was only from the ground. Security check was not yet implemented at small domestic airports in Norway at the time.