Airports / Norway / VAW
Vardø Airport, Svartnes
ENSS / VAWVardø, NorwayELEV 42 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
30 nm
To the nearest alternate
Vadsø Airport (VDS) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Vardø Airport, Svartnes, listed as ENSS / VAW, is a mid-sized airport in Vardø, Norway. The field lies at an elevation of 42 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
VAW has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Vadsø Airport (VDS, 30 nm), Båtsfjord Airport (BJF, 31 nm), and Kirkenes Airport, Høybuktmoen (KKN, 45 nm).
Quotes for flights out of VAW vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from VAW, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
ENSS
IATA
VAW
FAA / Local
ENSS
Elevation
42 ft
Coordinates
70.3554° N · 31.0449° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Norway fields
state range 9–2,054 ft
At 42 ft, VAW sits lower than 63% of the 43 Norway fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 30nmVDSVadsø AirportVadsø
- 31nmBJFBåtsfjord AirportBåtsfjord
- 45nmKKNKirkenes Airport, HøybuktmoenKirkenes
- 51nmBVGBerlevåg AirportBerlevåg
- 76nmMEHMehamn AirportMehamn
- 94nmRU-10057Severomorsk-1 Naval Air BaseSeveromorsk
Location
Open the full mapENSS · Vardø Airport, Svartnes · Vardø, Norway