LYR — Svalbard Airport, Longyear
Medium-sized airport in Longyearbyen, Norway.
- IATA code
- LYR
- ICAO code
- ENSB
- Size
- medium
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 200,190
- 2025 · +8.8% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- —
- No open route data
- Time zone
- UTC+1 / UTC+2
- Arctic/Longyearbyen
- Elevation
- 27 m
- 89 ft
- Runways
- 1
- Longest 2,319 m
Jan–Jul 2026: 132,068 passengers, −0.4% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About LYR
Svalbard Airport, Longyear is a medium-sized airport serving Longyearbyen, Norway. It opened in 1975 and is run by Avinor. 200,190 passengers used it in 2025.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Distance from LYR to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,319 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway · 78.2461, 15.4656
Questions
Svalbard Airport, Longyear has the IATA code LYR and the ICAO code ENSB. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.
LYR is a medium-sized airport in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, at 78.2461, 15.4656, 27 m above sea level.
LYR is in the Arctic/Longyearbyen time zone, UTC+1 / UTC+2 (winter / summer).
200,190 passengers in 2025, according to Eurostat. Jan–Jul 2026: 132,068 passengers, −0.4% on the same months of 2025.
Svalbard Airport, Longyear opened in 1975.
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