Harstad/Narvik Airport

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 outbreak of World War II. The route resumed in 1946, when it was flown with a Junkers Ju 52.{{cite web |url=http://avinor.moses.no/index.php?seks_id=135&element=kapittel&k=2 |title=Flyplassenes og flytrafikkens historie |work=Kulturminner på norske lufthavner – Landsverneplan for Avinor |publisher=Avinor |last=Gynnild |first=Olav |year=2009 |language=no |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-date=21 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321073713/http://avinor.moses.no/index.php?seks_id=135&element=Kapittel&k=2 |url-status=dead }} DNL also operated a direct service between Harstad and Narvik. Harstad's water aerodrome was located at Klubbeskjæret in the town center. For a while there were discussion of moving it to Harstadbotn, but this was not carried out. Seaplane routes were conducted only during the summer.Steinnes: 477 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. Patronage at Harstad was 1,143 passengers in 1946, 2,725 the following year and 8,037 in 1959. The latter year saw 6,139 passengers at Narvik.

The Harstad–Narvik area had been proposed as a potential location of Bardufoss Air Station when it had been planned during the late 1930s. However, Bardufoss has been selected because of its favorable strategic location. About 1950 discussions started regarding construction of an airport between Bodø and Tromsø.Svendsen: 393 A survey conducted in 1951 looked into the possibilities of building an airport for Harstad at Skånland, Rødmyra, Tennvassåsen and Kjøtta. In Narvik work started on planning an airport in Evenes, which was approved by Narvik Municipal Council in February 1951. However, it also considered several closer locations, such as Herjangfjellet, Elvgårdsmoen, Håkvikvleira and Vidrek. 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 from Narvik and six hours from Harstad.

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Two engineering students at the Norwegian Institute of Technology concluded in 1957 that a new airport in Harstad would cost 3 million Norwegian krone (NOK).Steinnes: 478 This was followed up with a meeting between representatives from Harstad and Narvik. Harstad and the surrounding municipalities proposed in 1960 an airport at Evenskjer in Evenes, on condition that the Tjeldsund Bridge be built, allowing the island of Hinnøya to be connected to the mainland. For Narvik a similar consideration was the necessary construction of the Rombak Bridge.Steinnes: 479 The municipalities of Harstad, Ibestad, Kvæfjord and Skånland created the Southern Troms Intermunicipal Airport Committee in 1963. It concluded that the airport for the Harstad area and Vesterålen should be built at Kvæfjordeidet, while Narvik would be best served with a motorway to Bardufoss. Narvik Municipality conducted surveys at Herjangsfjellet in 1962 and 1963.Svendsen: 394

A government committee which had received a mandate to consider future airports, concluded with a report on 16 December 1964. It recommended that nine more primary airports be built and that Evenes and Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget receive top priority. The committee noted SAS' introduction of the Sud Aviation Caravelle and wanted to build a network of airport capable of handling jetliners. It argued for Evenes as a good location that despite it being slightly closer to Harstad, Narvik would be closer to Bardufoss and have an advantage of it as a reserve airport. At a common meeting for eleven southern Troms and Ofoten municipalities on 11 May 1965, these unanimously supported Evenes. They establish a committee, which issued a report to the government in June 1966, which concluded that it would be possible to have an airport completed by 1968.Svendsen: 395

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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. When Håkon Kyllingmark was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications in 1965, he placed the primary airport construction plan on hold and instead focused on construction of regional airports. This caused local interest for airports at Kvæfjordeidet and Vidrek to resume, after initiative from Widerøe. Several commercial interest organizations in Narvik supported an airport at Vidrek, while their Harstad counterparts supported an airport at Evenes. Narvik Municipal Council continued to support Evenes until it was instead proposed as a regional airport. It voted in February 1968 to continue to support Evenes as a primary airport, but also work for a local airport in Narvik.Svendsen: 396

The Tjelsund Bridge was opened on 22 October 1967.Steinnes: 473 The construction of an airport for Harstad and Narvik was discussed in Parliament in June 1970. First a large majority voted down a proposal to build regional airport for each town, followed by a unanimous decision to build a primary airport at Evenes. Construction started in the fall of 1971 and the airport opened 30 June 1973, with a {{convert|1600|m|sp=us|adj=on}} runway. SAS was granted the right to fly to Oslo, while Braathens SAFE was allowed to fly a route via Kristiansund, Molde and Ålesund to Bergen and Stavanger, as well as to Bodø and Tromsø.Svanberg: 669 Narvik Airport, Framnes opened on 1 October 1975, and Widerøe started operating from Narvik to Evenes.Svendsen: 397 Norving started a route from Harstad/Narvik to Luleå, Sweden and Rovaniemi, Finland, in 1984, using the Dornier 228. This required the establishment of a border control at Evenes, which Norving had to pay for.Melling: 208

File:Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 787-800 (12273094113).jpg Boeing 737-800 at the airport]]

The air force started looking at Evenes as a potential air station after the airport opened. Military funding was allocated, allowing the runway to be extended to {{convert|2760|m|sp=us}} plus overrun and a taxiway, as well as parking for fighter aircraft, heavy transport aircraft and maintenance facilities.Arheim: 223 The extended runway was completed in 1977.Svanberg: 679 Construction of the initial auxiliary facilities started in 1978 and was concluded in 1985. Evenes Air Station became operative in January 1986. Construction continued with barracks, which were completed in 1991, aircraft shelters, administrative offices and storage facilities, which were concluded in 1995. No military aircraft have been permanently stationed at Evenes.Arheim: 224

Nordtrafikk started an airport coach service from Sortland in 1990. Estimates showed that it captured 4,300 annual passengers which otherwise would have used Stokmarknes Airport, Skagen.{{cite news |title=Mister 4300 passasjerer |last=Pedersen |first=Kåre |work=Nordlys |date=5 April 1991 |page=48 |language=no}} SAS reorganized its operations in Northern Norway from 1990 and Harstad/Narvik became one of four airports to receive direct services to Oslo. Previously these sometimes made intermediate stops at Trondheim. Services to Bodø, Tromsø and Trondheim were transferred to the newly established SAS Commuter.{{cite news |title=Fokker |last=Hestvik |first=Arne S. |work=Nordlys |date=28 May 1988 |page=19 |language=no}} The airline market in Norway was deregulated on 1 April 1994. The same day Braathens SAFE started two daily services from Evenes to Oslo.Tjomsland and Wilsberg: 340–341 However, the airline terminated its direct service to Bergen, instead making passengers transfer at Trondheim Airport, Værnes.{{cite news |title=Braathen vil ikke fly direkte Bergen Nord-Norge |last=Valderhaug |first=Rune |work=Bergens Tidende |date=20 January 1994 |page=6 |language=no}} At the same time Widerøe's route Andenes–Harstad/Narvik–Narvik–Bodø terminated its stops at Harstad/Narvik.{{cite news |title=Uro om Widerøe |last=Markusson |first=Helge M. |work=Nordlys |date=8 March 1994 |page=5 |language=no}} Kato Air was established in 1995 with Evenes as its base, initially offering general aviation services.{{cite news |title=Katoair |work=Nordlys |date=2 April 1996 |page=12 |language=no}} Weekly flights with fresh fish to Japan started in the mid-1990s.{{cite news |title=Tar over etter NATO |last=Nilsen |first=Geir Bjørn |work=Dagens Næringsliv |date=17 February 2007 |page=15 |language=no}}

Kato Air started flights from Harstad/Narvik to Bodø and Tromsø on 1 January 1999, but the route failed to attract sufficient patronage and was terminated before the end of the year.{{cite news |title=Kato Air nummer to |last1=Moe |first1=Geir |last2=Sundheim |first2=Øyvind |work=Nordlys |date=29 August 2002 |page=8 |language=no}} After the 2001 purchase of Braathens by SAS Group, the latter terminated its flights to Harstad/Narvik from 2 April 2002.{{cite news |title=Lander på delt løsning |work=Dagens Næringsliv |last=Larsen |first=Trygve |date=1 February 2002 |page=4 |language=no}} Flights to Oslo were taken over by Braathens, while SAS Commuter's flights to Tromsø, Bodø and Trondheim were taken over by Widerøe.{{cite news |title=SAS skal spare penger på rutenedleggelser |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=29 August 2002 |page=8 |language=no}} Norwegian Air Shuttle started flights to Harstad/Narvik from Oslo on 5 May 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.norwegian.no/om-norwegian/presse/pressemeldinger/nyhetsarkiv-2003/tre-nye-ruter-innenriks-/ |title=Tre nye ruter innenriks |publisher=Norwegian Air Shuttle |access-date=20 February 2013 |archive-date=8 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208101214/http://www.privatefly.com/inspirational-jet-flights/top-10-airport-approaches-2011.html |url-status=dead }} SAS and Braathens merged in 2004, creating SAS Braathens.{{cite news |title=Lindegaard: – Vi plukker det beste fra SAS og Braathens |last=Lillesund |first=Geir |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=10 March 2004 |page=24 |language=no}}

The Lofoten Fixed Link opened on 1 December 2007, abolishing the need for a ferry between the airport and Lofoten.{{cite news |url=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.6348002 |title=Jubel for Lofast |last=Forland |first=Gisle |publisher=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |date=11 December 2008 |language=no |access-date=20 February 2013 |archive-date=1 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101051030/http://www.lofotposten.no/lokale_nyheter/article5751839.ece |url-status=live }} The driving distance to Svolvær—typically regarded as the starting point for the Lofoten archipelago—was reduced to {{convert|160|km|sp=us}} and two and a half hours. Subsequently, the airport started marketing itself internationally as Lofoten International Airport.{{cite news |url=http://www.vg.no/reise/artikkel.php?artid=523253 |title=Lofoten får internasjonal flyplass |last=Fonbæk |first=Dag |work=Verdens Gang |date=3 April 2008 |language=no |access-date=20 February 2013 |archive-date=14 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314195213/http://www.vg.no/reise/artikkel.php?artid=523253 |url-status=live }} The initiative was welcomed by the tourist industry in Lofoten and Vesterålen, as Evenes is the only primary airport serving the area. Local politicians in Lofoten opposed the name, stating that it threatened the regional Leknes Airport and Svolvær Airport, Helle.{{cite news |url=http://www.lofotposten.no/lokale_nyheter/article5751839.ece |title=Nytt liv i navnedebatten |last=Kielland |first=Marianne Steffensen |work=Lofotposten |date=27 September 2011 |language=no |access-date=20 February 2013 |archive-date=1 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101051030/http://www.lofotposten.no/lokale_nyheter/article5751839.ece |url-status=live }}

File:Hercules Military Aircraft (12272831335).jpg Lockheed C-130 Hercules at Evenes]]

Kato Air terminated operations in 2008, following the grounding of its aircraft after the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway closed its maintenance division.{{cite news |title=Kato Air satt på bakken |work=Nordlys |date=2 September 2008 |page=8 |language=no}} Parliament decided in June 2012 to order the new Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II fighters, with delivery scheduled to start in 2016. The aircraft will be stationed at Ørland Main Air Station with a forward base (QRA) to be established at Evenes Air Station.{{cite news |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/norway-orders-f-35as-after-securing-jsm-integration-support-373063/ |title=Norway orders F-35As after securing JSM integration support |last=Perry |first=Dominic |publisher=Flightglobal |date=15 June 2012 |access-date=20 February 2013 |archive-date=12 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212080900/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/norway-orders-f-35as-after-securing-jsm-integration-support-373063/ |url-status=live }} Widerøe started a service to Tromsø from 1 April 2012, after it was included in the public service obligation system.{{cite news |url=http://www.nordlys.no/nyheter/article5888670.ece |title=– Fryktelig trist dag for Widerøes |work=Nordlys |date=19 January 2012 |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120214831/http://www.nordlys.no/nyheter/article5888670.ece |archive-date=20 January 2012 |access-date=21 January 2011 |url-status=live }} Evenes saw a large increase of charter services from late 2012, primarily targeted at bringing English and German tourists to Lofoten from London and Munich. Norwegian introduced scheduled services to Gran Canaria and Alicante in Spain from 2013, as well as to Trondheim.{{cite news |title=Reis nesten hvor du vil |last=Bøifot |first=Ragnar |work=Fremover |date=31 October 2012 |pages=2–3 |language=no}} Privatefly placed Evenes ninth in a worldwide contest of the most spectacular approach in 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.privatefly.com/inspirational-jet-flights/top-10-airport-approaches-2011.html |title=Top 10 Airport Approaches 2011 |publisher=Privatefly |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229172811/http://www.norwegian.no/om-norwegian/presse/pressemeldinger/nyhetsarkiv-2003/tre-nye-ruter-innenriks-/ |archive-date=29 February 2012 |access-date=29 February 2012}}

The terminal has a capacity for 1,200 passengers per hour and has five gates. Evenes is rated as an airport of entry and some of the gates can be used for international flights. The control tower is located in the former terminal building. There are hangars for smaller airlines.{{cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/OED/pdf%20filer/Barentshavet_S/KI/14_Luftfart.pdf |title=Konsekvenser for luftfart |publisher=Avinor |date=October 2012 |language=no |pages=52–54 |access-date=25 January 2012 |archive-date=1 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101215911/http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/OED/pdf%20filer/Barentshavet_S/KI/14_Luftfart.pdf |url-status=dead }} The terminal has a duty-free store{{cite web |url=http://www.avinor.no/lufthavn/harstad/butikkerogservering |title=Taxfree |publisher=Avinor |date=25 September 2012 |access-date=21 February 2013 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126132903/http://www.avinor.no/lufthavn/harstad/butikkerogservering |archive-date=26 January 2013 }} and two automated teller machines.{{cite web |url=http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/harstad/services/Bank |title=Bank |publisher=Avinor |date=25 September 2012 |access-date=21 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221090836/http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/harstad/services/Bank |archive-date=21 December 2012 }}

The asphalt runway measures {{convert|2808|x|45|m|sp=us}} and is aligned 17–35, roughly north–south. There is a parallel taxiway. Runway 17 has precision approach. Both runways have instrument landing system Category I. The airport is located at an elevation of 26 meters (85 ft) above mean sea level. There are minor operative limitations because of the surrounding terrain. The apron has parking for seven category Boeing 737 and similar sized aircraft, and one larger wide-body aircraft. In addition there is space for general aviation aircraft and helicopters. The airport is certified to handle aircraft up to the size of the Boeing 747 and the C-5 Galaxy. Along with Lakselv Airport, Banak, Evenes is selected by international airlines as an emergency airport for intercontinental flights which pass over Northern Norway. In an emergency the airport is permitted to handle an Airbus A380 and an Antonov An-124 Ruslan.{{cite news |title=Evenes er klar for gigantene |last=Bøifot |first=Ragnar |work=Fremover |date=12 February 2013 |pages=12–13 |language=no}}

Regular domestic scheduled services are provided by Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) and Widerøe. Norwegian and SAS offer five and three daily services using Boeing 737 aircraft to Oslo. Widerøe operates daily services to Bodø, Andenes and Tromsø,{{cite web |url=http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/harstad/timetables |title=Flight timetables |publisher=Avinor |access-date=21 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705160025/http://www.avinor.no/en/airport/harstad/timetables |archive-date=5 July 2013 }} the latter a public service obligation contract with the Ministry of Transport and Communications. Norwegian and Condor provide international services to Spain and Germany, while several airlines operate charter services to the Mediterranean.

The airport served 692,532 passengers and 10,636 aircraft movements and handled 1,009 tonnes of cargo in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/material/document/42080/download?resource_type=resource_document |title=Månedsrapport |publisher=Avinor |format=XLS |access-date=13 January 2015 |year=2015 |archive-date=17 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217002119/http://d20tdhwx2i89n1.cloudfront.net/raw/upload/t_attachment/wsdna9wtulvazbig7cqb.xlsx |url-status=dead }} Evenes is the only primary airport located in Central Hålogaland and the only to offer direct flights to Oslo. There are seven regional airports in the region, but these are mostly limited to other destinations in Northern Norway and require change of aircraft at Bodø Airport to reach Oslo, except from some weekly direct flights to Oslo with Widerøe. There is a significant leakage to Evenes from Lofoten and Vesterålen to Harstad/Narvik for flights to Oslo. These are estimated at forty-five percent for Vesterålen and twenty percent for Lofoten.{{cite web |url=http://www.avinor.no/tridionimages/NTP%202014%20-%202023%20Avinor%20Hovedrapport_tcm181-141202.pdf |title=Nasjonal transportplan 2014–2023: Framtidsrettet utvikling av lufthavnstrukturen |publisher=Avinor |date=15 February 2012 |language=no |pages=46–48 |archive-date=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927063300/http://www.avinor.no/tridionimages/NTP%202014%20-%202023%20Avinor%20Hovedrapport_tcm181-141202.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2013 }}

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| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna (begins 30 May 2025){{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241031-osns25eve|title=Austrian Adds Vienna – Harstad-Narvik/Evenes Service in NS25|website=Aeroroutes|publisher=Aeroroutes|accessdate=31 October 2024}}

| Brussels Airlines | Seasonal charter: Brussels{{Cite web|url=https://www.air-journal.fr/2021-03-31-forfaits-voyage-brussels-airlines-signe-avec-nordic-et-sunweb-5226958.html|title = Forfaits voyage : Brussels Airlines signe avec NORDIC et Sunweb | Air Journal| date=31 March 2021 }}

| DAT | Ørland{{cite web | url=https://aeroroutes.com/eng/220620-dxjul22ola | title=DAT Adds Orland – Harstad/Narvik Route from July 2022 }}

| Discover Airlines | Seasonal: Frankfurt{{cite web | url=https://www.aerotelegraph.com/eurowings-discover-fliegt-2024-nach-narvik-in-nordnorwegen | title=Eurowings Discover fliegt 2024 nach Narvik in Nordnorwegen | date=15 June 2023 }}

| easyJet | Seasonal: Amsterdam (begins 25 June 2025),{{cite web |title=easyJet NS25 Network Additions – 22DEC24 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241224-u2ns25 |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=24 December 2024}} Milan–Malpensa (begins 28 June 2025){{cite web |url=https://italiavola.com/2024/12/11/easyjet-presenta-le-basi-di-milano-linate-e-roma-fiumicino/|title=easyJet presenta le basi di Milano Linate e Roma Fiumicino|date=11 December 2024 |website=Italiavola.com |language=Italian |trans-title=Easyjet introduces new bases}}

| Edelweiss Air | Seasonal: Zürich{{cite web | url=https://flyedelweiss.com/at/de/media/press-releases/2023-12-06-evenes.html | title=Medienmitteilung 01.09.2023 | Edelweiss }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231209-wkns24eve|title=Edelweiss Air Adds Harstad-Narvik/Evenes Service in NS24|website=Aeroroutes|publisher=Aeroroutes|accessdate=30 October 2024}}

| {{nowrap|Norwegian Air Shuttle{{cite web|url=https://www.norwegian.com/uk/route-map/|title=Route map|website=norwegian.com}}}} | Oslo{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide |title=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=793-797}}
Seasonal: Bergamo,{{cite web | url=https://www.lofotposten.no/lanserer-to-nye-internasjonale-direkteruter/s/5-29-1070425 | title=(+) Lanserer to nye internasjonale direkteruter | date=27 June 2024 }} Bergen,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Bergen, Norway|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=125-127}} Palma de Mallorca{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231214-dyd8ns24no | title=Norwegian Schedules Additional New Routes from Norway in NS24 }}

| Scandinavian Airlines | Oslo{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241030-sknw24eu|title=SAS NW24 Europe Service Changes – 27OCT24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 October 2024|accessdate=27 November 2024|language=en-CA}}
Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 24 May 2025){{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240918-skns25|title=SAS NS25 COPENHAGEN NETWORK EXPANSION|website=AeroRoutes|date=18 September 2024}}

| Widerøe | Andenes, Bodø,{{Cite journal|author=|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Bodo|date=November 2023|volume=25|issue=5|publisher=OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=134}} Tromsø,{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231017-wfns24tos|title=Widerøe NS24 Tromsø Network Resumptions|website=Aeroroutes.com|accessdate=2 November 2024|language=en-CA}} Trondheim{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241112-wf1q25trdeve|title=Widerøe Resumes E190-E2 Trondheim – Harstad-Narvik/Evenes Service in 1Q25|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=12 November 2024|accessdate=12 November 2024|language=en-CA}}

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| Lufthansa Cargo | Frankfurt{{cite web|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221003-lhcnw2232x|title=LUFTHANSA CARGO NW22 SHORT-HAUL NETWORK ADDITIONS}}

| Qatar Airways Cargo{{Cite web |title=Schedules |url=https://www.qrcargo.com/ |access-date=23 February 2022 |website=Qrcargo.com}} | Doha, Liège

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{{main|Evenes Air Station}}

The Evenes Air Station, situated adjacent to the airport, is a forward air station in Norway operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force. This air station is the home of the 333 Squadron.

File:Airports between Bodø and Tromsø.svg of northern Norway. A new primary airport for the Lofoten region is planned outside Hadselsand (orange). This airport would replace the smaller nearby airports of Stokmarknes, Svolvær and Leknes.]]

Evenes is located {{convert|45|km|sp=us}} by road (40 minutes) from Harstad, {{convert|57|km|sp=us}} (50 minutes) from Narvik,{{cite web |url=http://www.avinor.no/lufthavn/harstad/transportogparkering |title=Til og fra flyplassen |publisher=Avinor |date=25 September 2012 |access-date=21 February 2013 |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126203034/http://www.avinor.no/lufthavn/harstad/transportogparkering |archive-date=26 January 2013 }} {{convert|121|km|sp=us}} (1:40 hours) from Sortland, {{convert|149|km|sp=us}} (2:05 hours) from Stokmarknes, {{convert|160|km|sp=us}} from Svolvær and {{convert|230|km|sp=us}} to Leknes. There are direct airport coaches to Harstad, Narvik and Sortland; other parts of Vesterålen and Lofoten are served with scheduled buses operated by Boreal Transport. The airport has 1,000 paid parking spaces; car rental and taxis are also available.

The air force has started upgrading Evenes Air Station for the F-35 from 2021. The air station will have a capacity for stationing a QRA of 15 fighter aircraft, as well as handling exercises with allied aircraft. The air station is estimated to produce 1,600 aircraft movements per year once operative.

The government has also proposed that new Maritime Patrol Aircraft shall be co-located with F-35 at Evenes Air Station. Evenes will also be strengthened with the establishment of dedicated base defence units and long-range air defences. Andøya air station that currently serves as base for Norway's Maritime Patrol Aircraft, is slated for closure.

Avinor plans to expand the runway safety area in 2014.{{cite news |url=http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article6127882.ece |title=Skal rustes for 15 fly |last=Horne |first=Anders |work=Fremover |date=28 June 2012 |language=no |access-date=20 February 2013 |archive-date=30 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230210811/http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article6127882.ece |url-status=live }} Narvik Airport, Framnes closed in 2017, based on the opening of the Hålogaland Bridge.{{cite news |url=http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article5328950.ece |title=Klarsignal for Hålogalandsbrua |work=Fremover |date=29 September 2010 |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629162217/http://www.fremover.no/lokale_nyheter/article5328950.ece |archive-date=29 June 2011 |access-date=21 January 2011 |url-status=dead }} The bridge will reduce the travel distance by road from Narvik to the Evenes by {{convert|18|km|sp=us}} and 20 minutes.{{cite news |url=http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.8155672 |title=Denne brua skal gjøre slutt på trailersjåførernes mareritt |publisher=Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |date=25 May 2012 |language=no |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528101020/http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nordland/1.8155672 |archive-date=28 May 2012 |access-date=25 May 2012 |url-status=live }}

Avinor is planning to build a new primary airport to serve Lofoten and possibly also Vesterålen. Two locations have been put forward, Gimsøya ({{coord|68|19|10|N|14|9|30|E|display=inline|region:NO_type:landmark}}) and Hadselsand ({{coord|68|25|40|N|14|37|30|E|display=inline|region:SE_type:landmark}}). Gimsøy has after a thorough investigation been deemed unsuitable{{cite web|title=Avinor: - Gimsøya ikke egnet for flyplass|url=https://www.lofotposten.no/avinor/gimsoy/flyplass/gimsoy-egner-seg-ikke-til-storflyplass/s/5-29-245245|website=Vesterålen Online|date=23 November 2016|access-date=26 February 2017}} as the site for a new airport due to high wind turbulence. Hadselsand would have direct services to Oslo, resulting in reduction of leakage to Evenes.   Independent of the airport plans, a tunnel between Fiskefjorden and Gullesfjorden is under construction which will reduce the road distance from Lofoten to Evenes by {{convert|19|km|sp=us}} and 31 minutes.[https://www.vegvesen.no/Vegprosjekter/e10evenessortland E10/rv. 85 Evenes-Sortland (KVU)] A tunnel under Tjeldsundet is also planned which would reduce the road distance by another {{convert|18|km|sp=us}} and 15 minutes.

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