Longest commercial airport runways of the Nordic region

Source: encyclopediabritannica.com

Listed below are the longest commercial airport runways in the Nordic Region of Europe. A minimum runway length of 8,000 feet (2,438.4 m) was required for inclusion. As can be seen, runways of 8,202 feet in length are very common with nine such runways. As far as distribution by nation, the data is as follows:

  • Finland = 18
  • Norway = 13
  • Sweden = 13
  • Denmark = 9
  • Iceland = 2
  • Greenland = 1
  • Svalbard = 1
  • Faroe Islands = 0
  • Åland Islands = 0
  • Jan Mayen Island = 0

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  • Runway 1L/19R: Oslo Airport/Gardermoen, Norway = 11,811 feet
  • 2. Runway 4L/22R: Copenhagen Airport/Kastrup, Denmark = 11,810 feet

    3. Runway 4R/22L: Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland = 11,483 feet

    4. Runway 14/32: Luleå Airport, Sweden = 10,990 feet

    5. Runway 1L/19R: Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden = 10,830 feet

    6. Runway 4R/22L: Copenhagen Airport/Kastrup, Denmark = 10,827 feet

    7. Runway 3/21: Göteborg Landvetter Airport, Sweden = 10,826 feet

    8. Runway 1/19: Örebro Airport, Sweden = 10,728 feet

    9. Runway 9/27: Billund Airport, Denmark = 10,172 feet

    10. Runway 10/28: Keflavík International Airport, Iceland = 10,056 feet

    11. Runway 4L/22R: Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland = 10.039 feet

    12. Runway 1/19: Keflavík International Airport, Iceland = 10,020 feet

    13. Runway 3/21: Rovaniemi Airport, Finland = 9,849 feet

    14. Runway 9/27: Trondheim Airport, Norway = 9,839 feet

    15. Runway 17/35: Bergen Airport/Flesland, Norway = 9,810 feet

    16. Runway 18/36: Sandefjord Airport/Torp, Norway = 9,806 feet

    17. Runway 1R/19L: Oslo Airport/Gardermoen, Norway = 9,678 feet

    18. Runway 15/33: Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Finland = 9,518 feet

    19. Runway 8/26: Stockholm Skavsta Airport, Sweden = 9,442 feet

    20. Runway 9/27: Kangerlussuaq Airport: Greenland = 9,219 feet

    21. Runway 17/35: Harstad/Narvik Airport, Norway = 9,213 feet

    22-24. Runway 17/35: Malmö Airport, Sweden; Runway 12/30: Copehagen Airport/Kastrup, Denmark; and Runway 15/33: Kuopio Airport, Finland = 9,186 feet each

    25. Runway 7/25: Bodø Airport, Norway = 9,187 feet

    26. Runway 17/35: Lakselv Airport, Norway = 9,147 feet

    27. Runway 10L/28R: Aarhus Airport, Denmark = 9,110 feet

    28. Runway 15/33: Ørland Airport, Norway = 8,904 feet

    29. Runway 10R/28L: Aarhus Airport, Denmark = 8,864 feet

    30. Runway 6/24: Tampere–Pirkkala Airport, Finland = 8,858 feet

    31. Runway 8L/26R: Aalborg Airport, Denmark = 8,707 feet

    32. Runway 12/30: Jyväskylä Airport, Finland = 8,533 feet

    33. Runway 1/19: Stockholm Västerås Airport, Sweden = 8,468 feet

    34. Runway 18/36: Stavanger Airport, Norway = 8,386 feet

    35. Runway 8R/26L: Aalborg Airport, Denmark = 8,363 feet

    36. Runway 8/26: Esbjerg Airport, Denmark = 8,257 feet

    37. Runway 3/21: Karlstad Airport, Sweden = 8,255 feet

    38. Runway 18/36: Kemi-Tornio Airport, Finland = 8,212 feet

    39. Runway 3/21: Kiruna Airport, Sweden = 8,208 feet

    40. Runway 12/30: Oulu Airport, Finland = 8,203 feet

    41-50. Runways 1R/19L and 8/26: Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden; Runway 15/33: Sälen/Scandinavian Mountains Airport, Sweden; Runway 12/30: Åre Östersund Airport, Sweden; Runway 10/28: Joensuu Airport, Finland; Runway 16/34: Kittilä Airport, Finland; Runway 1/19: Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport, Finland; Runway 6/24: Lappeenranta Airport, Finland; Runway 8/26: Turku Airport, Finland; and Runway 16/34: Vaasa Airport, Finland = 8,202 feet each

    51-52. Runway 4/22: Ivalo Airport, Finland and Runway 7/25: Kajaani Airport, Finland = 8,199 feet each

    53. Runway 10/28: Svalbard Airport, Svalbard = 8,146 feet

    54. Runway 14/32: Andøya Airport, Norway = 8,097 feet

    55. Runway 12/30: Kuusamo Airport, Finland = 8,071 feet

    56. Runway 10/28: Stavanger Airport, Norway = 8,035 feet

    57. Runway 10/28: Bardufoss Airport, Norway = 8,015 feet

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