Svalbard Airport (LYR) — The Complete Master Guide 2026
Svalbard Airport sits 3 km northwest of Longyearbyen on the Adventdalen flatland, latitude 78°N — the world’s northernmost commercial airport with scheduled service. Around 185,000 passengers in 2025. SAS operates ~73% of departures, Norwegian Air Shuttle covers the rest; some SAS flights make a Tromsø (TOS) stop, Norwegian tends to fly direct from Oslo (OSL). The 1h 40m Tromsø — LYR hop is the shortest leg into the Arctic from…