357:. The operation of the airport was carried out as a cooperation between Gamvik Search and Rescue Corps and Norving. Yngvar Svendsen, the airline's contact person in Gamvik, was responsible for operations and manned the radio. For the first ten months he worked free of charge. Norving applied in 1972 to establish a scheduled taxi route from Gamvik. Mehamn Airport opened in 1974 along with an all-year road between Gamvik and Mehamn, which resulted in Gamvik Airport being reduced to an emergency airport.
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Municipality voted instead to chose the municipal center of Mehamn as the site of the airport, about 20 kilometers (12 mi) from the village of
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707:Brønnøysund
443:Melling: 97
434:Melling: 79
425:Melling: 77
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305:Hurtigruten
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112:Coordinates
1361:Categories
1271:Jonsvatnet
1267:Trondheim
1193:Kautokeino
1172:Haugesund
1151:Hjellestad
1004:Gardermoen
913:Ny-Ålesund
722:Hammerfest
651:Sandefjord
500:28 January
473:25 January
369:References
361:Facilities
122:71°04′46″N
1176:Avaldsnes
1143:Båtsfjord
1112:Trondheim
1102:Stavanger
1097:Pyramiden
1092:Lørenskog
1044:Heliports
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967:Military
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680:Regional
661:Svalbard
578:Airports
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271:county,
269:Finnmark
210:Surface
86:Location
1309:Related
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1147:Bergen
1138:Arendal
1126:Defunct
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848:Arendal
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792:Sandane
757:Mosjøen
636:Lakselv
596:Ålesund
589:Primary
279:History
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231:Gravel
207:Length
191:Runways
63:Summary
1387:Gamvik
1339:Europe
1326:Avinor
1281:Øysand
1238:Narvik
1228:Mandal
1218:Larvik
1206:Tangen
1188:Herdla
1168:Gamvik
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782:Rørvik
767:Ørland
762:Namsos
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727:Hasvik
687:Andøya
666:Tromsø
606:Bergen
582:Norway
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289:Mehamn
273:Norway
261:Gamvik
228:2,600
174:Gamvik
94:Norway
80:Gamvik
76:Serves
71:Public
1288:Værøy
1242:Oslo
1223:Lista
1117:Værøy
1087:Førde
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1276:Lade
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1029:Sola
989:Bodø
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943:Svea
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646:Oslo
611:Bodø
601:Alta
525:ISBN
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475:2012
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580:in
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150:Map
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