Most northerly public airport
- Who
- Svalbard Airport
- Where
- Norway
- When
- 21 December 2011
Svalbard Airport, which serves a cluster of Norwegian islands in the Arctic Ocean is the world’s most northerly public airport, located at 78.2º latitude and 15.4º longitude. Completed in 1975, the 7,608-foot runway is built on a layer of permafrost.