Harstad/Narvik Airport — Evenes, Norway

Harstad/Narvik Airport, coded EVE, sits well above the Arctic Circle at Evenes, positioned to jointly serve the two northern Norwegian towns named in its title despite neither being especially close to the runway itself. The airport shares its site with a Royal Norwegian Air Force installation, a common arrangement at strategically located Arctic airfields near NATO's northern flank. Travelers heading toward the dramatic peaks and fishing villages of the Lofoten Islands often pass through EVE, since it offers a shorter approach than flying into Bodø further south. Winter months bring long stretches of darkness and opportunities to view the aurora borealis, while summer delivers near-continuous daylight. Narvik's history as an iron-ore shipping port and a fiercely contested World War II battleground adds historical weight to the surrounding fjord landscape.