There are 5 ways to get from Sortland to Svalbard by bus, plane, car ferry, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, fly
best- Take the bus from Sortland bussterminal to Harstad/Narvik lufthavnbus
- Fly from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane EVE - LYR
12h 23m$284–466Fly from Stokmarknes
cheapest- Fly from Stokmarknes (SKN) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane SKN - LYR
7h 52m$136–477Car ferry, ferry to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, fly
- Take the carferry from Sortland kystrutekai to Harstad kystrutekaicarferry
- Take the ferry from Harstad hurtigbåtkai to Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkaiferry
- Fly from Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane TOS - LYR
12h 54mBus to Andøya Andenes Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Gårdsalléen to Nordlysparkenbus
- Fly from Andøya Andenes Airport (ANX) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane ANX - LYR
10h 17m$147–514Bus, car ferry, ferry to Bodø Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Sortland bussterminal to Melbu ferjekaibus
- Take the carferry from Melbu ferjekai to Fiskebøl ferjekaicarferry
- Take the ferry from Svolvær hurtigbåtkai to Bodø hurtigbåtkaiferry
- Fly from Bodø Airport (BOO) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane BOO - LYR
14h 53m
Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sortland to Svalbard is to fly which costs $130 - $480 and takes 7h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Sortland to Svalbard is to fly which takes 7h 52m and costs $130 - $480.
The distance between Sortland and Svalbard is 1220 km.
It takes approximately 12h 23m to get from Sortland to Svalbard, including transfers.
There are 18+ hotels available in Svalbard.
What companies run services between Sortland, Norway and Svalbard, SJ?
Widerøe and Scandinavian Airlines fly from Stokmarknes (SKN) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) 6 times a week.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Bodø Airport, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Stokmarknes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Stokmarknes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Bodø Airport, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Tromsø Airport, Langnes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–400
Flights from Andøya Andenes Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Andøya Andenes Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Stokmarknes, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Bodø Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $260–470
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–410
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- kundeservice@nor-way.no
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
Bus from Sortland bussterminal to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- Nor-Way Bussekspress
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Gårdsalléen to Nordlysparken
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Bus from Sortland bussterminal to Melbu ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
- Phone
- +442039 938 814
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- Hurtigruten
Car ferry from Sortland kystrutekai to Harstad kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- Hurtigruten
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- Havila
Car ferry from Sortland kystrutekai to Harstad kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $22–25
- Website
- Havila
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- Svipper
Ferry from Harstad hurtigbåtkai to Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Svipper
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Car ferry from Melbu ferjekai to Fiskebøl ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
Ferry from Svolvær hurtigbåtkai to Bodø hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Nordland fylkeskommune
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