There are 5 ways to get from Sortland to Svalbard by car ferry, ferry, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Car ferry, ferry to Tromsø Airport, Langnes, fly
best- Take the car ferry from Sortland kystrutekai to Harstad kystrutekai
- Take the ferry from Harstad hurtigbåtkai to Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai
- Fly from Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)TOS - LYR
12h 31mFly from Stokmarknes
cheapest- Fly from Stokmarknes (SKN) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)SKN - LYR
7h 46m$136–497Bus, bus to Bodø Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Gårdsalléen to Lødingen ferjekai
- Take the bus from Lødingen ferjekai to Bodø lufthavn
- Fly from Bodø Airport (BOO) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)BOO - LYR
12h 52m$379–632Bus to Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, fly
- Take the bus from Sortland bussterminal to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn
- Fly from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)EVE - LYR
12h 17m$198–628Bus to Andøya Andenes Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Gårdsalléen to Nordlysparken
- Fly from Andøya Andenes Airport (ANX) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)ANX - LYR
10h 14m$155–532
Tromsø Airport, Langnes (TOS) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sortland to Svalbard is to fly which costs $130 - $500 and takes 7h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Sortland to Svalbard is to fly which takes 7h 46m and costs $130 - $500.
The distance between Sortland and Svalbard is 1195 km.
It takes approximately 12h 31m to get from Sortland to Svalbard, including transfers.
There are 17+ 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 Tromsø Airport, Langnes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–360
Flights from Stokmarknes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Stokmarknes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Bodø Airport, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Bodø Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $310–440
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Bodø Airport, Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Andøya Andenes Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromsø Airport, Langnes
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Tromsø Airport, Langnes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–250
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Gårdsalléen to Lødingen ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Lødingen ferjekai to Bodø lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Bus from Gårdsalléen to Nordlysparken
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
- Phone
- 05 798
- post@boreal.no
- Website
- boreal.no
Bus from Sortland bussterminal to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–70
- Website
- Boreal
- Phone
- +442039 935 562
- book@hurtigruten.com
- Website
- hurtigruten.com
Car ferry from Sortland kystrutekai to Harstad kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.hurtigruten.com
- Phone
- +47 70 00 70 70
- kystruten@havila.no
- Website
- havilavoyages.com
Car ferry from Sortland kystrutekai to Harstad kystrutekai
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Website
- https://www.havilavoyages.com/
- Phone
- + 47 777 88 777
- Website
- svipper.no
Ferry from Harstad hurtigbåtkai to Tromsø Prostneset hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://svipper.no/?sprak=3
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