There are 3 ways to get from Sortland to Svalbard by bus, plane, car ferry, or ferry
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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
10h 37m$252–954Fly from Stokmarknes
cheapest- Fly from Stokmarknes (SKN) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)plane SKN - LYR
7h 51m$185–297Bus, car ferry, ferry to Bodø Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Sortland bussterminal to Melbu ferjekaibus
- Take the car ferry 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 58m
Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes (EVE) to Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sortland to Svalbard is to fly which costs $180 - $300 and takes 7h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Sortland to Svalbard is to fly which takes 7h 51m and costs $180 - $300.
The distance between Sortland and Svalbard is 1220 km.
It takes approximately 10h 37m 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) 5 times a week.
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from Stokmarknes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Stokmarknes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Bodø Airport, Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Stokmarknes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Bodø Airport, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Stokmarknes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso, Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Bodø Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Tromso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Bodø Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
Flights from Bodø Airport to Svalbard Airport, Longyear via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
- Phone
- (+47) 22 31 31 50
- Website
- nor-way.no
Bus from Sortland bussterminal to Harstad/Narvik lufthavn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.nor-way.no/en/
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Bus from Sortland bussterminal to Melbu ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
- Phone
- +47 910 09 600
- Website
- reisnordland.no
Car ferry from Melbu ferjekai to Fiskebøl ferjekai
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
Ferry from Svolvær hurtigbåtkai to Bodø hurtigbåtkai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.reisnordland.no/
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