ENJA Jan Mayensfield

[Sam Rutherford]

Anyone flown (civil) to here? Agreed it's not on the beaten track (350nm NE of Iceland). :O

Fly safe, Sam.

[englishal]

No. I think a Herc goes in there once every 6 months to resupply the Norwegian military / weather station that is based there. (I know people who were based there in the Noggie military).

[dublinpilot]

Interesting destination!

If you haven't already found it, there are some contact details here (http://home.online.no/~vteigen/faq.html) and here. (http://www.jan-mayen.no/visit.htm)

dp

[kevmusic]

Anyone else think this thread is about Jayne Mansfield!? :}

[Jan Olieslagers]

Not me, for one. She really in the ICAO directory? Must be impressive then, one way or another...

[It flies]

It wil probably be an uphill struggle as it seems to be a military airport. The runway looks decent enough.

http://www.jan-mayen.no/airfield/Bilder/Flyplass_oversikt.JPG

The FotoNord company apparently landed a Piper Navajo there in June 2005. So it's not impossible.

http://www.jan-mayen.no/nyhet/2005/nyhet2005/juni2005/fly1.jpg

http://www.jan-mayen.no/nyhet/2005/nyhet2005/juni2005/fly2.jpg

[Sam Rutherford]

Thanks for all of that, difficult is okay - impossible takes a little longer.

I'll post back here once I have some more info - but it looks like a great place to visit if you like 'out of the way'.

Fly safe, Sam.

[It flies]

I share your interest in these odd destinations. So I Googled it some more and found this 2010 expedition report.

Jan Mayen Arctic Expedition 2010 (http://arctic2010.wordpress.com/page/2/)

They used a Twin Otter out of Iceland operated by Norlandair. Contacting them would probably be the quickest way to get some info.

http://arctic2010.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/meeting-others_web.jpg

[Sam Rutherford]

So far, they're saying 'no', but it's a work in progress! :)