Unlike most of the other airports in other parts of the world, Kirkenes Airport is quite different from all others. This is because of its history. It was formerly constructed during the World War II to be used by the military forces. They used it for quite a while and then abandoned it.

The airport stayed abandoned for years till it was reclaimed for serving the public by several airlines. It has been operated by various airline service providers without success, before the airline operators who are currently controlling it. It is also unique because of being positioned far away from the town. It is true that, most of the airports are positioned far away from the town, but not as far as this particular one. The distance between the airport and the town is 15 kilometers. That is no joke, and with such a distance, the best and most comfortable means of bringing people to the town would be a rental car.

There are very many rental cars at Kirkenes Airport, which are well serviced, insured and of different types and colors to ensure customer satisfaction. There are lot different service providers so that the customers have a variety to choose from. The customers will not fall short of a desired model car with the size that they want, courtesy of Kirkenes Airport management partnership with the best service providers in town. Kirkenes Airport offers extra services to customers such as:

Chartered airplane services - This refers to the transportation of customers with an airplane to their place of destination without them having to wait for the scheduled flights. They pay more for the service, though it is more convenient. It is mostly used by those business people as well as tourists coming to have a good time in the town.
Car hire for the team - Most of the people who come to this town with a chartered air service are usually from the corporate world and mostly sponsored by the organizations they work for. In most cases, they may prefer to tour the tourist attraction sites together in one car, however, many they are. The airport has partnered with car hire service providers with provision for packages.

It is a time well spent in the town and the region at large by visiting the museum and taking on to activities such as mountain climbing, sea rafting and fishing among many other possible activities.