The airport is situated 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) northwest of the village of Berlevåg and is owned and operated by Avinor.

The convoys were the target of bombardments from the Soviet Air Force, stationed close by on the Kola Peninsula.

With an increasing number of raids, the Luftwaffe decided to build two airfields on Varangerhalvøya, Berlevåg and Vardø Airport, Svartnes[5] The Wehrmacht had become aware of the favorable location when two aircraft had performed an emergency landing at Storsletta in 1941.

[6] Construction at Berlevåg started in August 1943[7] and the airport received a 950-meter (3,120 ft) mixed concrete and wooden runway.

After visiting Iceland he proposed a series of short and simple airports in Finnmark which could serve the airline's air ambulance service.

[12] A different proposal was launched in 1966 by several of the larger airlines, including Scandinavian Airlines System, Braathens SAFE and Widerøe, to establish a network of short take-off and landing airports in rural areas; Berlevåg was one of six original proposals for Finnmark.

[13] A county committee was established in 1966 to look into building small airfields in Finnmark, including Berlevåg.

Part of the motivation was Berlevåg's poor port conditions, which often forced seaplanes to land at Kongsfjord.

[15] Norving (previously Varangfly) started offering flights to the closed-down military airport in 1970 using their newly delivered Britten-Norman Islander.

[17] The service started off with a daily round trip ordered by the district physician; patients had priority, but the airline would transport other passengers as well.

[19] Because of the steadily more regular flights to Berlevåg, Norving applied to the government for permission to operate these as taxi routes.

[6] The state and the Civil Aviation Administration took over ownership and operations of the airport from 1 January 1997, in exchange for 2.2 million Norwegian krone (NOK) being paid to Berlevåg Municipality.

Area somewhat prone to sea fog in the summer, but also a well-suited site for construction of a new primary airport in Finnmark.

[27] Berlevåg Airport is located 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) from the village center, which is connected via County Road 271.

The accident was caused by structural failure in the rudder and vertical stabilizer following severe clear-air turbulence.