 A smaller road was built to the north of the runway to allow road transport while the runway was in use.Services were originally operated by Ski- og Sjøfly, but were later taken over by Svalbard-Fly, both of which had their Cessna 185 aircraft stationed in Ny-Ålesund.Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskap resumed operation of the hotel in 1965, which it leased for free.