The flying boats did not require any specific infrastructure, although they had to be brought by ship to Ny-Ålesund, where they were assembled. They took off from a manually groomed air strip on snow. For the airship expeditions, a hangar and a mast were needed. Twenty-two carpenters arrived in October 1925 along with supplies on SS "Alekto". Materials were transported to the site by railway after a track had been laid to the site from the port. The tall steel mast was completed in December. The wooden hangar was with a height of . It was covered in of tarp. The hangar was completed on 15 February 1926.