Kiruna Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Swedavia | ||||||||||
| Location | Kiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,509 ft / 460 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 67°49′20″N 020°20′12″E / 67.82222°N 20.33667°E | ||||||||||
| Website | swedavia.com/kiruna/ | ||||||||||
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Kiruna Airport is the northernmost airport in Sweden. It lies around 10 km (6.2 mi) from the town centre of Kiruna. In 2018, the airport served 277,018 passengers.[1]
Future
Kiruna Airport is the chosen destination for the Spaceport Sweden project. Spaceport Sweden is a new venture between Swedish Space Corporation, the Jukkasjärvi Icehotel, LFV Group and Progressum, in which they hope, when its operations start, that Virgin Galactic will make their second base after the USA.[2]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Kiruna:[3]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Düsseldorf[4] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Stockholm–Arlanda[3] |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm–Arlanda[3] |
Helicopter routes
There are scheduled helicopter flights for paying passengers in the mountain region of Kiruna. One such is Nikkaluokta-Kebnekaise mountain lodge, which goes twice daily in the summer season operated by Kallax Flyg.[5]
Statistics
| Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | % change 2018/19 |
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| 1 |  Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda |
248,100 |  2.1
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| 2 | Sweden, Umeå |
14,352 | 22.7
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| 3 |  United Kingdom, London-Heathrow |
1,999 | 10.7
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| 4 |  Belgium, Brussels |
1,819 |  154.8
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| Year | Passenger volume | Change | Domestic | Change | International | Change |
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| 2019 | 267,916 | 3.2% |
263,122 | 3.5% |
4,794 | 9.6%
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| 2018 | 277,018 | 272,644 | 4,374 |
Accidents and incidents
- On 15 March 2012 a Norwegian Lockheed Hercules military transport plane crashed into the Kebnekaise mountain when approaching Kiruna Airport, the Norwegian C-130 Hercules accident. All five personnel on board died.
Ground transportation
- Airport Transfer to and from Kiruna City Center available year-round for flights to and from Stockholm, operated by Hörvalls Buss on behalf of Kiruna Municipality [7]
- Bus 91 to Abisko - Riksgränsen - Narvik departs one time per day from the airport around February - may and June - September [8]
- Nikkaluoktaexpressen to Nikkaluokta departs once or twice per day in march - may and June - September [9]
- Taxi and airport taxi are available.
- Rental cars are available.
References
- ^ a b c "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ Spaceport Sweden
- ^ a b c swevavia.com/kiruna - Destinations retrieved 29 May 2022
- ^ https://www.eurowings.com/de/entdecken/reiseziele/neue-strecken.html[bare URL]
- ^ Linjetrafik Nikkaluokta – Kebnekaise Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ^ "Kiruna Flygbuss - Hörvalls Buss Kiruna". 31 July 2023.
- ^ https://ltnbd.se/
- ^ https://nikkaluoktaexpressen.se/
External links
Media related to Kiruna Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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This page was last edited on 22 February 2024, at 03:59