Kiruna Airport

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Kiruna Airport
IATA: KRN – ICAO: ESNQ
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Luftfartsverket
Location		Kiruna
Elevation AMSL		1509 ft / 460 m
Coordinates		67°49′20″N 20°20′12″E / 67.82222°N 20.33667°E / 67.82222; 20.33667Coordinates: 67°49′20″N 20°20′12″E / 67.82222°N 20.33667°E / 67.82222; 20.33667
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
03/21	8208	2502	Paved

Kiruna Airport is the northernmost airport in Sweden. The airport lies around ten kilometres from the town centre of Kiruna. In 2005 the airport served 166,000 passengers.

Contents 1 Airlines 2 Future 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Airlines

• Norwegian Air Shuttle (Luleå, Stockholm-Arlanda)
• Scandinavian Airlines System (Luleå, Stockholm-Arlanda)

[edit] 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 operations start that Virgin Galactic will make their second base after the USA.

[edit] See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

[edit] External links

• Official site
• [1] (Spaceport Sweden)
• [2]

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