Kiruna Airport
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 ten kilometres 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 operations start that Virgin Galactic will make their second base after the USA.[2]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm–Arlanda, Umeå Seasonal charter: London-Heathrow (resumes 18 December 2021)[3] |
| Transavia | Seasonal charter: Amsterdam |
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.[4]
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 [6]
- Bus 91 to Abisko - Riksgränsen - Narvik departs one time per day from the airport around february - may and june - september [7]
- Nikkaluoktaexpressen to Nikkaluokta departs once or twice per day in march - may and june - september [8]
- 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
- ^ Icehotel Direct Flight
- ^ Linjetrafik Nikkaluokta – Kebnekaise Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ^ https://www.horvalls.se/flygbuss.html
- ^ https://ltnbd.se/
- ^ https://nikkaluoktaexpressen.se/
External links
Media related to Kiruna Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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