Kittilä Airport (IATA: KTT, ICAO: EFKT), Finnish: Kittilän lentoasema, is a Finnishairport located in Kittilä inside the Arctic Circle. It handles general aviation and mostly seasonal international traffic and is one of the main airports in Northern Finland. It carried about 215,000 passengers in 2010.[2]
Annual passenger statistics for Kittilä Airport[6][7]
Year
Domestic passengers
International passengers
Total passengers
Change
1983
1,821
1985
280
1990
21,103
1995
76,002
2000
170,082
2005
155,008
73,693
228,701
−4.3%
2006
153,338
91,820
245,158
+7.3%
2007
145,675
94,944
240,619
−1.8%
2008
164,136
101,428
265,564
+9.8%
2009
165,926
79,387
245,313
−7.6%
2010
142,197
72,296
214,493
−12.6%
2011
167,484
71,054
238,538
+11.3%
Cargo
Handled freight and mail at Kittilä Airport in tons[8]
Year
Domestic freight
Domestic mail
International freight
International mail
Total freight and mail
Change
2005
25
0
0
0
25
−7%
2006
26
1
0
0
27
+8%
2007
14
0
0
0
14
−48%
2008
13
0
0
0
13
−7%
2009
11
0
0
0
11
−15%
Incidents and accidents
On 27 July 2006, a fire broke out around 19:00 between the old terminal building and the new unfinished section of the new terminal. The airport was ready and operational again in December 2006, with the new terminal open.[9]
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