Kiruna Airport

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]

Kiruna Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSwedavia
LocationKiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden
Elevation AMSL1,509 ft / 460 m
Coordinates67°49′20″N 020°20′12″E
Websiteswedavia.com/kiruna/
Map
KRN
Location within Norrbotten
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 8,208 2,502 Paved
Statistics (2018)
Passengers total277,018
International passengers4,374
Domestic passengers272,644
Landings total2,477
Source:[1]
Boeing 737-600 at Kiruna Airport

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
AirlinesDestinations
Norwegian Air Shuttle Stockholm–Arlanda
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm–Arlanda, Umeå
Seasonal charter: London-Heathrow[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
Busiest routes to and from Kiruna Airport (2019)[5]
RankAirportPassengers handled% change
2018/19
1 Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda248,100 2.1
2 Sweden, Umeå14,352 22.7
3 United Kingdom, London-Heathrow1,999 10.7
4 Belgium, Brussels1,819 154.8
Traffic by calendar year[1]
YearPassenger volumeChangeDomesticChangeInternationalChange
2019 267,91603.2%263,12203.5%4,79409.6%
2018 277,018272,6444,374

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
  • Bus 91 to Kiruna busstation and Narvik is available a few months a year.
  • Airport Bus is available year-round.[6]
  • Taxi and airport taxi are available.
  • Rental cars are available.
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References
  1. "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. Spaceport Sweden
  3. Icehotel Direct Flight
  4. Linjetrafik Nikkaluokta – Kebnekaise Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  6. https://www.swedavia.com/kiruna/to-from/bus/

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