Kiruna Airport

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Kiruna Airport
Kiruna flygplats.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSwedavia
LocationKiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden
Elevation AMSL1,509 ft / 460 m
Coordinates67°49′20″N 020°20′12″E / 67.82222°N 20.33667°E / 67.82222; 20.33667Coordinates: 67°49′20″N 020°20′12″E / 67.82222°N 20.33667°E / 67.82222; 20.33667
Websiteswedavia.com/kiruna/
Map
KRN is located in Norrbotten
KRN
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

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 operations start that Virgin Galactic will make their second base after the USA.[2]

Airlines and destinations[]

AirlinesDestinations
Eurowings Seasonal: Stuttgart (begins 18 December 2021)[3]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Stockholm–Arlanda
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm–Arlanda, Umeå
Seasonal charter: London-Heathrow (resumes 18 December 2021)[4]
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 .[5]

Statistics[]

Annual passenger traffic at KRN airport. See source Wikidata query.
Busiest routes to and from Kiruna Airport (2019)[6]
Rank Airport Passengers handled % change
2018/19
1  Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda 248,100 Decrease 2.1
2  Sweden, Umeå 14,352 Decrease 22.7
3  United Kingdom, London-Heathrow 1,999 Decrease 10.7
4  Belgium, Brussels 1,819 Increase 154.8
Traffic by calendar year[1]
Year Passenger volume Change Domestic Change International Change
2019 267,916 Decrease03.2% 263,122 Decrease03.5% 4,794 Increase09.6%
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[]

  1. ^ a b c "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. ^ Spaceport Sweden
  3. ^ Casey, David. "Eurowings Plans Seasonal Scandinavian Routes". Routesonline. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  4. ^ Icehotel Direct Flight
  5. ^ Linjetrafik Nikkaluokta – Kebnekaise Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  7. ^ https://www.horvalls.se/flygbuss.html
  8. ^ https://ltnbd.se/
  9. ^ https://nikkaluoktaexpressen.se/

External links[]

Media related to Kiruna Airport at Wikimedia Commons


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