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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.

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 its operations start, that Virgin Galactic will make their second base after the USA.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Kiruna:

AirlinesDestinations
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle (begins 21 December 2024)
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf
Norwegian Air Shuttle Stockholm–Arlanda
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm–Arlanda

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.

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at KRN airport. See Wikidata query.
Busiest routes to and from Kiruna Airport (2019)
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
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

Ground transportation

  • Airport Transfer to and from Kiruna City Center available year-round for flights to and from Stockholm, operated by Falcks Omnibus on behalf of Kiruna Municipality
  • Bus 91 to Abisko - Riksgränsen - Narvik departs one time per day from the airport around February - may and June - September
  • Nikkaluoktaexpressen to Nikkaluokta departs once or twice per day in march - may and June - September
  • Taxi and airport taxi are available.
  • Rental cars are available.

References

  1. ^ "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Spaceport Sweden".
  3. ^ swevavia.com/kiruna - Destinations retrieved 29 May 2022
  4. ^ "Air France Adds Seasonal Paris – Kiruna Service From Dec 2024". AeroRoutes.
  5. ^ "Neue Strecken bei Eurowings" [New routes with Eurowings] (in German). Eurowings. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  6. ^ "Linjetrafik Nikkaluokta – Kebnekaise". Archived from the original on July 2, 2015.
  7. ^ "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  8. ^ "Kiruna Flygbuss - Falcks Omnibus". 4 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Länstrafiken Norrbotten". lanstrafikennorrbotten.se.
  10. ^ "Nikkaluoktaexpressen". nikkaluoktaexpressen.se.

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