Kiruna Airport
History
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:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air France | Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Düsseldorf |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Copenhagen |
There are additional 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
| Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | % change 2018/19 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda |
248,100 |  2.1
|
| 2 | Sweden, Umeå |
14,352 | 22.7
|
| 3 |  United Kingdom, London-Heathrow |
1,999 | 10.7
|
| 4 |  Belgium, Brussels |
1,819 |  154.8
|
| Year | Passenger volume | Change | Domestic | Change | International | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 267,916 | 3.2% |
263,122 | 3.5% |
4,794 | 9.6%
|
| 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 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
References
- ^ "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- ^ "Spaceport Sweden".
- ^ swevavia.com/kiruna - Destinations retrieved 29 May 2022
- ^ "Air France Adds Seasonal Paris – Kiruna Service From Dec 2024". AeroRoutes.
- ^ "Neue Strecken bei Eurowings" [New routes with Eurowings] (in German). Eurowings. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
- ^ Liu, Jim (30 October 2024). "SAS NW24 Europe Service Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ "SAS NW24 European Service Expansion".
- ^ "Linjetrafik Nikkaluokta – Kebnekaise". Archived from the original on July 2, 2015.
- ^ "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ^ "Kiruna Flygbuss - Falcks Omnibus". 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Länstrafiken Norrbotten". lanstrafikennorrbotten.se.
- ^ "Nikkaluoktaexpressen". nikkaluoktaexpressen.se.
External links
Media related to Kiruna Airport at Wikimedia Commons
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