Kiruna Airport
Airport in Norrbotten, Sweden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kiruna Airport is the northernmost airport in Sweden. It lies around 10 km (6.2 mi) from the old town centre of Kiruna and around 4 km from the new town centre. In 2023, the airport served 217,075 passengers.[1]
Kiruna Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Swedavia | ||||||||||
| Location | Kiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,509 ft / 460 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 67°49′20″N 020°20′12″E | ||||||||||
| Website | swedavia.com/kiruna/ | ||||||||||
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  KRN Location within Norrbotten  KRN KRN (Sweden) | |||||||||||
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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.[2]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Kiruna:[3]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Air France | Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle (begins 21 December 2024)[4] |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Düsseldorf[5] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Stockholm–Arlanda[3] |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm–Arlanda[3] Seasonal: Copenhagen (begins 12 December 2024)[6] |
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.[7]
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Annual passenger traffic at KRN airport.
See Wikidata query.
| Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | % change 2018/19 |
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| 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 |
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| 2019 | 267,916 | 3.2% | 263,122 | 3.5% | 4,794 | 9.6% |
| 2018 | 277,018 | 272,644 | 4,374 | |||
- 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.
- 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 [9]
- Bus 91 to Abisko - Riksgränsen - Narvik departs one time per day from the airport around February - may and June - September [10]
- Nikkaluoktaexpressen to Nikkaluokta departs once or twice per day in march - may and June - September [11]
- Taxi and airport taxi are available.
- Rental cars are available.
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