Umeå Airport
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Umeå Airport (IATA: UME, ICAO: ESNU) is an airport located on the southern outskirts of the city of Umeå, Sweden. As of 2019, it is the seventh-largest airport in Sweden.[2] It had 960,351 passengers in 2019.[3] By road, the airport is located about 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) from Umeå city centre.
Umeå Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Swedavia | ||||||||||
| Serves | Umeå, Sweden | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 24 ft / 7 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 63°47′31″N 020°16′58″E | ||||||||||
| Website | swedavia.com/umea/ | ||||||||||
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  UME Location within Västerbotten  UME UME (Sweden) | |||||||||||
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Statistics: Swedavia[1] | |||||||||||
The airport was inaugurated in May 1962, but had its first flight in 1961.[4]
Passenger
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Umeå Airport:[5]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Braathens International Airways | Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria,[6] Larnaca[6] |
| Jonair | Östersund[7] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Stockholm–Arlanda[8] |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm–Arlanda[9] |
| TUI fly Nordic | Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria[10] |
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Amapola Flyg[citation needed] | Gällivare, Gothenburg, Luleå, Stockholm–Arlanda, Sundsvall–Timrå |
| Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | % change 2022/23 |
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| 1 |  Stockholm, Sweden[a] | 647,499 |  11.8 |
| 2 |  Gran Canaria, Spain | 11,443 | 6.5 |
| 3 |  Chania, Greece | 7,849 | 4.9 |
| 4 |  Larnaca, Cyprus | 5,382 |  |
| 5 | Östersund, Sweden | 5,102 | 45.2 |
| Year | Passenger volume | Change | Domestic | Change | International | Change |
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| 2019 | 960,284 |  6.9% | 880,739 | 7.0% | 79,545 | 5.7% |
| 2018 | 1,031,744 | 2.2% | 947,368 | 3.5% | 84,376 | 13.8% |
| 2017 | 1,055,353 | 0.4% | 981,231 | 1.8% | 74,122 | 23.5% |
| 2016 | 1,059,194 | 1.0% | 999,183 | 8.4% | 60,011 | 20.5% |
| 2015 | 1,047,081 | 1.1% | 971,594 | 0.6% | 75,487 | 8.9% |
| 2014 | 1,035,450 | 4.7% | 966,131 | 5.7% | 69,319 | 6.4% |
| 2013 | 988,406 | 0.3% | 914,386 | 0.4% | 74,020 | 11.3% |
| 2012 | 984,771 | 918,275 | 66,496 | |||
- On 21 September 1992, an Air Sweden IAI-1124 Westwind registered as SE-DLK was destroyed by a fire. The plane was departing to Arvidsjaur when takeoff was aborted due to an engine failure. None of the seven occupants were killed or injured, but the aircraft was written off.[12][13][14]
- On 14 July 2019, a GippsAero GA8 Airvan aircraft with crew and skydivers lost control and crashed steeply into the ground. It had taken off from Umeå Airport. All nine on board died.[15]
- Includes flights to/from Stockholm–Arlanda and Stockholm–Bromma.
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