Kiruna Airport
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; 20.33667
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 its operations start, that Virgin Galactic will make their second base after the USA.[2]

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Kiruna:[3]

AirlinesDestinations
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf[4]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Stockholm–Arlanda[3]
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm–Arlanda[3]

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.[5]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at KRN airport. See Wikidata query.
Busiest routes to and from Kiruna Airport (2019)[6]
RankAirportPassengers handled % change
2018/19
1 Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda248,100Decrease 2.1
2 Sweden, Umeå14,352Decrease 22.7
3 United Kingdom, London-Heathrow1,999Decrease 10.7
4 Belgium, Brussels1,819Increase 154.8
Traffic by calendar year[1]
YearPassenger volumeChangeDomesticChangeInternationalChange
2019 267,916Decrease3.2%263,122Decrease3.5%4,794Increase9.6%
2018 277,018272,6444,374

Accidents and incidents

Ground transportation

  • Airport Transfer to and from Kiruna City Center available year-round for flights to and from Stockholm, operated by 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. 1 2 3 "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. ↑ Spaceport Sweden
  3. 1 2 3 swevavia.com/kiruna - Destinations retrieved 29 May 2022
  4. ↑ https://www.eurowings.com/de/entdecken/reiseziele/neue-strecken.html
  5. ↑ Linjetrafik Nikkaluokta – Kebnekaise Archived 2015-07-02 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  7. ↑ "Kiruna Flygbuss - Hörvalls Buss Kiruna". 31 July 2023.
  8. ↑ https://ltnbd.se/
  9. ↑ https://nikkaluoktaexpressen.se/

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