Höga Kusten Airport, translated ''High Coast Airport'', by authorities such as
IATA
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and
Transportstyrelsen
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known as Kramfors-Sollefteå Airport, is an airport located between the towns of
Kramfors
Kramfors () is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It had a population of 5,990 inhabitants in 2010.
The town grew on the western bank of the Ã…ngerman river in the 19th century as harvested logs wer ...
and
Sollefteå
Sollefteå () is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 8,562 inhabitants in 2010.
The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name o ...
,
Sweden
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. The airport is still named Kramfors on tickets and flight lists on other airports.
The number of passengers in 2017 was 11,396, dropping sharply from 62,000 in 2000 and 18,455 in 2012. The reason for this is low price flights from larger relatively nearby airports like
Örnsköldsvik Airport
Örnsköldsvik Airport , is a regional airport located northeast of Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, at Husum
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and
Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport and the 5 hour train to Stockholm (started 2012) (travel has not been reduced overall during this period, but the Kramfors passengers have to a large extent chosen other routes).
Airlines and destinations
Statistics
Transportation
Ground transport is by taxi, shared taxi, rental car or own car.
There is (since August 2012) a railway station on the
Ã…dalen Line
The Ã…dalen Line ( sv, Ã…dalsbanan) is a railway line between Sundsvall and LÃ¥ngsele in Sweden. At Sundsvall, the line intersects with the Central Line and the East Coast Line. At LÃ¥ngsele, the line intersects with the Main Line Through Up ...
1½ km (1 mile) from the airport. Taxi transfer is available, which should be prebooked.
See also
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List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
This is a list of the 100 busiest airports in the Nordic countries by passengers per year, aircraft movements per year and freight and mail tonnes per year.
The list also includes yearly statistics for the busiest metropolitan airport systems and ...
References
External links
Airport website
Airports in Sweden
Buildings and structures in Västernorrland County
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