SAS Boeing 737-600 parked at Kiruna Airport (DSCF0852)

Kiruna Airport is the northernmost airport in Sweden. It lies around 10 km (6.2 mi) from the town centre of

Kiruna (; se, Giron ; fi, Kiiruna ) is the northernmost city in Sweden, situated in the province of Lapland. It had 17,002 inhabitants in 2016 and is the seat of Kiruna Municipality (population: 23,167 in 2016) in Norrbotten County. The city was ori ...

. In 2018, the airport served 277,018 passengers.

Future

Kiruna Airport is the chosen destination for the Spaceport Sweden project. Spaceport Sweden is a new venture between

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, the Jukkasjärvi Icehotel, LFV Group and Progressum, in which they hope, when its operations start, that

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will make their second base after the USA.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Kiruna:swevavia.com/kiruna - Destinations
retrieved 29 May 2022

Helicopter routes

There are scheduled helicopter flights for paying passengers in the mountain region of Kiruna. One such is Nikkaluokta-

Kebnekaise Kebnekaise (; from Sami or , "Cauldron Crest") is the highest mountain in Sweden. The Kebnekaise massif, which is part of the Scandinavian mountain range, has two main peaks. The glaciated southern peak used to be the highest at above sea lev ...

mountain lodge, which goes twice daily in the summer season operated by

Kallax Flyg Kallax ( fi, Kalalaksi) is a locality situated in Luleå Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden with 321 inhabitants in 2010. Luleå Airport is situated near Kallax. The KALLAX shelf from IKEA IKEA (; ) is a Dutch multinational conglomera ...

Statistics

Accidents and incidents

* On 15 March 2012 a Norwegian Lockheed Hercules military transport plane crashed into the

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 Hörvalls Buss 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 https://nikkaluoktaexpressen.se/ *Taxi and airport taxi are available. *Rental cars are available.

References

External links

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Spaceport Sweden
Airports in Sweden Airports in the Arctic

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