Gällivare Lapland Airport is an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...

located in

Gällivare Municipality Gällivare Municipality (; or ; ; ) is a municipality in Norrbotten County in northern Sweden. Its seat is Gällivare. It is the third largest municipality in Sweden. Gällivare Lapland Airport is the only airport in the region able to accommod ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

, about east from

Gällivare Gällivare (; ; or ; or ; ) is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, province of Lapland, Sweden with 8,449 inhabitants in 2010. The town was founded in the 17th century. Together with nearby towns Malmberget ...

and about from

Malmberget Malmberget ("The Ore Mountain", Finnish language, Finnish and Meänkieli dialects, Meänkieli: ''Malmivaara'') is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and mining town situated in Gällivare Municipality, Norrbotten County, Sweden. It had 5,590 inhabit ...

. The airport has since 2009 been expanded in a project co-financed by the county council and the EU, the airport was also re-branded.

History

The airport was originally a military airfield with three airstrips called ''Kavaheden'', built during World War II. The sole surviving airstrip was later extended to before being opened to regular civilian flights on 19 April 1971. The airstrip was gradually extended to its current length between 1984 and 1994. In 1989 the airstrip was broadened to . The airport is one of six airports within

Swedish Lapland Lapland, also known by its Swedish name Lappland, is a province in northernmost Sweden. It borders the Swedish provinces of Jämtland, Ångermanland, Västerbotten, and Norrbotten, as well as Norway and Finland. Nearly a quarter of Sweden's ...

. From the bankruptcy of Nextjet on 18 May 2018 until 14 September 2018, there were no regular passenger flights serving Gällivare Lapland Airport. During that period Kiruna Airport operated flight transfer buses to Gällivare. A new operator called

LOT Polish Airlines LOT Polish Airlines, legally Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. (, ''flight''), is the flag carrier of Poland. A founding member of IATA, it is one of the world's oldest airlines. With a fleet of 87 aircraft as of June 2025, LOT is Europe's 16th ...

, started operations on the Gällivare – Arvidsjaur – Stockholm route under a new PSO contract on 15 September 2018.Snart klart vem som tar över efter Nextjet
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Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Gällivare Lapland Airport:

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Ground transportation

There is a taxi stand as well as short-term and long-term parking lots at the airport.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallivare Airport Airports in Sweden Airports in the Arctic