Kiruna Airport
| Kiruna Airport | |||||||||||
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| IATA: KRN – ICAO: ESNQ | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Swedavia | ||||||||||
| Location | Kiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,509 ft / 460 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 67°49′20″N 020°20′12″E / 67.82222°N 20.33667°ECoordinates: 67°49′20″N 020°20′12″E / 67.82222°N 20.33667°E | ||||||||||
| Website | swedavia.com/kiruna/ | ||||||||||
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  KRN Location within Norrbotten | |||||||||||
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| Statistics (2011) | |||||||||||
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Statistics: Swedavia[1] | |||||||||||
Kiruna Airport is the northernmost airport in Sweden. It lies around ten kilometres from the town centre of Kiruna. In 2011, the airport served 164,103 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 operations start that Virgin Galactic will make their second base after the USA.[2]
Airlines and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Stockholm-Arlanda |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm-Arlanda, Umeå Seasonal charter: London-Heathrow[3] |
| Transun operated by Enter Air | Seasonal charter: Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Doncaster, East Midlands, Exeter, Humberside, Leeds Bradford, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle[4][5] |
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.[6]
Accidents and incidents
- On 15 March 2012 a Norwegian Lockheed Hercules military transport plane crashed into the Kebnekaise mountain when approaching Kiruna Airport, the Norwegian C-130 Hercules accident. All five personnel on board died.
Ground transportation
- Bus 91 to Kiruna busstation and Narvik is available a few months a year.
- Airport Bus is available year round.[7]
- Taxi and airport taxi are available.
- Rental cars are available.
References
- 1 2 "Statistics". Swedavia. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ↑ Spaceport Sweden
- ↑ Direct flights ice-hotel
- ↑ Northern Lights
- ↑ Flights details
- ↑ Linjetrafik Nikkaluokta – Kebnekaise
- ↑ https://www.swedavia.com/kiruna/to-from/bus/
External links
Media related to Kiruna Airport at Wikimedia Commons