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Airport type
  
Public

Elevation AMSL
  
1,509 ft / 460 m

03/21
  
8,208

Elevation
  
460 m

Operator
  
Swedavia

Website
  
swedavia.com/kiruna/

Code
  
KRN

Phone
  
+46 10 109 46 00

Kiruna Airport

Location
  
Kiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden

Address
  
Kiruna Airport, 981 28 Kiruna, Sweden

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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.

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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.

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.

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.
  • Taxi and airport taxi are available.
  • Rental cars are available.

    • References

    Kiruna Airport Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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