Kiruna Airport

Updated on Oct 26, 2023

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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

Location Kiruna, Norrbotten, Sweden Address Kiruna Airport, 981 28 Kiruna, Sweden Profiles Facebook

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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.