Kiruna Airport is the northernmost airport in Sweden. It lies around 10 km (6.2 mi) from the old town centre of Kiruna and around 4 km from the new town centre. In 2023, the airport served 217,075 passengers.
Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Kiruna:swevavia.com/kiruna - Destinations retrieved 29 May 2022
There are additional 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.
Statistics + Busiest routes to and from Kiruna Airport (2025) Rank Airport Passengers handled1 239,2992 8,1413 2,1034 1,717
+ Traffic by calendar year Year Passenger volume Change Domestic Change International Change2025 251,520 13.4% 239,008 10.2% 12,512 151.0%2024 221,868 2.2% 216,884 1.4% 4,984 51.6%2023 217,075 11.1% 213,787 10.6% 3,288 60.5%2022 195,337 61.9% 193,288 60.9% 2,049 278.7%2021 120,677 9.3% 120,136 12.0% 541 82.9%2020 110,432 58.8% 107,267 59.2% 3,165 34.1%2019 267,941 3.1% 263,138 3.3% 4,803 10.0%2018 276,516 2.1% 272,149 1.3% 4,367 33.6%2017 282,412 8.4% 275,834 9.1% 6,578 14.0%2016 260,500 1.1% 252,851 1.1% 7,649 0.4%2015 257,712 4.8% 250,090 3.7% 7,622 31.7%2014 270,738 19.6% 259,576 23.0% 11,162 27.1%2013 226,282 14.3% 210,964 11.1% 15,318 91.4%2012 197,935 189,930 8,005
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 Airport Transfer to and from Kiruna City Center available year-round for flights to and from Stockholm, operated by Falcks Omnibus 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
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