Luleå Airport

Luleå Airport (IATA: LLA, ICAO: ESPA) is located about 7 km south-southeast of Luleå, Sweden, near the village of Kallax. The airport had a total of 1,177,443 passengers in 2015,[1] and is thus Sweden's fifth largest airport. It is the largest airport in northern Sweden (Norrland). The runway is also used by the Norrbotten Air Force Wing (F 21).

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Luleå Airport
Summary
Airport typeMilitary/public
OperatorSwedavia
ServesLuleå
LocationLuleå, Sweden
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Elevation AMSL65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates65°32′37″N 022°07′19″E
Websitewww.swedavia.com/lulea/
Map
LLA
Location within Norrbotten
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 10,990 3,350 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers total1,177,443
International passengers108,043
Domestic passengers1,069,400
Landings total6,789
Statistics: Swedavia[1]

History

The airport began as the military airfield Norrbotten Air Force Wing (F 21) in 1941 and later opened up to civilian traffic to Stockholm on September 11, 1944.[2] Winter operations began in 1948 when a hangar was built and runway lights were operational. International tourist charters started in 1969. The present terminal building was opened in 1984. The number of passengers increased a lot in the 1980s and then decreased much in the 1990s, both here and in all of Sweden, reached one million at Luleå in 1991, a figure which was reached again 2011. The passenger figures have still been fairly steady at Luleå since other transport modes and other airports are less attractive when going to Luleå. In 1999 the runway at Luleå Airport was extended to 3,350 meters for cargo flights, but that has not led to an increase in traffic; the airport authority attributes the lack of growth to the economy.[3]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aegean AirlinesSeasonal charter: Chania[4]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya [5]
Freebird Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya[6]
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria[7]
JonairPajala
Norwegian Air ShuttleStockholm-Arlanda
Seasonal charter: Antalya,[7] Chania,[7] Kos,[7] Larnaca,[7] Palma de Mallorca,[7] Rhodes[7]
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm-Arlanda, Gothenburg[8]
Seasonal: London-Stansted (begins 18 December 2020)[9]
Seasonal charter: Antalya, Fuerteventura, Larnaca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Samos
Scandjet Seasonal charter: Split, Zadar
SunClass Airlines Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Rhodes

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Amapola Flyg Umeå[10]

Statistics
Busiest routes to and from Luleå Airport (2019)[11]
RankAirportPassengers handled% change
2018/19
1 Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda1,045,986 2.4
2 Sweden, Gothenburg22,044 23.0
3 Spain, Gran Canaria17,908 1.7
4 Greece, Rhodes16,132 6.3
5 Greece, Chania10,061 12.9
Countries with most handled passengers to/from Luleå Airport (2019)
Rank Country Passengers Change
2018/19
1  Greece 34,901 1.6%
2  Spain 26,699 2.8%
3  Turkey 8,842 13.5%
4  Cyprus 8,679 11.7%
5  Thailand 3,824 23.0%
Traffic by calendar year[12]
YearPassenger volumeChangeDomesticChangeInternationalChange
2019 1,162,42403.3%1,071,78303.5%90,64100.8%
2018 1,201,6231,110,29791,326

See also
  • List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

References
  1. "Statistics". Swedavia. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  2. Historik Archived 2014-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish)
  3. "About the airport". www.swedavia.com. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  4. "Flight". apollo.se.
  5. https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/289062/corendon-airlines-s20-network-expansion/
  6. "Flight". ving.se.
  7. "Only Flight". tui.se.
  8. http://airlineroute.net/2014/10/08/sk-llaume-dec14/
  9. http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/swedavia/pressreleases/klart-med-ny-flyglinje-mellan-luleaa-och-london-2978579
  10. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airlines/hp-apf/routes
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2016-02-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "Flygplatsstatistik". Transportstyrelsen. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

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