Luleå Airport

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Luleå Airport (IATA: LLA, ICAO: ESPA) is located about 7 km (4.3 mi) south-southeast of Luleå, Sweden, near the village of Kallax. According to the Swedish Aeronautical Information Publication, the airport's name is Luleå/Kallax.^[2] The airport had a total of 1,034,866 passengers in 2023,^[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 Wing (F 21).

Luleå Airport Luleå flygplats
IATA: LLA ICAO: ESPA
Summary
Airport type	Military/public
Operator	Swedavia
Serves	Luleå
Location	Luleå, Sweden
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Elevation AMSL	65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates	65°32′37″N 022°07′19″E
Website	www.swedavia.com/lulea/
Map
LLA Location within Norrbotten Show map of Norrbotten LLA LLA (Sweden) Show map of Sweden
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 10,990 3,350 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers total 1,034,866 International passengers 67,032 Domestic passengers 967,834
Statistics: Swedavia[1]

History

The airport began as the military airfield Norrbotten Wing (F 21) in 1941 and later opened up to civilian traffic to Stockholm on September 11, 1944.^[3] 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.^[4]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Luleå Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Braathens International Airways	Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca,[5] Rhodes[6]
Jonair	Pajala
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Stockholm–Arlanda
Scandinavian Airlines	Gothenburg,[7] Stockholm–Arlanda
Transavia	Seasonal: Paris–Orly

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Zimex Aviation	Umeå[8]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at LLA airport. See Wikidata query.

Busiest routes to and from Luleå Airport (2023)^[9]

Rank	Airport	Passengers handled	% change 2022/23
1	Stockholm, Sweden	943,044	10.4
2	Gothenburg, Sweden	18,294	45.9
3	Rhodes, Greece	14,486	117.4
4	Gran Canaria, Spain	12,846	2.0
5	Chania, Greece	8,210	26.4

Traffic by calendar year^[10]

Year	Passenger volume	Change	Domestic	Change	International	Change
2019	1,162,424	03.3%	1,071,783	03.5%	90,641	00.8%
2018	1,201,623		1,110,297		91,326

See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

References

1. "Statistics" (PDF). Swedavia.
2. "AD 1.3 Index to aerodromes" (PDF). IAIP - AD 1 Aerodromes - Introduction. Norrköping: Luftfartsverket. p. 3. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
3. Historik Archived 2014-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish)
4. "About the airport". www.swedavia.com. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
5. "BRA A319 NS23 SCHEDULED CHARTER OPERATIONS".
6. "BRA och Ving ingår partnerskap värt 2 miljarder". 16 June 2022.
7. "SAS Adds Gothenburg – Luleå / Umeå Service Dec 2014 – Feb 2015".
8. "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map".
9. "Antal ankommande och avresande passagerare på Swedavias flygplatser, 2023" (XLSX). Swedavia.se. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
10. "Flygplatsstatistik". Transportstyrelsen. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

External links

Media related to Luleå Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website