Luleå Airport Luleå flygplats | |||||||||||
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| 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″N022°07′19″E / 65.54361°N 22.12194°E /65.54361; 22.12194 | ||||||||||
| Website | www.swedavia.com/lulea/ | ||||||||||
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Luleå Airport (IATA:LLA,ICAO:ESPA) is located about 7 km (4.3 mi) south-southeast ofLuleå,Sweden, near the village ofKallax. The official name according to the Swedish Aeronautical Information Publication isLuleå/Kallax Airport.[2] The airport handled a total of 980,333 passengers in 2024, making it Sweden's fourth-busiest airport.[3] It is the largest airport in northern Sweden (Norrland). The runway is also used by theNorrbotten Wing (F 21).
The airport began as the military airfieldNorrbotten Wing (F 21) in 1941 and later opened up to civilian traffic to Stockholm on September 11, 1944.[4] 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 therunway 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.[5]
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Luleå Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Braathens International Airways | Seasonal charter:Palma de Mallorca,[6]Rhodes[7][8] |
| Jonair | Pajala[9] |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Stockholm–Arlanda[10] |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Gothenburg,[11]Stockholm–Arlanda[11] |
| Transavia | Seasonal:Paris–Orly[12] |
| Vueling | Seasonal:Paris–Orly[13] |
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Zimex Aviation | Umeå[14] |
| Rank | Airport | Type | Passengers handled | % change 2022/23 |
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| 1 |  Stockholm, Sweden | Regular | 943,044 |  10.4 |
| 2 | Gothenburg, Sweden | Regular | 18,294 | 45.9 |
| 3 |  Rhodes, Greece | Charter | 14,486 | 117.4 |
| 4 |  Gran Canaria, Spain | Charter | 12,846 | 2.0 |
| 5 | Chania, Greece | Charter | 8,210 | 26.4 |
| 6 | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | Charter | 6,712 | |
| 7 |  Paris, France | Regular | 5,281 | |
| 8 | Pajala, Sweden | Regular | 4,228 | |
| 9 |  Antalya, Turkey | Charter | 4,054 | |
| 10 |  Split, Croatia | Charter | 2,978 | |
| 11 |  Larnaca, Cyprus | Charter | 2,922 | |
| 12 |  London, United Kingdom | Regular | 2,121 | |
| 13 | Heraklion, Greece | Charter | 2,117 | |
| 14 |  Düsseldorf, Germany | Regular | 1,808 |
| Year | Passenger volume | Change | Domestic | Change | International | Change |
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| 2024 | 980,333 |  5.3% | 920,570 | 4.9% | 59,763 | 10.7% |
| 2023 | 1,034,754 | 967,832 | 66,920 | |||
| 2019 | 1,162,424 | 3.3% | 1,071,783 | 3.5% | 90,641 | 0.8% |
| 2018 | 1,201,623 | 1,110,297 | 91,326 |
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