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 / 65.54361°N 22.12194°E / 65.54361; 22.12194
Websitewww.swedavia.com/lulea/
Map
LLA is located in Norrbotten
LLA
LLA
Location within Norrbotten
LLA is located in Sweden
LLA
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LLA (Sweden)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 10,990 3,350 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers total420,231
International passengers9,624
Domestic passengers410,607
Statistics: Swedavia[1]

Luleå Airport (IATA: LLA, ICAO: ESPA) is located about 7 km (4.3 mi) 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 Wing (F 21).

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.[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

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

AirlinesDestinations
Braathens International Airways Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca,[4] Rhodes[5]
Croatia Airlines Seasonal charter: Split
Jonair Pajala
Norwegian Air Shuttle Stockholm–Arlanda
Ryanair Stockholm–Arlanda[6]
Scandinavian Airlines Gothenburg,[7] Stockholm–Arlanda
Seasonal charter: Rhodes
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Amapola Flyg Umeå[8]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at LLA airport. See Wikidata query.
Busiest routes to and from Luleå Airport (2022)[9]
RankAirportPassengers handled % change
2021/22
1Sweden Stockholm–Arlanda854,164Increase 82.6
2Spain Gran Canaria12,591Increase 285.9
3Sweden Gothenburg12,537Increase 1,463.2
4Greece Rhodes6,664Increase 397.3
5Greece Chania6,494New entry
Traffic by calendar year[10]
YearPassenger volumeChangeDomesticChangeInternationalChange
2019 1,162,424Decrease3.3%1,071,783Decrease3.5%90,641Decrease0.8%
2018 1,201,6231,110,29791,326

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "BRA A319 NS23 SCHEDULED CHARTER OPERATIONS".
  5. ↑ "BRA och Ving ingår partnerskap värt 2 miljarder". 16 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Continued expansion and investment in domestic service from Stockholm Arlanda – Ryanair to launch 12 new routes for summer 2022 season".
  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, 2022" (XLSX). Swedavia.se. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Flygplatsstatistik". Transportstyrelsen. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

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