Luleå Airport

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Luleå Airport
Luleå flygplats
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
Location within Norrbotten
LLA
LLA (Sweden)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 10,990 3,350 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers total1,034,866
International passengers67,032
Domestic passengers967,834
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 official name according to the Swedish Aeronautical Information Publication is Luleå/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 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.[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 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.[5]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

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

AirlinesDestinations
Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zurich[6]
Jonair Pajala[7]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Stockholm–Arlanda[8]
Scandinavian Airlines Gothenburg,[9] Stockholm–Arlanda[9]
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly[10]
Vueling Seasonal: Paris–Orly[11]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Zimex Aviation Umeå[12]

Statistics

Busiest routes to and from Luleå Airport (2024)[13]
Rank Airport Passengers handled % change
2023/24
1 Stockholm 900,833 4.5
2 Gothenburg 13,009 28.9
3 Gran Canaria 12,076 6.0
4 Rhodes 10,459 27.8
5 Paris 9,586 81.5
Traffic by calendar year[14]
Year Passenger volume Change Domestic Change International Change
2025 1,103,660 12.7% 1,050,726 14.3% 52,934 11.5%
2024 978,932 5.4% 919,099 5.0% 59,833 10.7%
2023 1,034,866 13.5% 967,834 10.9% 67,032 72.7%
2022 911,872 91.5% 873,056 85.4% 38,816 620.3%
2021 476,294 13.3% 470,905 14.7% 5,389 43.9%
2020 420,202 63.8% 410,589 61.7% 9,613 89.4%
2019 1,162,314 3.3% 1,071,742 3.5% 90,572 0.6%
2018 1,201,384 0.3% 1,110,223 0.2% 91,161 0.6%
2017 1,204,535 0.6% 1,112,790 0.5% 91,745 2.2%
2016 1,197,550 1.7% 1,107,759 3.6% 89,791 16.9%
2015 1,177,443 3.3% 1,069,400 3.1% 108,043 4.7%
2014 1,140,244 3.0% 1,037,016 2.3% 103,228 10.5%
2013 1,106,839 1.8% 1,013,380 0.5% 93,459 18.3%
2012 1,087,336 1,008,328 79,008

See also

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. ^ "Flygplatsstatistik - Transportstyrelsen". www.transportstyrelsen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  4. ^ Historik Archived 2014-08-23 at the Wayback Machine (Swedish)
  5. ^ "About the airport". www.swedavia.com. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  6. ^ "Edelweiss Air NW25 Short-Haul Network Additions". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Amapola och Jonair vann upphandlingen". flygtorget.se. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. ^ "November 2023". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 1005–1011. ISSN 1466-8718.
  9. ^ a b Liu, Jim (30 October 2024). "SAS NW24 Europe Service Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  10. ^ Liu, Jim (26 September 2022). "Transavia France NW22 Network Additions Summary – 25SEP22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Vueling Adds Paris Orly – Nordic Service in NW24".
  12. ^ "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map".
  13. ^ "Antal ankommande och avresande passagerare på Swedavias flygplatser, 2024" (XLSX). Swedavia.se. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Statistik inom Swedavia". www.swedavia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2026-01-25.

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