Luleå Airport

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Luleå Airport
IATA: LLA – ICAO: ESPA
Summary
Airport type	Military/Public
Operator	Swedavia
Location	Luleå, Sweden
Elevation AMSL	65 ft / 20 m
Coordinates
Website	www.swedavia.com/lulea/
Map
LLA is located in Norrbotten LLA Location within Norrbotten
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 14/32 10,990 3,350 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers total 1,177,443 International passengers 108,043 Domestic passengers 1,069,400 Landings total 6,789
Statistics: Swedavia

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 1,177443 passengers in 2015, and is thus Sweden's fifth largest airport. It is the largest airport in northern Sweden (Norrland). The runway is also used by the F 21 Luleå air force base.

History

The airport began as the military airfield F 21 Luleå in 1941 and later opened up to civilian traffic to Stockholm on September 11, 1944. In 1948 winter operations started when a hangar and runway light was operating. International tourist charter started in 1969. The present terminal building was opened in 1984. The number of passengers lose a lot here and in all of Sweden in the 1980s and 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 year 1999 the runway at Luleå Airport was extended and is now the longest in Sweden, 3.350 meters. The purpose of the extension was for the airport to serve as a fuel stop for heavy long-distance cargo flights, which was not so successful.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal charter: Chania, Rhodes
Corendon Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya
Finnair operated by Nordic Regional Airlines	Helsinki
Freebird Airlines	Seasonal charter: Antalya
Jet Time	Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Tenerife-South
Jonair	Pajala
Nextjet	Oulu, Tromsø
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Stockholm-Arlanda
Onur Air	Seasonal charter: Bodrum
Scandinavian Airlines	Stockholm-Arlanda, Gothenburg Seasonal charter: Antalya, Fuerteventura, Larnaca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Samos
Scandjet operated by Adria Airways	Seasonal charter: Split
Scandjet operated by Enter Air	Seasonal charter: Zadar
SunExpress	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Izmir
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Rhodes
TUIfly Nordic	Seasonal charter: Puerto Plata, Cancun

Statistics

Busiest routes to and from Luleå Airport (2015)

Rank	Airport	Passengers handled	% change 2014/15
1	Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda	1,035,183	1.5
2	Sweden, Gothenburg	32,612	3322.0
3	Turkey, Antalya	21,017	16.1
4	Spain, Gran Canaria	16,871	13.2
5	Greece, Rhodes	15,934	1.9

See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Airport information for ESPA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.