Kittilä Airport

Kittilä Airport
Kittilän lentoasema
An Airbus A320 family aircraft of Finnair at Kittilä Airport
IATA: KTT – ICAO: EFKT
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Finavia
Serves Kittilä
Location Kittilä, Finland
Elevation AMSL 644 ft / 196 m
Coordinates
Website www.finavia.fi/airport_kittila
Map
KTT
Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 8,202 2,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers 214,493
Landings 1,233
Source: AIP Finland[1]
Statistics from Finavia[2]

Kittilä Airport (IATA: KTT, ICAO: EFKT) (Finnish: Kittilän lentoasema) is a general aviation and commercial airport located in Kittilä, Finland, inside the Arctic Circle. It is one of the main airports in Northern Finland and carried circa 215,000 passengers in 2010.[2]

Contents

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Blue1 Seasonal: Helsinki, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Kuopio, Vaasa
Swiss International Airlines operated by Edelweiss Air Seasonal: Zurich[3]
Finnair Helsinki, Ivalo
Flybe Seasonal charter: Southampton
Flybe operated by Flybe Nordic Seasonal: Seinäjoki, Tampere, Turku
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Helsinki
Transavia.com France Seasonal: Paris-Orly

Fire

On 27 July 2006, a fire broke out around 19:00 between the old terminal building and the new unfinshed section of the new terminal. The airport was ready and operational again in December 2006, with the new terminal open.[4]

Statistics

Passengers

Annual passenger statistics for Kittilä Airport [5][6]
Year Domestic passengers International passengers Total passengers Change
1983 1,821
1985 280
1990 21,103
1995 76,002
2000 170,082
2005 155,008 73,693 228,701 −4.3%
2006 153,338 91,820 245,158 +7.3%
2007 145,675 94,944 240,619 −1.8%
2008 164,136 101,428 265,564 +9.8%
2009 165,926 79,387 245,313 −7.6%
2010 142,197 72,296 214,493 −12.6%

Freight and Mail

Loaded/Unloaded freight and mail (tons) Kittilä Airport [7]
Year Domestic freight Domestic mail International freight International mail Total freight and mail Change
2005 25 0 0 0 25 −7%
2006 26 1 0 0 27 +8%
2007 14 0 0 0 14 −48%
2008 13 0 0 0 13 −7%
2009 11 0 0 0 11 −15%

See also

References

  1. ^ "EFKT Kittilä" (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Vantaa: Finavia. 30 June 2011. pp. EFKT AD 2.1, 1–12. https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/pdf/aerodromes/EF_AD_2_EFKT_EN.pdf. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2010" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. pp. 7, 9. http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/Lentoliikennetilasto_2010.pdf. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "Flug Zürich–Kittilä | ZRH–KTT". Edelweiss Air. http://edelweissair.ch/d/destinations/plan/KTT/. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  4. ^ "Fire at Kittilä Airport". Finavia. 27 July 2006. http://www.finavia.fi/press/pressreleases/finavia_releases/finavia_release?id=1091404. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  5. ^ Alakulppi, Jaakko (2006) (in Finnish). Lapin ilmailuhistoria II. Jälleenrakentamisesta 1945 Lapin lentomatkailuun ja Hornet-kauteen 2001 [The Aviation History of Lapland, part II. From Reconstruction in 1945 to Air Tourism and Hornet Era in 2001]. Lapin maakuntamuseon julkaisuja 10. Jaakko Alakulppi. p. 732. ISBN 952-92-0337-3. ISSN 0781-5409. 
  6. ^ "Traffic statistics – Passengers". Finavia. http://www.finavia.fi/about_finavia/trafficstatistics/statisticspassengers. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 
  7. ^ "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2009" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. p. 13. http://www.finavia.fi/files/finavia2/liikennetilastot_pdf/finavia_lentoliikennetilasto2009_web.pdf. Retrieved 15 July 2011. 

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