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Kittilä Airport

January 01, 1970

Kittilä Airport (IATA: KTT, ICAO: EFKT), Finnish: Kittilän lentoasema, is a Finnish airport located in Kittilä inside the Arctic Circle. It handles general aviation and mostly seasonal international traffic and is one of the main airports in Northern Finland. During the winter, Kittilä receives visitors from countries such as Germany, France, United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and Canada.[3] It carried 363,161 passengers in 2019 and 206,251 passengers in 2020 (due to COVID-19) being the fourth busiest airport in Finland.[4]

Kittilä Airport

Kittilän lentoasema
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorFinavia
ServesKittilä, Lapland, Finland
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST)EEST (UTC+3)
Elevation AMSL644 ft / 196 m
Coordinates67°41′55″N 024°50′53″E / 67.69861°N 24.84806°E / 67.69861; 24.84806
Website
Map
KTT
Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 8,202 2,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers206,251 [1]
Passenger change 19–20 -43.2%
Landings1,032
Source: AIP Finland[2]

Airlines and destinations edit

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

AirlinesDestinations
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga, Tampere[5]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[6]
Animawings Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni[7]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna[8]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal charter: Amsterdam[citation needed]
Discover Airlines Seasonal: Frankfurt (begins 20 December 2024)[9]
easyJet Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[10] Manchester[11]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal charter: Zürich[12]
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf[13]
Finnair Helsinki
Seasonal: Ivalo
Helvetic Airways Seasonal: Zürich[14]
Jet2.com Seasonal charter: Bristol, London–Gatwick, Manchester[citation needed]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[15]
Transavia Seasonal: Paris–Orly[16]
TUI Airways[17] Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, London–Stansted,[18] Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne[19]
TUI fly Belgium[20] Seasonal: Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid
TUI fly Netherlands[21] Seasonal: Amsterdam,[22] Rotterdam[23]

Statistics edit

 
Apron view
4 busiest routes by passengers handled:[24]
Rank Airport Passengers
(2015) 		Operators
1.   Helsinki, Finland
  109,855
 Finnair, Nordic Regional Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
2.   Ivalo, Finland
  30,911
 Finnair
3.   London–Gatwick, United Kingdom
  18,970
 easyJet, Finnair, TUI Airways
4.   Manchester, United Kingdom
  18,093
 Jet2.com, TUI Airways

Passengers edit

Annual passenger traffic at KTT airport. See Wikidata query.
Annual passenger statistics for Kittilä Airport[25][26]
Year Domestic passengers International passengers Total passengers Change
1983 1,821
1985 280
1990 21,103
1995 76,002
1998 115,651 12,247 127,898
1999 110,128 17,808 127,936 +0,0%  
2000 143,627 26,455 170,082 +32,9%  
2001 145,757 35,781 181,538 +6,7%  
2002 146,408 51,083 197,491 +8,8%  
2003 144,482 69,300 213,782 +8,2%  
2004 161,854 77,109 238,963 +11,8%  
2005 155,008 73,513 228,521 −4.4%  
2006 153,264 91,820 245,084 +7.2%  
2007 145,675 96,291 241,966 −1.3% 
2008 164,136 101,259 265,395 +9.7%  
2009 165,926 79,387 245,313 −7.6%  
2010 142,197 72,179 214,376 −12.6%  
2011 167,484 71,054 238,538 +11.3%  
2012 186 184 77 202 263 386 +10.4%  
2013 157 465 79 757 237 222 −9.9%  
2014 153 011 81 722 234 733 −1.0%  
2015 140 831 85 988 226 819 −3.4%  
2016 148,274 109,263 257,537 +13.5%  
2017 183,952 141,101 325,053 +26.2%  
2018 208,835 145,726 354,561 +9.1%  
2019 214,357 148,804 363,161 +2,4%  
2020 128,093 78,158 206,251 -43,2%  
2021 118,618 63,684 182,302 -11,6%  

Cargo edit

Handled freight and mail at Kittilä Airport in tons[27]
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%  

Incidents and accidents edit

  • On 27 July 2006, a fire broke out around 19:00 between the old terminal building and the new unfinished section of the new terminal. The airport was ready and operational again in December 2006, with the new terminal open.[28]
  • On 4 January 2018, a Gulfstream G150 aircraft registered to Austria and carrying Russian passengers was being prepared for take-off to return to Russia when due to pressure built inside the aircraft the door slammed on the German captain during exterior inspection killing him instantly. There were no passengers in the aircraft.[29]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "PASSENGERS BY AIRPORT 1998-2020". www.finavia.fi.
  2. ^ (PDF). AIP Suomi / Finland. Vantaa: Finavia. 30 June 2011. pp. EFKT AD 2.1, 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Facts about Kittilä Airport | Finavia". www.finavia.fi. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  4. ^ "PASSENGERS 2017" (PDF). www.finavia.fi.
  5. ^ "Airbaltic 2023 Winter New Routes - 11MAY23". AirBaltic. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  6. ^ "AIR FRANCE EXPANDS SCANDINAVIA NETWORK FROM DEC 2022". Aeroroutes. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Lapland - once in a lifetime". Nordic.ro.
  8. ^ "Austrian Adds Kittila Service in 1Q24". AeroRoutes.
  9. ^ "In winter 2024/25: Discover Airlines expands route network and flies to Norway and Finland". 16 January 2024.
  10. ^ "EasyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittilä Airport in November". 13 July 2023.
  11. ^ "EasyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittilä Airport in November". 13 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Flüge von Zürich nach Kittilä, Finnland (Lappland) | Edelweiss". www.flyedelweiss.com.
  13. ^ "Eurowings and Air France to launch direct flights from Düsseldorf and Paris to Kittilä in December". 31 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Helvetic Adds Seasonal Kittila Service in NW22". AeroRoutes.
  15. ^ "Highly varied route network for SWISS in winter 2023/24". www.swiss.com.
  16. ^ "Voyages Finlande - Laponie - Levi". leclercvoyages.com.
  17. ^ "Flight Timetable". tui.co.uk.
  18. ^ "Flights with TUI | Thomson now TUI Airways".
  19. ^ "Flights with TUI | Thomson now TUI Airways".
  20. ^ "Flight plan". tui.be.
  21. ^ "Destination Kittilä". tui.nl.
  22. ^ "Vliegtickets Finland - goedkoop ticket Finland". TUI.
  23. ^ "TUI fly in de winter van Rotterdam Airport naar Egypte en Lapland". 30 May 2022.
  24. ^ "Database - Eurostat". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  25. ^ Alakulppi, Jaakko (2006). 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 (in Finnish). Jaakko Alakulppi. p. 732. ISBN 952-92-0337-3. ISSN 0781-5409.
  26. ^ "Traffic statistics 2019". Finavia. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  27. ^ (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  28. ^ . Finavia. 27 July 2006. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  29. ^ "Investigation of incident involving the door of a business jet at Kittilä airport on 4 January 2018 is progressing - Onnettomuustutkintakeskus". turvallisuustutkinta.fi. Retrieved 2021-04-08.

External links edit

  Media related to Kittilä Airport at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official website
  • Current weather for EFKT at NOAA/NWS
  • Airport information for KTT at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  • Accident history for KTT at Aviation Safety Network

January 01, 1970
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Kittila Airport IATA KTT ICAO EFKT Finnish Kittilan lentoasema is a Finnish airport located in Kittila inside the Arctic Circle It handles general aviation and mostly seasonal international traffic and is one of the main airports in Northern Finland During the winter Kittila receives visitors from countries such as Germany France United Kingdom Russia Ukraine The Netherlands Switzerland Spain and Canada 3 It carried 363 161 passengers in 2019 and 206 251 passengers in 2020 due to COVID 19 being the fourth busiest airport in Finland 4 Kittila AirportKittilan lentoasemaIATA KTTICAO EFKTSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorFinaviaServesKittila Lapland FinlandTime zoneEET UTC 2 Summer DST EEST UTC 3 Elevation AMSL644 ft 196 mCoordinates67 41 55 N 024 50 53 E 67 69861 N 24 84806 E 67 69861 24 84806Websitefinavia fiMapKTTLocation within FinlandRunwaysDirection Length Surface ft m 16 34 8 202 2 500 AsphaltStatistics 2020 Passengers206 251 1 Passenger change 19 20 43 2 Landings1 032Source AIP Finland 2 Contents 1 Airlines and destinations 2 Statistics 2 1 Passengers 2 2 Cargo 3 Incidents and accidents 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksAirlines and destinations editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kittila Airport AirlinesDestinationsairBalticSeasonal Riga Tampere 5 Air FranceSeasonal Paris Charles de Gaulle 6 AnimawingsSeasonal Bucharest Otopeni 7 Austrian AirlinesSeasonal Vienna 8 Corendon Dutch AirlinesSeasonal charter Amsterdam citation needed Discover AirlinesSeasonal Frankfurt begins 20 December 2024 9 easyJetSeasonal London Gatwick 10 Manchester 11 Edelweiss AirSeasonal charter Zurich 12 EurowingsSeasonal Dusseldorf 13 FinnairHelsinki Seasonal IvaloHelvetic AirwaysSeasonal Zurich 14 Jet2 comSeasonal charter Bristol London Gatwick Manchester citation needed LufthansaSeasonal MunichSwiss International Air LinesSeasonal Geneva 15 TransaviaSeasonal Paris Orly 16 TUI Airways 17 Seasonal Birmingham Bristol East Midlands Glasgow London Gatwick London Stansted 18 Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne 19 TUI fly Belgium 20 Seasonal Barcelona Brussels MadridTUI fly Netherlands 21 Seasonal Amsterdam 22 Rotterdam 23 Statistics edit nbsp Apron view 4 busiest routes by passengers handled 24 Rank Airport Passengers 2015 Operators 1 nbsp Helsinki Finland nbsp 109 855 Finnair Nordic Regional Airlines Norwegian Air Shuttle Scandinavian Airlines 2 nbsp Ivalo Finland nbsp 30 911 Finnair 3 nbsp London Gatwick United Kingdom nbsp 18 970 easyJet Finnair TUI Airways 4 nbsp Manchester United Kingdom nbsp 18 093 Jet2 com TUI Airways Passengers edit Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Annual passenger traffic at KTT airport See Wikidata query Annual passenger statistics for Kittila Airport 25 26 Year Domestic passengers International passengers Total passengers Change 1983 1 821 1985 280 1990 21 103 1995 76 002 1998 115 651 12 247 127 898 1999 110 128 17 808 127 936 0 0 nbsp 2000 143 627 26 455 170 082 32 9 nbsp 2001 145 757 35 781 181 538 6 7 nbsp 2002 146 408 51 083 197 491 8 8 nbsp 2003 144 482 69 300 213 782 8 2 nbsp 2004 161 854 77 109 238 963 11 8 nbsp 2005 155 008 73 513 228 521 4 4 nbsp 2006 153 264 91 820 245 084 7 2 nbsp 2007 145 675 96 291 241 966 1 3 nbsp 2008 164 136 101 259 265 395 9 7 nbsp 2009 165 926 79 387 245 313 7 6 nbsp 2010 142 197 72 179 214 376 12 6 nbsp 2011 167 484 71 054 238 538 11 3 nbsp 2012 186 184 77 202 263 386 10 4 nbsp 2013 157 465 79 757 237 222 9 9 nbsp 2014 153 011 81 722 234 733 1 0 nbsp 2015 140 831 85 988 226 819 3 4 nbsp 2016 148 274 109 263 257 537 13 5 nbsp 2017 183 952 141 101 325 053 26 2 nbsp 2018 208 835 145 726 354 561 9 1 nbsp 2019 214 357 148 804 363 161 2 4 nbsp 2020 128 093 78 158 206 251 43 2 nbsp 2021 118 618 63 684 182 302 11 6 nbsp Cargo edit Handled freight and mail at Kittila Airport in tons 27 Year Domestic freight Domestic mail International freight International mail Total freight and mail Change 2005 25 0 0 0 25 7 nbsp 2006 26 1 0 0 27 8 nbsp 2007 14 0 0 0 14 48 nbsp 2008 13 0 0 0 13 7 nbsp 2009 11 0 0 0 11 15 nbsp Incidents and accidents editOn 27 July 2006 a fire broke out around 19 00 between the old terminal building and the new unfinished section of the new terminal The airport was ready and operational again in December 2006 with the new terminal open 28 On 4 January 2018 a Gulfstream G150 aircraft registered to Austria and carrying Russian passengers was being prepared for take off to return to Russia when due to pressure built inside the aircraft the door slammed on the German captain during exterior inspection killing him instantly There were no passengers in the aircraft 29 See also editList of the busiest airports in the Nordic countriesReferences edit PASSENGERS BY AIRPORT 1998 2020 www finavia fi EFKT Kittila PDF AIP Suomi Finland Vantaa Finavia 30 June 2011 pp EFKT AD 2 1 1 12 Archived from the original PDF on 11 August 2016 Retrieved 15 July 2011 Facts about Kittila Airport Finavia www finavia fi Retrieved 2021 04 08 PASSENGERS 2017 PDF www finavia fi Airbaltic 2023 Winter New Routes 11MAY23 AirBaltic Retrieved 2023 05 11 AIR FRANCE EXPANDS SCANDINAVIA NETWORK FROM DEC 2022 Aeroroutes 21 July 2022 Retrieved 21 July 2022 Lapland once in a lifetime Nordic ro Austrian Adds Kittila Service in 1Q24 AeroRoutes In winter 2024 25 Discover Airlines expands route network and flies to Norway and Finland 16 January 2024 EasyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittila Airport in November 13 July 2023 EasyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittila Airport in November 13 July 2023 Fluge von Zurich nach Kittila Finnland Lappland Edelweiss www flyedelweiss com Eurowings and Air France to launch direct flights from Dusseldorf and Paris to Kittila in December 31 August 2022 Helvetic Adds Seasonal Kittila Service in NW22 AeroRoutes Highly varied route network for SWISS in winter 2023 24 www swiss com Voyages Finlande Laponie Levi leclercvoyages com Flight Timetable tui co uk Flights with TUI Thomson now TUI Airways Flights with TUI Thomson now TUI Airways Flight plan tui be Destination Kittila tui nl Vliegtickets Finland goedkoop ticket Finland TUI TUI fly in de winter van Rotterdam Airport naar Egypte en Lapland 30 May 2022 Database Eurostat ec europa eu Retrieved 24 May 2017 Alakulppi Jaakko 2006 Lapin ilmailuhistoria II Jalleenrakentamisesta 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 in Finnish Jaakko Alakulppi p 732 ISBN 952 92 0337 3 ISSN 0781 5409 Traffic statistics 2019 Finavia Retrieved 11 May 2019 Finavia s Air Traffic Statistics 2009 PDF Vantaa Finavia p 13 Archived from the original PDF on 15 April 2012 Retrieved 15 July 2011 Fire at Kittila Airport Finavia 27 July 2006 Archived from the original on 18 July 2011 Retrieved 15 July 2011 Investigation of incident involving the door of a business jet at Kittila airport on 4 January 2018 is progressing Onnettomuustutkintakeskus turvallisuustutkinta fi Retrieved 2021 04 08 External links edit nbsp Media related to Kittila Airport at Wikimedia Commons Official website AIP Finland Kittila Airport Current weather for EFKT at NOAA NWS Airport information for KTT at Great Circle Mapper Source DAFIF effective October 2006 Accident history for KTT at Aviation Safety Network Portals nbsp Finland nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kittila Airport amp oldid 1220332582, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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