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Kittilä Airport

Airport in Lapland, Finland

Kittilä Airport

Airport in Lapland, Finland

FieldValue
nameKittilä Airport
nativenameKittilän lentoasema
imageFinavia Logo.svg
image-width150
image2Kittilä_airport.jpg
image2-width250
IATAKTT
ICAOEFKT
pushpin_mapFinland
pushpin_labelKTT
pushpin_map_captionLocation within Finland
typePublic
operatorFinavia
city-servedKittilä, Lapland, Finland
location
elevation-f644
elevation-m196
coordinates
websitefinavia.fi
timezoneEET
utcUTC+2
summerEEST
utcsUTC+3
r1-number16/34
r1-length-f8,202
r1-length-m2,500
r1-surfaceAsphalt
stat-year2020
stat1-headerPassengers
stat1-data206,251
stat2-headerPassenger change 19–20
stat2-data-43.2%
stat3-headerLandings
stat3-data1,032
footnotesSource: AIP Finland

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Kittilä Airport , , 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, Ukraine, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and Canada. The airport serves the nearby ski resorts of Levi and Ylläs. It carried 363,161 passengers in 2019 and 206,251 passengers in 2020 (due to COVID-19) being the fourth busiest airport in Finland.

Airlines and destinations

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

| Aer Lingus | Seasonal charter: Dublin | airBaltic | Seasonal: Riga, Tallinn, Tampere | Air France | Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle |Animawings | Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni | Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna | Corendon Dutch Airlines | Seasonal charter: Amsterdam | Discover Airlines | Frankfurt | EasyJet | Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle | Edelweiss Air | Zurich | Eurowings | Seasonal: Berlin (begins 31 January 2026), Düsseldorf, Hamburg | Finnair | Alta (begins 29 March 2026), Helsinki | Helvetic Airways | Seasonal: Zurich | KLM | Seasonal: Amsterdam | Lufthansa | Seasonal: Munich | Scandinavian Airlines | Seasonal: Copenhagen | Transavia | Seasonal: Paris–Orly | TUI Airways | Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne | TUI fly Belgium | Seasonal: Brussels | TUI fly Netherlands | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Rotterdam/The Hague

Statistics

Apron view
RankAirportPassengers
(2015)Operators
1.Finland Helsinki, FinlandFinnair, Nordic Regional Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
2.Finland Ivalo, FinlandFinnair
3.UK London–Gatwick, United KingdomeasyJet, Finnair, TUI Airways
4.UK Manchester, United KingdomJet2.com, TUI Airways

Passengers

YearDomestic passengersInternational passengersTotal passengersChange19831985199019951998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
1,821
280
21,103
76,002
115,65112,247127,898
110,12817,808127,936style:"color:green!+0,0%
143,62726,455170,082style:"color:green!+32.9%
145,75735,781181,538style:"color:green!+6.7%
146,40851,083197,491style:"color:green!+8.8%
144,48269,300213,782style:"color:green!+8.2%
161,85477,109238,963style:"color:green!+11.8%
155,00873,513228,521−4.4%
153,26491,820245,084+7.2%
145,67596,291241,966−1.3%
164,136101,259265,395+9.7%
165,92679,387245,313−7.6%
142,19772,179214,376−12.6%
167,48471,054238,538+11.3%
186 18477 202263 386+10.4%
157 46579 757237 222−9.9%
153 01181 722234 733−1.0%
140 83185 988226 819−3.4%
148,274109,263257,537+13.5%
183,952141,101325,053+26.2%
208,835145,726354,561+9.1%
214,357148,804363,161+2.4%
128,09378,158206,251-43.2%
118,61863,869182,487-11.5%
175,527161,671337,198+84.8%
184,005190,621374,626+11.1%
199,420212,298411,718+9.9%
189,189256,722445,911+8.3%

Cargo

YearDomestic freightDomestic mailInternational freightInternational mailTotal freight and mailChange20052006200720082009
2500025−7%
2610027+8%
1400014−48%
1300013−7%
1100011−15%

Incidents and accidents

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • On 28 December 2025, a Nextant 400XT jet and a Swiss International Air Lines aircraft that landed from Germany carrying 150 passengers were blown off the runway into a pile of snow while taxiing due to strong winds caused by Storm Johannes. No injuries were reported.

References

References

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  6. (12 May 2023). "airBaltic NW23 Network Expansion – 11MAY23".
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  11. "Lapland - once in a lifetime". Nordic.ro.
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  14. (16 January 2024). "In winter 2024/25: Discover Airlines expands route network and flies to Norway and Finland".
  15. (12 August 2024). "Discover Airlines launches historic year-round route from Frankfurt to Kittilä".
  16. (13 July 2023). "EasyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittilä Airport in November".
  17. (13 July 2023). "EasyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittilä Airport in November".
  18. (24 August 2024). "EasyJet expands Lapland connectivity with new routes to Kittilä from Milan and Paris".
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  20. "Edelweiss Air Expands Finland Service in NW24 | Aeroroutes".
  21. "An den Strand und in den Schnee".
  22. (31 August 2022). "Eurowings and Air France to launch direct flights from Düsseldorf and Paris to Kittilä in December".
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  24. "Eurowings - New Routes".
  25. "Finnair NS26 Norway Network Expansion".
  26. "Finnair July/August 2024 Nordic Holiday Destinations Service Expansion".
  27. (12 December 2022). "Helvetic Adds Seasonal Kittila Service in NW22".
  28. "KLM Adds Kittila Service in NW25".
  29. (30 October 2024). "Lufthansa NW24 Europe Frequency Changes – 27OCT24".
  30. "SAS NS25 Intercontinental Network Update; Summer Holidays Addition".
  31. (7 May 2024). "Transavia France NW24 New Routes Addition – 05MAY24".
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  33. "Flight Timetable".
  34. "TUI puts 2026 Lapland day trips on sale".
  35. "TUI puts 2026 Lapland day trips on sale".
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  37. (26 September 2020). "Flying TUI from East Midlands Airport: Destinations, Covid rules, and parking". Derbyshire Live.
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  39. "TUI puts 2026 Lapland day trips on sale".
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  41. (26 June 2023). "Newcastle to Lapland - direct flights launched to meet demand for Christmas 2024".
  42. "Flight plan".
  43. "Destination Kittilä".
  44. "TUIfly Netherlands Expands Finland Service in 1Q25".
  45. (30 May 2022). "TUI fly in de winter van Rotterdam Airport naar Egypte en Lapland".
  46. "Database - Eurostat".
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  48. "Traffic statistics 2019". Finavia.
  49. "Finavia Traffic statistics 1998-2025".
  50. "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2009". Finavia.
  51. (27 July 2006). "Fire at Kittilä Airport". Finavia.
  52. "Investigation of incident involving the door of a business jet at Kittilä airport on 4 January 2018 is progressing - Onnettomuustutkintakeskus".
  53. (28 December 2025). "Three killed in Sweden as major storm sweeps across Nordic countries".
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