Kittilä Airport

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 United Kingdom, Russia, Ukraine, France, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, 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, Finland
Time zoneEET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST)EEST (UTC+3)
Elevation AMSL644 ft / 196 m
Coordinates67°41′55″N 024°50′53″E
Websitefinavia.fi
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
AirlinesDestinations
Aer Lingus Seasonal charter: Dublin
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga
Austrian Airlines Seasonal Charter: Vienna
easyJet Seasonal charter: London–Gatwick, Bristol
Finnair Helsinki
Seasonal: Ivalo, Tampere, Turku
Helvetic Airways Seasonal: Zurich
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich
Transavia Seasonal charter: Amsterdam
TUI Airways[5] Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Doncaster/Sheffield, East Midlands, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne
Seasonal charter: Edinburgh
TUI fly Belgium[6] Seasonal: Brussels

Statistics
Apron view
4 busiest routes by passengers handled:[7]
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
Annual passenger traffic at KTT airport. See source Wikidata query.
Annual passenger statistics for Kittilä Airport[8][9]
YearDomestic passengersInternational passengersTotal passengersChange
1983 1,821
1985 280
1990 21,103
1995 76,002
1998 115,65112,247127,898
1999 110,12817,808127,936+0,0%
2000 143,62726,455170,082+32,9%
2001 145,75735,781181,538+6,7%
2002 146,40851,083197,491+8,8%
2003 144,48269,300213,782+8,2%
2004 161,85477,109238,963+11,8%
2005 155,00873,513228,521−4.4%
2006 153,26491,820245,084+7.2%
2007 145,67596,291241,966−1.3%
2008 164,136101,259265,395+9.7%
2009 165,92679,387245,313−7.6%
2010 142,19772,179214,376−12.6%
2011 167,48471,054238,538+11.3%
2012 186 18477 202263 386+10.4%
2013 157 46579 757237 222−9.9%
2014 153 01181 722234 733−1.0%
2015 140 83185 988226 819−3.4%
2016 148,274109,263257,537+13.5%
2017 183,952141,101325,053+26.2%
2018 208,835145,726354,561+9.1%
2019 214,357148,804363,161+2,4%
2020 128,093 78,158 206,251 -43,2%

Cargo
Handled freight and mail at Kittilä Airport in tons[10]
YearDomestic freightDomestic mailInternational freightInternational mailTotal freight and mailChange
2005 2500025−7%
2006 2610027+8%
2007 1400014−48%
2008 1300013−7%
2009 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.[11]
  • 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 killing him instantly. There were no passengers in the aircraft.[12]

See also

References
  1. https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Passengers%20by%20Airport%201998-2020-fi-fi.xlsx
  2. "EFKT Kittilä" (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. https://www.finavia.fi/sites/default/files/documents/Passengers%20by%20Airport-fi_0.pdf
  5. "Flight Timetable". tui.co.uk.
  6. "Flight plan". tui.be.
  7. "Database - Eurostat". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  8. 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.
  9. "Traffic statistics 2019". Finavia. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  10. "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2009" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  11. "Fire at Kittilä Airport". Finavia. 27 July 2006. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  12. "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.

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