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 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
Websitefinavia.fi
Map
KTT is located in Finland
KTT
KTT
Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 8,202 2,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers206,251 [1]
Passenger change 19–20Decrease -43.2%
Landings1,032
Source: AIP Finland[2]

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
airBaltic Seasonal: Riga, Tampere (begins 22 December 2023)[5]
Air France Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[6]
Austrian Airlines Seasonal: Vienna (begins 20 January 2024)[7]
Corendon Dutch Airlines Seasonal charter: Amsterdam
easyJet Seasonal: London–Gatwick (begins 25 November 2023),[8] Manchester (begins 16 November 2023)[9]
Edelweiss Air Seasonal charter: Zürich[10]
Eurowings Seasonal: Düsseldorf[11]
Finnair Helsinki
Seasonal: Ivalo
Helvetic Airways Seasonal: Zürich[12]
Lufthansa Seasonal: Munich
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva[13]
TUI Airways[14] Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, Manchester
TUI fly Belgium[15] Seasonal: Brussels
TUI fly Netherlands[16] Seasonal: Amsterdam,[17] Rotterdam[18]

Statistics
Apron view
4 busiest routes by passengers handled:[19]
Rank Airport Passengers
(2015)		 Operators
1. Finland Helsinki, Finland
Decrease 109,855
 Finnair, Nordic Regional Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines
2. Finland Ivalo, Finland
Increase 30,911
 Finnair
3. United Kingdom London–Gatwick, United Kingdom
Increase 18,970
 easyJet, Finnair, TUI Airways
4. United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom
Increase 18,093
 Jet2.com, TUI Airways

Passengers
Annual passenger traffic at KTT airport. See Wikidata query.
Annual passenger statistics for Kittilä Airport[20][21]
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% Increase
2000 143,62726,455170,082+32,9% Increase
2001 145,75735,781181,538+6,7% Increase
2002 146,40851,083197,491+8,8% Increase
2003 144,48269,300213,782+8,2% Increase
2004 161,85477,109238,963+11,8% Increase
2005 155,00873,513228,521−4.4% Decrease
2006 153,26491,820245,084+7.2% Increase
2007 145,67596,291241,966−1.3%Decrease
2008 164,136101,259265,395+9.7% Increase
2009 165,92679,387245,313−7.6% Decrease
2010 142,19772,179214,376−12.6% Decrease
2011 167,48471,054238,538+11.3% Increase
2012 186 18477 202263 386+10.4% Increase
2013 157 46579 757237 222−9.9% Decrease
2014 153 01181 722234 733−1.0% Decrease
2015 140 83185 988226 819−3.4% Decrease
2016 148,274109,263257,537+13.5% Increase
2017 183,952141,101325,053+26.2% Increase
2018 208,835145,726354,561+9.1% Increase
2019 214,357148,804363,161+2,4% Increase
2020 128,09378,158206,251-43,2% Decrease
2021 118,61863,684182,302-11,6% Decrease

Cargo
Handled freight and mail at Kittilä Airport in tons[22]
YearDomestic freightDomestic mailInternational freightInternational mailTotal freight and mailChange
2005 2500025−7% Decrease
2006 2610027+8% Increase
2007 1400014−48% Decrease
2008 1300013−7% Decrease
2009 1100011−15% Decrease

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.[23]
  • 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.[24]

See also

References
  1. "PASSENGERS BY AIRPORT 1998-2020". www.finavia.fi.
  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. "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. "Austrian Adds Kittila Service in 1Q24". AeroRoutes.
  8. "EasyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittilä Airport in November". 13 July 2023.
  9. "EasyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittilä Airport in November". 13 July 2023.
  10. "Flüge von Zürich nach Kittilä, Finnland (Lappland) | Edelweiss". www.flyedelweiss.com.
  11. "Eurowings and Air France to launch direct flights from Düsseldorf and Paris to Kittilä in December". 31 August 2022.
  12. "Helvetic Adds Seasonal Kittila Service in NW22". AeroRoutes.
  13. "Highly varied route network for SWISS in winter 2023/24". www.swiss.com.
  14. "Flight Timetable". tui.co.uk.
  15. "Flight plan". tui.be.
  16. "Destination Kittilä". tui.nl.
  17. "Vliegtickets Finland - goedkoop ticket Finland". TUI.
  18. "TUI fly in de winter van Rotterdam Airport naar Egypte en Lapland". 30 May 2022.
  19. "Database - Eurostat". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  20. 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.
  21. "Traffic statistics 2019". Finavia. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  22. "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2009" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  23. "Fire at Kittilä Airport". Finavia. 27 July 2006. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  24. "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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