Kittilä Airport

Kittilä Airport Kittilän lentoasema
IATA: KTT ICAO: EFKT
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Finavia
Serves	Kittilä, Lapland, Finland
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Elevation AMSL	644 ft / 196 m
Coordinates	67°41′55″N 024°50′53″E
Website	finavia.fi
Map
KTT Location within Finland
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 8,202 2,500 Asphalt
Statistics (2020)
Passengers 206,251 [1] Passenger change 19–20 -43.2% Landings 1,032
Source: AIP Finland[2]

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, 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]

Airlines and destinations

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

Airlines	Destinations
Aer Lingus	Seasonal charter: Dublin[5]
airBaltic	Seasonal: Riga, Tallinn,[6] Tampere[7][8]
Air France	Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle[9]
Animawings	Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni[10]
Austrian Airlines	Seasonal: Vienna[11]
Corendon Dutch Airlines	Seasonal charter: Amsterdam[12]
Discover Airlines	Frankfurt[13][14]
easyJet	Seasonal: London–Gatwick,[15] Manchester,[16] Milan–Malpensa,[17] Paris–Charles de Gaulle[18]
Edelweiss Air	Zürich[19]
Eurowings	Seasonal: Düsseldorf,[20] Hamburg (begins 12 January 2025)[21] [22]
Finnair	Helsinki[23] Seasonal: Ivalo
Helvetic Airways	Seasonal: Zürich[24]
Lufthansa	Seasonal: Munich
Swiss International Air Lines	Seasonal: Geneva[25]
Transavia	Seasonal: Paris–Orly[26][27]
TUI Airways[28]	Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne[29]
TUI fly Belgium[30]	Seasonal: Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid
TUI fly Netherlands[31]	Seasonal: Amsterdam,[32][33] Rotterdam[34]

Statistics

Apron view

4 busiest routes by passengers handled:[35]

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 statistics for Kittilä Airport[36][37]

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

Handled freight and mail at Kittilä Airport in tons[38]

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

• 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.[39]
• 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.[40]

See also

• List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries
• Levi, Finland

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. "Summer Sun Package Holidays 2021". sunway.ie. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
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9. "AIR FRANCE EXPANDS SCANDINAVIA NETWORK FROM DEC 2022". Aeroroutes. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
10. "Lapland - once in a lifetime". Nordic.ro.
11. "Austrian Adds Kittila Service in 1Q24". AeroRoutes.
12. https://www.travmagazine.nl/nordic-nederland-debuteert-met-eigen-charter-op-lapland/
13. "In winter 2024/25: Discover Airlines expands route network and flies to Norway and Finland". 16 January 2024.
14. "Discover Airlines launches historic year-round route from Frankfurt to Kittilä".
15. "EasyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittilä Airport in November". 13 July 2023.
16. "EasyJet to start direct flights from London Gatwick and Manchester to Kittilä Airport in November". 13 July 2023.
17. https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/easyjet/easyjet-expands-lapland-connectivity-with-new-routes-to-kittila-from-milan-and-paris/
18. https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/easyjet/easyjet-expands-lapland-connectivity-with-new-routes-to-kittila-from-milan-and-paris/
19. "Edelweiss Air Expands Finland Service in NW24 | Aeroroutes". www.aeroroutes.com.
20. "Eurowings and Air France to launch direct flights from Düsseldorf and Paris to Kittilä in December". 31 August 2022.
21. Liu, Jim (28 May 2024). "Eurowings NW24 Europe Network Additions – 27MAY24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
22. "Eurowings - New Routes".
23. "Finnair July/August 2024 Nordic Holiday Destinations Service Expansion". Aeroroutes.
24. Liu, Jim (12 December 2022). "Helvetic Adds Seasonal Kittila Service in NW22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
25. "Highly varied route network for SWISS in winter 2023/24". www.swiss.com.
26. Liu, Jim (7 May 2024). "Transavia France NW24 New Routes Addition – 05MAY24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
27. "Voyages Finlande - Laponie - Levi". leclercvoyages.com.
28. "Flight Timetable". tui.co.uk.
29. "Flights with TUI | Thomson now TUI Airways".
30. "Flight plan". tui.be.
31. "Destination Kittilä". tui.nl.
32. "TUIfly Netherlands Expands Finland Service in 1Q25".
33. "Vliegtickets Finland - goedkoop ticket Finland". TUI.
34. "TUI fly in de winter van Rotterdam Airport naar Egypte en Lapland". 30 May 2022.
35. "Database - Eurostat". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
36. 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.
37. "Traffic statistics 2019". Finavia. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
38. "Finavia's Air Traffic Statistics 2009" (PDF). Vantaa: Finavia. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
39. "Fire at Kittilä Airport". Finavia. 27 July 2006. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
40. "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

Media related to Kittilä Airport at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• AIP Finland – Kittilä 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