# Gällivare Airport (GEV / ESNG)

**Gällivare Airport** (IATA: GEV, ICAO: ESNG) is a medium airport in Gällivare, Norrbottena län, Sweden. It opened in 1971. It has one runway, 1,714 m (5,623 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Gällivare Municipality. In 2022 it handled 21 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/esng

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GEV / ESNG
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Gällivare Municipality
- Serves: Gällivare, Norrbottena län, Sweden
- Opened: 1971
- Elevation: 313 m / 1,027 ft
- Coordinates: 67.1324, 20.8146
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,714 m / 5,623 ft
- Passengers: 21,062 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Stockholm
- Website: http://www.gellivare.se/Projekt/Lapland-Airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4llivare_Lapland_Airport (18 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q615917
- Weather station: ESNG · WMO 02049
- Ident: ESNG

## Timeline

- 1971: Gällivare Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,714 m / 5,623 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 118° / 298° | yes |

- 12/30 slopes 1.0%: threshold 30 at 296 m / 970 ft, threshold 12 at 313 m / 1,027 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 36,381 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 34,286 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 27,138 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 8,748 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 11,413 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 21,062 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [KRF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esnk.md) Kramfors-Sollefteå Höga Kusten Airport · Sweden · 476 km / 296 mi · Amapola Flyg
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 844 km / 524 mi · Amapola Flyg

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from GEV, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- HP [Amapola Flyg](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/amapola-flyg) · 2

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 21K (2022) | #2,417 of 3,974 | #502 in Europe | #23 in SE |
| Longest runway | 1,714 m / 5,623 ft | #5,181 of 29,858 | #878 in Europe | #49 in SE |
| Elevation | 313 m / 1,027 ft | =17,235 of 43,403 | =1,405 in Europe | #16 in SE |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =1,124 in Europe | =53 in SE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in SE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 122.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [SE-0039](https://dromopedia.com/airports/se-0039.md) Tjautjasjaure Airstrip · 22 km / 14 mi
- [SE-0032](https://dromopedia.com/airports/se-0032.md) Porjus flygfält · 47 km / 29 mi
- [ESUK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esuk.md) Kalixfors Airfield · 74 km / 46 mi
- [ESNJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esnj.md) Jokkmokk Airfield · 77 km / 48 mi
- [SE-0044](https://dromopedia.com/airports/se-0044.md) Vuollerim Airstrip · 78 km / 48 mi
- [KRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esnq.md) Kiruna Airport · 79 km / 49 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Gällivare Lapland Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gällivare_Lapland_Airport&oldid=1362719286), revision of 5 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/esng/data