KRN

Kiruna Airport

ICAO ESNQ67.8220°N 20.3368°E460 m / 1,508 ftLarge airport
On the map

Kiruna Airport (IATA: KRN, ICAO: ESNQ) is a large airport in Kiruna, Norrbottena län, Sweden. It opened in 1960. It has one runway, 2,502 m (8,209 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Swedavia. In 2025 it handled 252 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1960–1960
1960
OpenedKiruna Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
Terminal 1
03/21034° / 214° · LIT
LENGTH2,502 m8,209 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
270K
257K
261K
283K
277K
268K
111K
121K
196K
217K
222K
252K
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Routes

4 destinations · 4 countries
Most destinationsScandinavian Airlines 2Norwegian Air Shuttle 1Eurowings 1Air France 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KRN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Kiruna Airport” (revision of 7 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers252K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,424of 3,974 · #308 Europe · #9 SELongest runway2,502 m8,209 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,298of 29,823 · #370 Europe · #11 SEElevation460 m1,508 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=11,944of 43,341 · #838 Europe · #4 SEAgeOpened 19602026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,584of 15,079 · =929 Europe · =38 SERunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =27 SE
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

1 channels
TWRTWR130.150