# Pajala Airport (PJA / ESUP)

**Pajala Airport** (IATA: PJA, ICAO: ESUP) is a small airport in Pajala, Norrbottena län, Sweden. It opened in 1999. It has one runway, 2,302 m (7,552 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Pajala Municipality. In 2022 it handled 9 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: PJA / ESUP
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Pajala Municipality
- Serves: Pajala, Norrbottena län, Sweden
- Opened: 1999
- Elevation: 165 m / 542 ft
- Coordinates: 67.2446, 23.0749
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,302 m / 7,552 ft
- Passengers: 8,768 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Stockholm
- Website: https://www.pajala.se/pajala-airport/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pajala_Airport (16 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1432282
- Weather station: ESUP
- Ident: ESUP

## Timeline

- 1999: Pajala Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,302 m / 7,552 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 118° / 298° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2019 | 6,315 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 935 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 5,718 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 8,768 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [LLA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/espa.md) Luleå Airport · Sweden · 194 km / 121 mi · Jonair

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- JON [Jonair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jonair) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 9K (2022) | #2,738 of 3,974 | #564 in Europe | #33 in SE |
| Longest runway | 2,302 m / 7,552 ft | =3,035 of 29,858 | =596 in Europe | #17 in SE |
| Elevation | 165 m / 542 ft | =26,374 of 43,403 | #2,567 in Europe | #38 in SE |
| Age | Opened 1999 | =11,027 of 15,079 | =1,323 in Europe | #73 in SE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in SE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AFIS | AFIS | 118.250 |

## Nearby airports

- [EFAA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efaa.md) Aavahelukka Airfield · 55 km / 34 mi
- [ESNE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esne.md) Överkalix Airfield · 86 km / 53 mi
- [KTT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efkt.md) Kittilä International Airport · 91 km / 57 mi
- [GEV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esng.md) Gällivare Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [SE-0039](https://dromopedia.com/airports/se-0039.md) Tjautjasjaure Airstrip · 100 km / 62 mi
- [ENF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/efet.md) Enontekio Airport · 125 km / 78 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: “Pajala Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pajala_Airport&oldid=1371389749), revision of 26 Aug 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/esup/data