Luleå Airport (IATA: LLA, ICAO: ESPA) is located about 5 km south-southeast of Luleå, Sweden, near the village of Kallax. The airport had a 995,581 passenger total in 2008, and is thus Sweden's sixth largest airport. It is the largest airport in northern Sweden (Norrland).

History

The airport began as a military airfield in 1941 and later opened up to civilian traffic on September 11, 1944.

Around the year 2000 the runway at Luleå Airport was extended and is now the longest in Sweden. The purpose of the extension was to attract heavy long-distance cargo flights, and in particular to serve as a fuel stop for flights from such cities as Tokyo and San Francisco. One problem is that Russia now gives discounts only for cargo airlines using a Russian airport like Yemelyanovo Airport for refueling, which Lufthansa Cargo now does.^{[citation needed]} In April 2009 Korean Air Cargo launched a cargo route from Luleå to Seoul-Incheon Airport, exporting among other things Norwegian salmon to Asia.^{[citation needed]}

Airlines and destinations

There are several more seasonal charter flights, e.g. to Thailand, Canary Islands, Greece, Turkey, Egypt.

See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

References

External links

• Official website
• Airport information for ESPA at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
• Kallax Cargo Airport