# Kittilä Airport

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. It carried 363,161 passengers in 2019 and 206,251 passengers in 2020 (due to COVID-19) being the fourth busiest airport in Finland.

## Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Kittilä Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
| Aer Lingus | Seasonal charter: Dublin |
| airBaltic | Seasonal: Riga, Tallinn, Tampere |
| Air France | Seasonal: Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
| Animawings | Seasonal: Bucharest–Otopeni |
| Austrian Airlines | Seasonal: Vienna |
| Corendon Dutch Airlines | Seasonal charter: Amsterdam |
| Discover Airlines | Frankfurt |
| EasyJet | Seasonal: London–Gatwick, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Paris–Charles de Gaulle |
| Edelweiss Air | Zürich |
| Eurowings | Seasonal: Düsseldorf, Hamburg |
| Finnair | Helsinki Seasonal: Ivalo |
| Helvetic Airways | Seasonal: Zürich |
| Lufthansa | Seasonal: Munich |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Seasonal: Geneva |
| Transavia | Seasonal: Paris–Orly |
| TUI Airways | Seasonal: Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, East Midlands, Glasgow, London–Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne |
| TUI fly Belgium | Seasonal: Barcelona, Brussels, Madrid |
| TUI fly Netherlands | Seasonal: Amsterdam, Rotterdam |

## Statistics
### Passengers

Annual passenger statistics for Kittilä Airport :
| 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 :
| 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.
* 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.