Kittila Airport

Kittila Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EFKT
IATA code	KTT
Coordinates	67 ° 42 '4 " N , 24 ° 50' 49" E Coordinates: 67 ° 42 '4 " N , 24 ° 50' 49" E
Height above MSL	196 m (643 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	5 km north of Kittilä, ; 15 km south of Levi (Finland)
Street	Main street 79 ( Rovaniemi - Muonio )
Basic data
opening	1983
operator	Finavia
Passengers	363,161 (2019)
Air freight	9 t (2012)
Flight ; movements	1,628 (2012)
Start-and runway
16/34	2500 m × 45 m asphalt

The Kittilä Airport is a airport in Finnish Lapland .

It is located in the far north of Finland near the capital of the same name in the municipality of Kittilä . The airlines Finnair , SAS Scandinavian Airlines and Norwegian Air Shuttle maintain regular flight connections from Kittilä to Helsinki , in the winter flight schedule there are also scheduled flights to Turku , Tampere and Ivalo . In the winter months, Kittilä is also served by various charter airlines from abroad, which transport tourists to the Levi and Ylläs ski resorts via Kittilä . Lufthansa has been offering a seasonal connection to the Finnish airport in Munich since December 2015 . Germania flew non-stop from Düsseldorf between winter 2017 and 2019 .

Incidents and Incidents

On July 27, 2006, a large part of the passenger terminal was destroyed in a major fire, including part of an extension that had only been commissioned a few months earlier. Flight operations had to be suspended for a few days, and two makeshift terminals were built in containers for further operations. The reconstruction of the terminal was completed at the end of 2007.

On January 4, 2018, a Skyline Aviation pilot died while walking around his Gulfstream G150 .