- Luleå Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Luleå Airport
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IATA = LLA
ICAO = ESPA
type = Military/Public
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operator = Luftfartsverket
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location = Luleå
elevation-f = 65
elevation-m = 20
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r1-number = 14/32
r1-length-f = 10,990
r1-length-m = 3,350
r1-surface =Asphalt
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footnotes =Luleå Airport Airport codes|LLA|ESPA (Swedish: Luleå flygplats) is located about 10 km southeast of
Luleå ,Sweden , near the village ofKallax . It is the largest airport in northernSweden (Norrland ), and the 5th largest in Sweden. The airport had 902,168 passengers in 2005, most of whom flew to/fromStockholm .History
The airport opened in 1984.
A connection to
Murmansk ,Russia was operated since the early 1990s by the Russian airlineArkhangelsk Airlines . With the route starting fromArchangelsk , it was the only connection from these cities to Sweden. Their Russian machines were, however, banned in 2006 because of tighter noise and pollution restrictions imposed by theEuropean Union .Nordkalottflyg (Barents AirLink ) took over the connection in May 2006 but discontinued it in 2007.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 the airport was planned to serve as a fuel stop for cargo flights from such cities as
Tokyo andSan Francisco . The distance e.g. Tokyo-Paris is shorter if routed through Luleå, compared to flying overChina . So far Russian bureaucracy and fees for trans-Siberia n flights have obstructed these plans, but a lower fee closer to standard values was accepted by Russian authorities in 2006, which has seen cargo traffic slowly increasing.Fact|date=May 2008Airlines and destinations
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Barents AirLink (Pajala, Kiruna, Tromsø)
*City Airline (Gothenburg-Landvetter)
*Direktflyg (Sundsvall)
*Norwegian Air Shuttle (Stockholm-Arlanda)
*Nordic Regional (Umeå, Östersund)
*Scandinavian Airlines (Stockholm-Arlanda)External links
*WAD|ESPA
* [http://www.lfv.se/templates/LFV_AirportStartPage____3595.aspx Airport home page (English version)]
* [http://www.kallaxcargo.com/ Kallax Cargo Airport]
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