Skellefteå Airport

Skellefteå Airport Skellefteå flygplats
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IATA: SFT – ICAO: ESNS
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Skellefteå Municipality
Serves	Skellefteå, Sweden
Elevation AMSL	157 ft / 48 m
Coordinates
Website	skellefteaairport.se
Map
SFT Location within Sweden
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 10/28 6,890 2,100 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Passengers total 292,081 International passengers 28,176 Domestic passengers 263,905
Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency

Skellefteå Airport (IATA: SFT, ICAO: ESNS), is located about 17 km from Skellefteå, Västerbotten, Sweden.

Skellefteå Airport is ranked as one of 10 largest airports in Sweden in terms of domestic flights.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal charter: Rhodes
Croatia Airlines	Seasonal charter: Split
Scandinavian Airlines	Stockholm-Arlanda

Witch prank

Just before the Easter in March 2016, the airport gained notability for issuing a warning to witches flying south to Blockula during the holiday, not to enter the airport's airspace since they risked colliding with aircraft. Instructions for witches on how to submit proper flight plans were included in the warning. According to old Swedish folklore, witches (påskkärringar) fly on their broomstick to Blockula during Easter, accompanied by their familiars, usually cats. Metrologist Åsa Rasmussen added a recommendation to let the cat stay at home, since the weather forecast predicted heavy snowfall.

See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

External links

• Skellefteå Airport – Official website
• Airport information for ESNS at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.