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Umeå Airport

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Umeå Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSwedavia
ServesUmeå, Sweden
Elevation AMSL24 ft (7.3 m)
Coordinates63°47′31″N 020°16′58″E / 63.79194°N 20.28278°E / 63.79194; 20.28278
Websiteswedavia.com/umea/
Map
UME is located in Västerbotten
UME
UME
Location within Västerbotten
UME is located in Sweden
UME
UME
UME (Sweden)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 7,551 2,302 Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
Passenger total960,351 (Decrease7%)
Aircraft movements10,152 (Decrease13%)
Statistics: Swedavia[1]

Umeå Airport (IATA: UME, ICAO: ESNU) is an airport located on the southern outskirts of the city of Umeå, Sweden. As of 2019, it is the seventh-largest airport in Sweden.[2] It had 960,351 passengers in 2019.[3] By road, the airport is located about 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) from Umeå city centre.

History

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The airport was inaugurated in May 1962, but had its first flight in 1961.[4]

Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Umeå Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Finnair Helsinki,[5][6][7] Vaasa[5]
Jonair Östersund[8]
Norwegian Air Shuttle Stockholm–Arlanda[9][10]
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm–Arlanda[citation needed]
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria[11]

Statistics

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PassengersYear200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,0001,200,000200720102013201620192022PassengersAnnual passenger traffic
Busiest routes to and from Umeå Airport (2024)[12]
RankAirportPassengers handled% change
2023/24
1Stockholm[a]633,205Decrease 2.2
2Gran Canaria12,301Increase 7.5
3Larnaca7,024Increase 30.5
4Östersund4,837Decrease 3.5
5Rhodes4,650Increase 17.5
Traffic by calendar year[13]
YearPassenger volumeChangeDomesticChangeInternationalChange
2025 719,596Increase6.6%693,112Increase8.6%26,484Decrease28.0%
2024 675,108Decrease1.6%638,334Decrease2.3%36,774Increase12.3%
2023 685,824Increase12.8%653,092Increase12.0%32,732Increase30.8%
2022 608,205Increase97.9%583,185Increase92.8%25,020Increase415.7%
2021 307,379Increase5.0%302,527Increase7.8%4,852Decrease60.1%
2020 292,728Decrease69.5%280,572Decrease68.1%12,156Decrease84.7%
2019 960,351Decrease6.9%880,806Decrease7.0%79,545Decrease6.2%
2018 1,031,728Decrease2.2%946,966Decrease3.5%84,762Increase14.4%
2017 1,055,353Decrease0.4%981,231Decrease1.8%74,122Increase23.5%
2016 1,059,194Increase1.1%999,183Increase2.9%60,011Decrease20.5%
2015 1,047,580Increase0.4%972,094Decrease0.1%75,486Increase7.4%
2014 1,042,891Increase5.4%972,601Increase6.3%70,290Decrease5.7%
2013 989,094Increase0.7%914,555Decrease0.1%74,539Increase12.7%
2012 981,831915,67366,158

Accidents and incidents

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  • On 21 September 1992, an Air Sweden IAI-1124 Westwind registered as SE-DLK was destroyed by a fire. The plane was departing to Arvidsjaur when takeoff was aborted due to an engine failure. None of the seven occupants were killed or injured, but the aircraft was written off.[14]
  • On 14 July 2019, a GippsAero GA8 Airvan aircraft with crew and skydivers lost control and crashed steeply into the ground. It had taken off from Umeå Airport. All nine on board died.[15]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Includes flights to/from Stockholm–Arlanda and Stockholm–Bromma

References

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  1. ↑ "Statistics". Swedavia. Retrieved 17 March 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "Pressinformation" (in Swedish). Swedavia. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  3. ↑ "Flygplatsstatistik". Transportstyrelsen. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Om flygplatsen" (in Swedish). Swedavia. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Finnair announces new connections for next winter - Luxembourg, Valencia and Turin routes to operate year-round". Finnair. 24 February 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  6. ↑ "Finnair etablerar sig på Umeå Airport – lanserar två nya destinationer inför sommaren 2026". Swedavia (in Swedish). 13 November 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  7. ↑ "Route listing: Where can you fly from Finavia airports during the winter season 2026–2027?". Finavia. 8 October 2026. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  8. ↑ "Amapola och Jonair vann upphandlingen". flygtorget.se. Archived from the original on 24 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  9. ↑ "November 2023". OAG Flight Guide Worldwide. 25 (5). Luton, United Kingdom: OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited: 1005–1011. ISSN 1466-8718.
  10. ↑ "Route map". norwegian.com.
  11. ↑ "Destinations from Umea airport".
  12. ↑ "Antal ankommande och avresande passagerare på Swedavias flygplatser, 2024" (XLSX). Swedavia.se. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  13. ↑ "Statistik inom Swedavia". www.swedavia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "ASN Aircraft accident IAI 1124 Westwind SE-DLK Umeå Airport (UME)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "Skydiving plane crash kills nine in Sweden". BBC News. 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022.
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