It lies around 10 km (6.2 mi) from the old town centre of Kiruna and around 4 km from the new town centre.

[1] Kiruna Airport is the chosen destination for the Spaceport Sweden project.

Spaceport Sweden is a new venture between Swedish Space Corporation, the Jukkasjärvi Icehotel, LFV Group and Progressum, in which they hope, when its operations start, that Virgin Galactic will make their second base after the USA.

[2] The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Kiruna:[3] There are additional scheduled helicopter flights for paying passengers in the mountain region of Kiruna.

One such is Nikkaluokta-Kebnekaise mountain lodge, which goes twice daily in the summer season operated by Kallax Flyg.