Within the framework of the Swedish Energy Agency's call "Fossil-free flight 2045", Skellefteå Airport's application has been approved. The application is about developing a test route between Skellefteå Airport and Northvolt One for electrically powered and vertical-starting aircraft, so-called eVTOL. Behind the application is a broad consortium with partners from both academia and the private and public sectors.
The project will investigate and plan for infrastructure, airspace issues, permits, market issues and, from a research perspective, investigate the electrical environment that increased use of electrified aircraft provides at the airport. This creates the conditions for one of the very first test routes in the Nordic region, which will help to shorten the time leading up to commercial traffic with eVTOL in Västerbotten, Sweden and the Nordics.
Through Skellefteå Airport's proactive work with, among other things, the installation of Sweden's most powerful electricity supply for electrified aviation, opportunities are created to quickly get vehicles into the air, both for test and development and for commercial traffic. In addition to Skellefteå Airport, Skellefteå Kraft, Luleå University of Technology, Northvolt, Jonair and ACR also participate in the project with the test route.
In Skellefteå municipality, a major societal transformation is currently underway, with several major industrial establishments contributing to the creation of the green society of the future.
Skellefteå Airport works with the green transformation of the transport sector together with, among others, Skellefteå Kraft, Northvolt, EIT InnoEnergy, Skellefteå Science City and participates in the FAIR project and the Green Airport project.
A major focus is on the development of electric and hydrogen aviation and the provision of fossil-free aviation fuel.
Contact details
Robert Lindberg Henrik Littorin
CEO Project Manager
Skellefteå Airport Electrified Air Transportation in Skellefteå
+46 70 551 70 75 +46 734 33 19 98
robert.lindberg@sft.se henrik.littorin@hlinsight.se
Skellefteå Airport är Västerbottens näst största flygplats med ett strategiskt läge mellan Luleå och Umeå. Flygplatsen ägs av Skellefteå Kommun och har cirka 300 000 resenärer per år. Flygplatsen erbjuder reguljärflyg med avgångar till Arlanda och utrikes reguljärflyg till Polen. Chartertrafik erbjuds till Gran Canaria, Rhodos, Kreta, Thailand, Turkiet, Nederländerna, samt Kroatien.