Kramfors Airport
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Kramfors Airport is an airport located between the towns of Kramfors
Kramfors
Kramfors is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 6,235 inhabitants in 2005.Geographically the town is situated on the western shore of the Ångerman River. This river was the reason that Kramfors was founded, because in the 19th century it was a...

 and Sollefteå
Sollefteå
Sollefteå is a locality and the seat of Sollefteå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 8,530 inhabitants in 2005.The earliest written account on Sollefteå is found in a script dating back to 1270. During this time the name of the village was given as De Solatum - a name that can be...

, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 .

The number of passengers in 2007 was 26,111, dropping sharply from 62,000 in 2000. The reason for this is low price flights from larger relatively nearby airports like Örnsköldsvik Airport
Örnsköldsvik Airport
Örnsköldsvik Airport , is a regional airport located northeast of Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, at Husum, built in 1961. The airport had 132,468 passengers in 2007.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:...

 and Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport
Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport
Sundsvall-Härnösand Airport or Midlanda Airport is located about 21 km north of Sundsvall and 32 km south of Härnösand, Sweden....

 (travel has not been reduced overall during this period, but the Kramfors passengers have to a large extent chosen other routes). The figures were only 14,787 in 2008 due to the bankruptcy of the airline Nordic Regional
Nordic Regional
Nordic Airways was an airline based in Stockholm, Sweden. It operated extensive charter and wet lease services. The company's low-cost airline subsidiary Nordic Regional also operates a scheduled network of services linking five domestic and one international destination...

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Transportation

Ground transport is by taxi, shared taxi, rental car or own car.

In late 2011 passenger train traffic will start on the nearby Ådalen Line
Ådalen Line
The Ådalen Line is a railway line between Sundsvall and Långsele in Sweden. At Sundsvall, the line intersects with the Central Line and the East Coast Line. At Långsele, the line intersects with the Main Line Through Upper Norrland. It also connects to the Bothnia Line-History:Traditionally the...

. A station has been built near the airport, but it is still at least 1 km distance between the station and the airport. A bus or taxi transfer connection is planned.
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