Visby airport

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Visby flygplats
Main entrance to Visby Airport, 2014
Characteristics
ICAO code ESSV
IATA code VBY
Coordinates

57 ° 39 '46 "  N , 18 ° 20' 46"  E Coordinates: 57 ° 39 '46 "  N , 18 ° 20' 46"  E
Height above MSL 50 m (164  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 4 km northeast of Visby
Street 149
Local transport Flygbussarna
Basic data
opening January 27, 1942
operator Swedavia
Terminals 1
Passengers 463,687 (2016)
Air freight 96 t (2016)
Flight
movements 		18,540 (2016)
Employees 300 (2012)
Runways
03/21 2000 m × 45 m asphalt
10/28 1100 m × 40 m grass

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The Visby Airport ( IATA code : VBY , ICAO code : ESSV ) is the only international airport on the Swedish Baltic Sea island Gotland . The operating company calls it Visby Airport . It is located about five kilometers north-northeast of Visby between Snäckgärdsbaden and Stora Hästnäs.

It opened on January 27, 1942. In October 1942, regular air traffic with three-engine Junkers aircraft began on a grass runway. A flight museum is located in the terminal at that time. There has been an asphalt railway since 1957, a new terminal was built in 1958, the last terminal was built in 1987. From 2001 to 2016, from foundation to dissolution, Visby Airport was the home airport of Gotlandsflyg airline .

The number of visitors to the airport varies greatly with the season. Traffic increases significantly in summer.

Web links

Commons : Visby airport  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c AIP SWEDEN ES-AD-2-ESSV. (PDF; 118 KB) In: lfv.se. LFV , November 12, 2015, accessed May 6, 2017 (Swedish, English).
  2. ↑ Passenger frequency at Swedish airports. (Excel; 277 KB) In: transportstyrelsen.se. Transportstyrelsen (Transport Authority), February 20, 2017, accessed May 6, 2017 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ Freight frequency at Swedish airports. (Excel; 263 KB) In: transportstyrelsen.se. Transportstyrelsen (Transport Authority), January 24, 2017, accessed May 6, 2017 (Swedish).
  4. ↑ Landing frequency of the Swedish airports. (Excel; 258 KB) In: transportstyrelsen.se. Transportstyrelsen (Transport Authority), February 20, 2017, accessed May 6, 2017 (Swedish).
  5. ↑ About Visby Airport ( Memento from September 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive )