Lidköping-Hovby Airport

Lidköping-Hovby Airport
Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats
IATA: LDKICAO: ESGL
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Lidköping Hovby Flygplats AB
Location Lidköping, Sweden
Elevation AMSL 200 ft / 61 m
Coordinates 58°27′55″N 013°10′27″E / 58.46528°N 13.17417°E / 58.46528; 13.17417
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
06/24 1,990 6,529 Asphalt
Source: DAFIF[1][2]

Lidköping-Hovby Airport (Swedish: Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats) (IATA: LDK, ICAO: ESGL), also known as Lidköping Airport, is an airport situated 5 km outside Lidköping, Sweden. The airport was built by the Swedish Air Force in the 1940s. It was bought by Lidköping Municipality in 2000[3] and is now in civilian use.

Airlines and destinations

After Golden Air moved their Stockholm–Bromma flights to nearby Trollhättan–Vänersborg Airport there are no scheduled passenger flights.

Other operations

Lidköping-Hovby Airport is home to West Air Sweden's Technical and Operations departments.[4]

See also

References

  1. Airport information for ESGL at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  2. Airport information for LDK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
  3. (Swedish) http://www.hallekis.com/arkiv1/oldartv09.htm
  4. West Air Sweden: Our Company

External links



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