Visby Airport
| Visby Airport Visby flygplats | |||||||||||||||
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| IATA: VBY – ICAO: ESSV | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public (Luftfartsverket) | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Swedavia | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Visby | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Gotland, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 164 ft / 50 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°39′46″N 018°20′46″E / 57.66278°N 18.34611°ECoordinates: 57°39′46″N 018°20′46″E / 57.66278°N 18.34611°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | swedavia.com/visby/ | ||||||||||||||
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  VBY Location within Gotland | |||||||||||||||
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Visby Airport (IATA: VBY, ICAO: ESSV), is located about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north of Visby, Gotland, Sweden.
Visby airport is Gotland's only commercial airport and the 12th largest airport in Sweden. The airport had 406906 passengers in 2014.[2] The traffic has a large seasonal variation with many more passengers in the summer; in 2010 it had 17,606 passengers in January and 51,193 in July. And during Almedalsveckan the airport is slot coordinated. Gotland is a popular tourist destination for Swedes.
History
In 1938 the parliament decided to construct a civilian airport outside Visby and on 27th January 1944 the airport opened. The first aircraft to land was a Junkers Ju 52 named Göteland from AB Aerotransport. In October the same year regular traffic between Visby and the Swedish mainland started, in the beginning mostly with Ju 52s. In 1958 a new terminal building, a new control tower and a new runway made of asphalt was inaugurated. A runway which also featured a railway crossing. The current terminal and control tower opened in 1985.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Aegean Airlines | Seasonal charter: Chania |
| BRA operated by Braathens Regional Aviation | Göteborg, Malmö, Stockholm–Bromma Seasonal: Helsinki, Sandefjord, Split, Stockholm–Skavsta, Sundsvall-Härnösand, Ängelholm |
| Finnair | Seasonal: Helsinki |
| Nextjet | Seasonal: Karlstad, Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal charter: Chania, Corfu, Rhodes |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm–Arlanda |
| SunExpress | Seasonal charter: Antalya |
| Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia | Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca |
| Widerøe | Seasonal: Oslo–Gardermoen |
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Nord-Flyg | Stockholm-Skavsta |
Statistics
| Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | % change 2014/15 |
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| 1 |  Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stockholm-Bromma | 353,036 |  6.7 |
| 2 | Sweden, Gothenburg | 32,187 | 3.6 |
| 3 | Sweden, Malmö | 19,332 | 5.2 |
| 4 |  Norway, Oslo | 5,000 | 27.4 |
| 5 |  Turkey, Antalya | 3,749 |  12.1 |
Other Aviation
Apart from the commercial aviation at Visby airport, there is also a flying club and a parachuting club based at the airport. And the Swedish Maritime Administration has a search and rescue helicopter based in Visby.
Unusual Railroad Crossing
Before the railroad was closed down on the island of Gotland, the main line from Visby actually crossed the runway. It is one of the few airports in the world where this happened. [4]
See also
References
- ↑ "ESSV – Visby" (PDF). AIP Sverige/Sweden. Norrköping: The LFV Group. 23 August 2012. pp. AD 2 ESSV 1–1..8. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- 1 2 "Statistics" (PDF). Swedavia. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ↑
- ↑ "Gotland 65 år före Stockholm". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on November 11, 2010.
External links
Media related to Visby Airport at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- Airport information for ESSV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.