Jönköping Airport

Jönköping Airport
Jönköping flygplats
Jönköping Airport in mid-August 2009
Summary
Airport type Public (City of Jönköping)
Operator Jönköping Airport AB
Location Jönköping
Elevation AMSL 741 FT ft / 226 m
Coordinates 57°45′30″N 014°04′18″E / 57.75833°N 14.07167°E / 57.75833; 14.07167Coordinates: 57°45′30″N 014°04′18″E / 57.75833°N 14.07167°E / 57.75833; 14.07167
Map
JKG
Airport in Sweden
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,203 7,250.6 Asphalt
11/29 600 2,000 Grass
Statistics (2016)
Passengers total 112,506
International passengers 78,768
Domestic passengers 33,738
Landings total 6,714
Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency[1][2]

Jönköping Airport (IATA: JKG, ICAO: ESGJ), called Axamo is an airport located about 8 km from Jönköping, Sweden.

History

The airport was founded and opened in 1961 and was nationally owned until December 2009. It has been owned by the city of Jönköping since then.

It has lost many passengers, and was considered to be too small for a national airport. In 2008 it had 76,611 passengers, compared with 252,241 in 1998. The connection with Copenhagen has been closed and reopened a few times. Many drive to their destination or a competing airport. The driving distance to the Göteborg Landvetter Airport is 140 km, to Stockholm 320 km and to Copenhagen 330 km.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The airport currently offers four year-round scheduled routes to Stockholm, Karlstad and Frankfurt. Additionally, it serves a number of charter flights, all of which are organised by either TUI or Ving, with the exception of the Germania inward charters.

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Chania[3]
Air Europa Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca
Air Leap Stockholm–Arlanda[4]
BRA Braathens Regional Airlines Stockholm–Bromma
Seasonal charter: Split
flybmi Frankfurt, Karlstad
Freebird Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya (begins 17 August 2019)
Germania Seasonal charter: Düsseldorf
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria,[3] Larnaca,[3] Tenerife–South[3]
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Seasonal charter: Rhodes[5]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Airest Billund, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
ASL Airlines Belgium Brussels, Helsinki
West Air Sweden Oslo–Gardermoen

Ground transportation

Bus

Länstrafiken buses depart in connection to some flights.

Taxi

In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company.

Parking

There is parking at the airport, short-term and long-term parking lots.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Passagerarfrekvens" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Landningsfrekvens" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Only Flight".
  4. ↑ "LEAP börjar flyga Jönköping – Arlanda". www.mynewsdesk.com (in Swedish). 2018-07-13. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  5. ↑ Flygbolag och researrangörer
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