Lidköping–Hovby Airport

Lidköping–Hovby Airport
Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Lidköping Hovby Flygplats AB
Serves Lidköping
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. ↑ (in Swedish) http://www.hallekis.com/arkiv1/oldartv09.htm
  4. ↑ West Air Sweden: Our Company Archived 2008-03-21 at the Wayback Machine.



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