Visby Airport

Visby Airport (IATA: VBY, ICAO: ESSV), is located about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north of Visby, Gotland, Sweden.

Visby Airport

Visby flygplats
Summary
Airport typePublic (Luftfartsverket)
OperatorSwedavia
ServesVisby
LocationGotland, Sweden
Elevation AMSL164 ft / 50 m
Coordinates57°39′46″N 018°20′46″E
Websiteswedavia.com/visby/
Map
VBY
Location within Gotland
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 2,000 6,562 Asphalt
10/28 1,100 3,609 Grass
Statistics (2016)
Passengers total463,616
Domestic passengers448,784
European passengers11,428
Intercontinental passengers2,892
AIP[1]
Statistics: Transportstyrelsen[2][3]

Visby airport is Gotland's only commercial airport and the 12th largest airport in Sweden. The airport had 463,616 passengers in 2016.[2] The traffic has a large seasonal variation with many more passengers in the summer; in 2016 it had 18,070 passengers in January and 57,302 in July. During the Almedalen Week the airport is slot coordinated.[4]

History
The old terminal at Visby airport

Visby Airport was opened on 27 January 1942. The first aircraft to land was a Junkers Ju 52/3m named Göteland from AB Aerotransport.[5] 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
An ATR 72 from SAS at Visby airport.

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Air LeapGothenburg (begins 3 July 2020), Stockholm–Arlanda,[6] Stockholm–Bromma[7]
FinnairSeasonal: Helsinki
Norwegian Air ShuttleSeasonal: Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Seasonal charter: Chania, Corfu, Rhodes
Scandinavian AirlinesStockholm–Arlanda
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca[8]

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
Amapola Flyg Stockholm–Arlanda[9]
Nord-Flyg Stockholm-Skavsta

Statistics
Busiest routes to and from Visby Airport (2019)[10]
RankAirportPassengers handled% change
2018/19
1 Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stockholm-Bromma374,720 4.0
2 Sweden, Gothenburg30,561 5.8
3 Sweden, Malmö19,108 8.0
4 Finland, Helsinki4,345 7.1
5 Sweden, Umeå2,290 10.2
Countries with most handled passengers to/from Visby Airport (2019)
Rank Country Passengers Change
2018/19
1  Finland 4,345 7.1%
2  Greece 4,007 5.0%
3  Spain 1,849 8.6%
Traffic by calendar year[2]
YearPassenger volumeChangeDomesticChangeInternationalChange
2019 446,86404.5%433,40804.6%13,45600.4%
2018 467,85504.8%454,48304.2%13,402017.2%
2017 491,50306.0%474,68405.7%16,18909.1%
2016 463,61607.5%448,78408.0%14,83208.3%
2015 431,43006.0%415,25106.5%16,17906.0%
2014 406 998389,79317,205

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
Map of the airport in Visby.

Before the railroad was closed down on the island of Gotland, the main line from Visby to the northern parts of the island actually crossed the runway. It was one of the few airports in the world where this happened. [11] The railway traffic was ended in 1960 and the tracks removed a few years later.

See also
  • List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

References
  1. "ESSV – Visby" (PDF). AIP Sverige/Sweden. Norrköping: The LFV Group. 23 August 2012. pp. AD 2 ESSV 1-1..8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. "Flygplatsstatistik". Transportstyrelsen. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. "Statistics". Swedavia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  4. Carlsson, Anders. "Almedalsveckan sätter nya rekord i Visby". Flygtorget (in Swedish). Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  5. Hammarhjelm, Bengt (1999). Beredskap på Gotland 175 år: 1811-1986 (in Swedish) (2nd, utök. uppl., jämte komplement till 2000 ed.). Visby: Ödin. p. 164. ISBN 91-85716-84-7. SELIBR 7751982.
  6. Liu, Jim. "Air Leap adds new routes from Stockholm in May/June 2020". Routesonline. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  7. https://mitti.se/nyheter/flygbolag-oppnar-arlanda/
  8. "Flight". ving.se.
  9. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airlines/hp-apf/routes
  10. "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  11. "Gotland 65 år före Stockholm". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on November 11, 2010.

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