Visby Airport

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Visby Airport
Visby flygplats
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IATA: VBY – ICAO: ESSV
Summary
Airport type Public (Luftfartsverket)
Operator Swedavia
Serves Visby
Location Gotland, Sweden
Elevation AMSL 164 ft / 50 m
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Website swedavia.com/visby/
Map
VBY is located in Gotland
VBY
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 (2014)
Passengers total 406,906
International passengers 17,285
Domestic passengers 389,621
AIP[1]
Statistics: Swedavia[2]

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.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Chania
BRA Göteborg, Malmö, Stockholm–Bromma
Seasonal: Helsinki, Sandefjord, Split, Stockholm–Skavsta, Sundsvall-Härnösand, Ängelholm
Finnair Seasonal: Helsinki
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

Statistics

Busiest routes to and from Visby Airport (2015)[3]
Rank Airport Passengers handled  % change
2014/15
1  Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stockholm-Bromma 353,036 Increase 6.7
2  Sweden, Gothenburg 32,187 Increase 3.6
3  Sweden, Malmö 19,332 Increase 5.2
4  Norway, Oslo 5,000 Increase 27.4
5  Turkey, Antalya 3,749 Decrease 12.1

Unusual Railroad Crossing

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Map of the airport in Visby.
File:Visby gamla flygplats.JPG
The old terminal at Visby airport

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

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  3. ↑ [1]
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External links

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