Visby Airport

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Visby Airport

Visby flygplats
Visby flygplats ingången från parkeringen Visby Sweden.jpg
Summary
Airport typePublic (Luftfartsverket)
OperatorSwedavia
ServesVisby
LocationGotland, Sweden
Elevation AMSL164 ft / 50 m
Coordinates57°39′46″N 018°20′46″E / 57.66278°N 18.34611°E / 57.66278; 18.34611Coordinates: 57°39′46″N 018°20′46″E / 57.66278°N 18.34611°E / 57.66278; 18.34611
Websiteswedavia.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 (2016)
Passengers total463,616
Domestic passengers448,784
European passengers11,428
Intercontinental passengers2,892
AIP[1]
Statistics: Transportstyrelsen[2][3]

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 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 Leap[6]Stockholm–Bromma[7]
BRA Braathens Regional AirlinesGothenburg, Malmö, Stockholm–Bromma
FinnairSeasonal: Helsinki
Norwegian Air Shuttle[8]Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda
RyanairStockholm–Arlanda (begins 28 March 2022)[9]
Scandinavian AirlinesStockholm–Arlanda
Sunclass Airlines[10] Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca

Cargo[]

AirlinesDestinations
Amapola Flyg Stockholm–Arlanda[11]

Statistics[]

Annual passenger traffic at VBY airport. See source Wikidata query.
Busiest routes to and from Visby Airport (2019)[12]
Rank Airport Passengers handled % change
2018/19
1  Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stockholm-Bromma 374,720 Decrease 4.0
2  Sweden, Gothenburg 30,561 Decrease 5.8
3  Sweden, Malmö 19,108 Decrease 8.0
4  Finland, Helsinki 4,345 Increase 7.1
5  Sweden, Umeå 2,290 Decrease 10.2
Countries with most handled passengers to/from Visby Airport (2019)
Rank Country Passengers Change
2018/19
1  Finland 4,345 Increase7.1%
2  Greece 4,007 Decrease5.0%
3  Spain 1,849 Decrease8.6%
Traffic by calendar year[2]
Year Passenger volume Change Domestic Change International Change
2019 446,864 Decrease04.5% 433,408 Decrease04.6% 13,456 Increase00.4%
2018 467,855 Decrease04.8% 454,483 Decrease04.2% 13,402 Decrease017.2%
2017 491,503 Increase06.0% 474,684 Increase05.7% 16,189 Increase09.1%
2016 463,616 Increase07.5% 448,784 Increase08.0% 14,832 Decrease08.3%
2015 431,430 Increase06.0% 415,251 Increase06.5% 16,179 Decrease06.0%
2014 406 998 389,793 17,205

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. [13] 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. ^ a b c "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. ^ https://www.airleap.se/
  7. ^ "Flygbolag öppnar nya linjer från Bromma och Arlanda". 5 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Route map". norwegian.com.
  9. ^ https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/cheap-flight-destinations-list
  10. ^ "Flight". ving.se.
  11. ^ "Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map".
  12. ^ "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  13. ^ "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

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