Karlstad Airport

Coordinates: 59°26′41″N 013°20′15″E / 59.44472°N 13.33750°E / 59.44472; 13.33750
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Karlstad Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSwedavia
LocationKarlstad Municipality
Elevation AMSL352 ft / 107 m
Coordinates59°26′41″N 013°20′15″E / 59.44472°N 13.33750°E / 59.44472; 13.33750
Map
KSD is located in Värmland County
KSD
KSD
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 8,255 2,516 Asphalt
03L/21R 1,840 561 Grass
Statistics (2017)
Passengers total89,936
International passengers44,071
Domestic passengers45,865
Statistics: Transportstyrelsen[1]

Karlstad Airport (IATA: KSD, ICAO: ESOK) is situated 16 km (10 mi) from Karlstad city centre in Sweden.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Karlstad Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Croatia AirlinesSeasonal charter: Split
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria
Sunclass Airlines[2][3] Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Jettime Seasonal charter: Kos, Rhodes, Chania, Palma de Mallorca, Antalya, Larnaca

Statistics[edit]

Annual passenger traffic at KSD airport. See Wikidata query.

From Transportstyrelsen and Karlstad flygplats:[4][1]

Year Passengers Domestic International
1998 245,310 170,283 86,574
1999 271,411 Increase
2000 291,503 Increase 175,522 115,981
2001 262,105 Decrease
2002 216,072 Decrease
2003 171,680 Decrease
2004 160,335 Decrease 102,941 57,394
2005 144,365 Decrease
2006 113,087 Decrease
2007 119,482 Increase
2008 118,762 Decrease 59,169 59,593
2009 84,880 Decrease
2010 82,423 Decrease
2011 108,893 Increase
2012 100,349 Decrease 38,418 61,912
2013 109,574 Increase
2014 83,288 Decrease
2015 93,517 Increase
2016 85,848 Decrease 45,757 40,091
2017 89,936 Increase
2018 81,884 Decrease
2019 52,009 Decrease 16,926 35,083
2020 10,900 Decrease 3,097 7,803
2021 3,830 Decrease 548 3,282
2022 19,840 Increase 2,123 17,717

History[edit]

The airport was opened for traffic in 1997. The airport was built since the older Karlstad-Jakobsberg airport (59°21′36″N 13°27′58.4″E / 59.36000°N 13.466222°E / 59.36000; 13.466222) was causing noise to many residents due to its location 3 km from Karlstad city centre, and also because a longer runway was desired. The old airport had too short runway for charter flights to southern Europe, but such flights became common from the opening of the new airport. The route to Stockholm had still a large majority of the passengers the first years, but this route declined due to other available transport modes such as car and train on this fairly short route (258 km (160 mi)), and was finally closed in 2020 after reduced demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Media related to Karlstad Airport at Wikimedia Commons