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|[[Aegean Airlines]] |'''Seasonal charter''': [[Chania International Airport|Chania]]
|[[Aegean Airlines]] |'''Seasonal charter''': [[Chania International Airport|Chania]]
|[[Flybe Nordic]]|'''Seasonal''': [[Helsinki Airport|Helsinki]]
|[[Flybe Nordic]]|'''Seasonal''': [[Helsinki Airport|Helsinki]]
|[[Gotlandsflyg]] <br>{{nowrap|operated by [[Golden Air|Braathens Regional]]}}| [[Göteborg City Airport|Göteborg-City]], [[Malmö Airport|Malmö]],<ref group="note" name="fn_1"/> [[Stockholm Bromma Airport|Stockholm-Bromma]] <br>'''Seasonal''': [[Helsinki Airport|Helsinki]], [[Sandefjord Airport, Torp|Sandefjord]], [[Stockholm Skavsta Airport|Stockholm-Skavsta]], [[Sundsvall-Timrå Airport|Sundsvall-Härnösand]],<ref group="note" name="fn_2"/> [[Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport|Ängelholm]] <ref group="note" name="fn_3"/>
|[[Gotlandsflyg]] <br>{{nowrap|operated by [[Golden Air|Braathens Regional]]}}| [[Gothenburg City Airport|Gothenburg-City]], [[Malmö Airport|Malmö]],<ref group="note" name="fn_1"/> [[Stockholm Bromma Airport|Stockholm-Bromma]] <br>'''Seasonal''': [[Helsinki Airport|Helsinki]], [[Sandefjord Airport, Torp|Sandefjord]], [[Stockholm Skavsta Airport|Stockholm-Skavsta]], [[Sundsvall-Timrå Airport|Sundsvall-Härnösand]],<ref group="note" name="fn_2"/> [[Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport|Ängelholm]] <ref group="note" name="fn_3"/>
|[[Malmö Aviation]]| '''Seasonal Charter:''' [[Split Airport|Split]]
|[[Malmö Aviation]]| '''Seasonal Charter:''' [[Split Airport|Split]]
|[[Nextjet]]| [[Stockholm Arlanda Airport|Stockholm-Arlanda]]
|[[Nextjet]]| [[Stockholm Arlanda Airport|Stockholm-Arlanda]]

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Visby Airport

Visby flygplats
Summary
Airport typePublic (Luftfartsverket)
OperatorSwedavia
ServesVisby
LocationGotland, Sweden
Elevation AMSL164 ft / 50 m
Websitewww.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 (2011)
Passengers total340,393
International passengers16,675
Domestic passengers323,718
Landings total5,961
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 340,393 passengers in 2011.[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. Gotland is a popular tourist destination for Swedes.

Airlines and destinations

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Chania
Flybe NordicSeasonal: Helsinki
Gotlandsflyg
operated by Braathens Regional
Gothenburg-City, Malmö,[note 1] Stockholm-Bromma
Seasonal: Helsinki, Sandefjord, Stockholm-Skavsta, Sundsvall-Härnösand,[note 2] Ängelholm [note 3]
Malmö Aviation Seasonal Charter: Split
Nextjet Stockholm-Arlanda
Norwegian Air ShuttleSeasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen, Stockholm-Arlanda
Seasonal charter:Chania, Corfu, Rhodes
Scandinavian AirlinesStockholm-Arlanda
SunExpress Seasonal charter: Antalya
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca
Widerøe Seasonal: Oslo-Gardermoen [note 4]
Notes
  1. ^ Cooperation with Malmö Aviation
  2. ^ Cooperation with Sundsvallsflyg
  3. ^ Cooperation with Kullaflyg
  4. ^ Cooperation with Gotlandsflyg

Statistics

Busiest Routes from Visby Airport (2012)
Rank City Passengers
1 Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 274 415
2 Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden 22 571
3 Sweden Ängelholm, Sweden 9073
4 Sweden Malmö, Sweden 5277
5 Norway Oslo, Norway 2232
6 Finland Helsinki, Finland 2195
7 Sweden Sundsvall, Sweden 2098
8 Greece Rhodes, Greece 1776
9 Germany Berlin, Germany 1488
10 Spain Gran Canaria, Spain 1416

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 actually crossed the runway. Which is one of the few airports in the world where this happened. [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "ESSV – Visby" (PDF). AIP Sverige/Sweden. Norrköping: The LFV Group. 23 August 2012. pp. AD 2 ESSV 1-1..8. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics". Swedavia. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ http://www.dn.se/blogg/osevardheter/2010/11/05/gotland-65-ar-fore-stockholm-8450/

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