Mellingeholm Airport
Mellingeholm Airport Mellingeholms flygplats | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Mellingeholm Flygplats AB | ||||||||||
| Serves | Stockholms Län | ||||||||||
| Location | Norrtälje, Sweden | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 12 ft / 4 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°44′01″N 18°41′54″E / 59.73361°N 18.69833°E | ||||||||||
| Website | rfk | ||||||||||
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  ESSN Location within Stockholm County | |||||||||||
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Mellingeholm Airport, also known as Norrtälje Airport, is an airport owned by Roslagens Flygklubb on county owned land south of Norrtälje, Sweden.
Background
[edit]The airport is, since the closure of Barkarby Airport, the only minor airport in Stockholm County with an asphalted runway (besides the major airports of Bromma and Arlanda).[1] In 2009, the municipal government of Stockholm County started looking after new alternatives for general aviation in Stockholm County. The municipal government sought after having a northern and southern alternative, where Mellingeholm was appointed as the northern one.
Sjöfartsverket (maritime department) uses Mellingeholm airport as a base for one of their seven SAR helicopters. Mellingeholm is since 2017 also a base for the Stockholm ambulance helicopter services. The airstrip is also home to a flight club and two flight schools. Around 15 aircraft are based at the airport, as well as Roslagens Helikopterflyg and the helicopter flight school Proflight Nordic.[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Barkarby Flygfält avvecklas" (Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening). sff.se. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
- ^ "Minskat behov av ny flygplats" (Norrtelje Tidning). norrteljetidning.se. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Oenighet om flygplats i Norrtälje" (Sveriges Radio). sverigesradio.se. 15 June 2004. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
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