Visby Airport , is located about 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. 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.
History
Seaplanes were used for public flights to Gotland from 1925, landing in a sheltered bay near Slite, or in Lake Tingstäde.
Visby Airport was opened on 27 January 1942. The first aircraft to land was a Junkers Ju 52/3m named Göteland from AB Aerotransport. In October of 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 also featured a railway crossing. The current terminal and control tower opened in 1985.
Tenants The airport has been used for military activities from its opening in 1942, although not as a proper airbase, but as a detachment used by a mainland airbase. The airport has the only long runway on Gotland. Gotland and the airport are important in the event of a need to defend against an attack on NATO members Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and for general defense of the Baltic Sea.
Apart from the commercial aviation at Visby airport, there are also a flying club and a parachuting club based at the airport. Also, the Swedish Maritime Administration has a search and rescue helicopter based in Visby.
Airlines and destinations Passenger The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Visby Airport:
Cargo
Statistics +Busiest routes to and from Visby Airport (2022) Rank Airport Passengers handled % change2021/221 259,833 49.22 15,011 40.33 10,346 335.84 3,3965 2,339 882.8
+ Traffic by calendar year Year Passenger volume Change Domestic Change International Change2025 261,982 10.7% 252,127 11.5% 9,855 14.6%2024 293,488 7.6% 284,888 7.7% 8,600 3.3%2023 317,506 7.8% 308,609 7.2% 8,897 32.9%2022 294,603 55.5% 287,911 53.1% 6,692 355.9%2021 189,482 54.4% 188,014 54.6% 1,468 31.9%2020 122,744 72.5% 121,631 71.9% 1,113 91.8%2019 446,764 4.5% 433,188 4.7% 13,576 1.4%2018 467,857 4.8% 454,474 4.2% 13,383 20.3%2017 491,446 6.0% 474,646 5.8% 16,800 13.3%2016 463,559 7.6% 448,736 8.1% 14,823 7.4%2015 430,977 5.9% 414,978 6.5% 15,999 7.4%2014 406,906 15.5% 389,621 15.7% 17,285 11.6%2013 352,197 7.6% 336,707 7.1% 15,490 20.5%2012 327,255 314,405 12,850
Unusual railroad crossing
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. The railway traffic was ended in 1960, and the tracks were removed a few years later.
See also List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
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