Jönköping Airport

Jönköping Airport
Jönköping flygplats

IATA: JKGICAO: ESGJ

JKG
Location of airport in Sweden

Summary
Airport type Public (City of Jönköping)
Operator Jönköping Airport AB
Location Jönköping
Elevation AMSL 741 FT ft / 226 m
Coordinates 57°45′30″N 014°04′18″E / 57.75833°N 14.07167°E / 57.75833; 14.07167Coordinates: 57°45′30″N 014°04′18″E / 57.75833°N 14.07167°E / 57.75833; 14.07167
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 7,250.6 2,203 Asphalt
11/29 2,000 600 Grass
Statistics (2015)
Passengers total 106,923
International passengers 75,377
Domestic passengers 31,546
Landings total 5,049
Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency[1][2]

Jönköping Airport (IATA: JKG, ICAO: ESGJ), called Axamo is an airport located about 8 km from Jönköping, Sweden.

History

The airport was founded and opened in 1961 and was nationally owned until December 2009. It has been owned by the city of Jönköping since then.

It has lost many passengers, and was considered to be too small for a national airport. In 2008 it had 76,611 passengers, compared with 252,241 in 1998. The connection with Copenhagen has been closed and reopened a few times. Many drive to their destination or a competing airport. The driving distance to the Göteborg Landvetter Airport is 140 km, to Stockholm 320 km and to Copenhagen 330 km.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

AirlinesDestinations
Fritidsresor & Ving
operated by Aegean Airlines
Seasonal charter: Chania [May-September 2016][3]
Fritidsresor & Ving
operated by Air Europa
Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca [May-October 2016]
BMI Regional Frankfurt, Karlstad
Fritidsresor
operated by Jet Time
Seasonal charter: Alghero [August-September 2016]
Ving
operated by Malmö Aviation
Seasonal charter: Split [September 2016]
NextJet Stockholm–Arlanda
Ving
operated by Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia
Seasonal charter: Antalya [April-September 2016], Gran Canaria [begins October 2016], Rhodes [May-August 2016][3]

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Time:matters
operated by Airest
Billund, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
PostNord Sverige
operated by Amapola Flyg
Stockholm-Arlanda
TNT Airways
operated by Jet Time
Brussels, Helsinki
West Air Sweden Oslo

Ground transportation

Bus

Länstrafiken buses departs in connection to some flights.

Taxi

In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company. Price to Jönköping down town approx. 175 SEK.

Parking

There is parking at the airport, short-term and long-term parking lots. Short-term parking cost 20 SEK/hour and long-term parking 170 SEK/24 hours.

See also

References

  1. "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  2. "Landningsfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. 1 2 Flygbolag och researrangörer

External links


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