Stockholm Västerås Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Västerås Flygplats AB | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Västerås, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 21 ft / 6 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°35′22″N 016°38′01″E / 59.58944°N 16.63361°ECoordinates: 59°35′22″N 016°38′01″E / 59.58944°N 16.63361°E | ||||||||||||||
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Stockholm Västerås Airport, also known as Västerås Airport or Hässlö Flygplats (IATA: VST, ICAO: ESOW) is located at the city Västerås, and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Stockholm, Sweden.
Despite its name, it is 70 miles from Stockholm Municipality and Stockholm County.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Corendon Airlines | Seasonal charter: Antalya |
| Ryanair | London–Stansted Seasonal: Alicante, Málaga |
| WOW air | Reykjavik-Keflavik (begins 19 May 2016)[3] |
Ground transportation
Travel from the airport to Stockholm Central Station may be done via Flygbussarna, private bus coach service, and takes approximately one and a half hours. There is also a local city bus to the Västerås Central Station, which has trains to Stockholm and more cities.
General aviation
The airport has extensive general aviation traffic. Of the 17737 landings in 2014, 94% constituted general aviation, according to the Swedish CAA (Transportstyrelsen). This traffic includes hospital flights, flight training, private flights, corporate flights and air taxi.[4]
A multitude of operators are based att Stockholm-Västerås Airport. Among these are maintenance workshops, helicopter businesses, flight schools, flight clubs and an aviation museum:
- Airways Flygutbildning (Airways Flight Training)
- Flygande veteraner (Flying veterans)
- HeliAir Sweden
- Hässlö Flygförening (Hässlö Flying Club)
- Nordén Aerotech
- SAS Flygklubb (SAS Flying Club)
- Scandinavian Airtech
- Scandinavian Aviation Academy
- Scandinavian Helicopter Center
- Stockholms Flygklubb (Stockholm Flying Club)
- Voluntary Air Corps
- Västerås Flygmuseum (Västerås Aviation Museum)
The airport played an important role during the 2014 Västmanland wildfire, serving as a base for water bombers and rescue helicopters.
See also
- F 1 Hässlö (former Swedish Air Force wing)
- Stockholm Arlanda Airport
- Stockholm Bromma Airport
- Stockholm Skavsta Airport
- List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
References
- ↑ "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ↑ "Landningsfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ↑ "Wow Air to Start Stockholm Vasteras Service from May 2016". Airlineroute.net.
- ↑ "Statistics for swedish airports 2014". www.transportstyrelsen.se. Swedish CAA (Transportstyrelsen). Retrieved 9 March 2015.
External links
Media related to Stockholm-Västerås Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Stockholm–Västerås Airport (English)
- Airport information for ESOW at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.
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