Visby Airport

Visby Airport Visby flygplats
IATA: VBY – ICAO: ESSV
Summary
Airport type	Public (Luftfartsverket)
Operator	Swedavia
Serves	Visby
Location	Gotland, Sweden
Elevation AMSL	164 ft / 50 m
Coordinates	57°39′46″N 018°20′46″E / 57.66278°N 18.34611°ECoordinates: 57°39′46″N 018°20′46″E / 57.66278°N 18.34611°E
Website	swedavia.com/visby/
Map
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 (2014)
Passengers total 406,906 International passengers 17,285 Domestic passengers 389,621
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 406906 passengers in 2014.^[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

Airlines	Destinations
Aegean Airlines	Seasonal charter: Chania
BRA	Göteborg, Malmö, Stockholm–Bromma Seasonal: Helsinki, Sandefjord, Split, Stockholm–Skavsta, Sundsvall-Härnösand, Ängelholm
Finnair	Seasonal: Helsinki
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Seasonal: Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal charter: Chania, Corfu, Rhodes
Scandinavian Airlines	Stockholm–Arlanda
SunExpress	Seasonal charter: Antalya
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca
Widerøe	Seasonal: Oslo–Gardermoen

Statistics

Busiest routes to and from Visby Airport (2015)^[3]

Rank	Airport	Passengers handled	% change 2014/15
1	Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stockholm-Bromma	353,036	6.7
2	Sweden, Gothenburg	32,187	3.6
3	Sweden, Malmö	19,332	5.2
4	Norway, Oslo	5,000	27.4
5	Turkey, Antalya	3,749	12.1

Unusual Railroad Crossing

Map of the airport in Visby.

The old terminal at Visby airport

Before the railroad was closed down on the island of Gotland, the main line from Visby actually crossed the runway. It is one of the few airports in the world where this happened. ^[4]

See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

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. "Statistics" (PDF). Swedavia. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
4. "Gotland 65 år före Stockholm". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on November 11, 2010.

External links

• Media related to Visby Airport at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Airport information for ESSV at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.