Åre Östersund Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Swedavia | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Östersund & Åre | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Frösön, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,233 ft / 376 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 63°11′39″N 14°30′07″E / 63.19417°N 14.50194°E / 63.19417; 14.50194 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.swedavia.com/ostersund/ | ||||||||||||||
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  OSD Location of airport in Jämtland  OSD OSD (Sweden) | |||||||||||||||
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Statistics: Swedavia[1] | |||||||||||||||
Åre Östersund Airport (IATA: OSD, ICAO: ESNZ), previously known as Östersund–Frösön Airport is located about 11 km (6.8 mi) west of Östersund, Sweden and 94 km (58 mi) east of Åre, Sweden. The airport opened in 1958.
Åre Östersund airport is an international airport and served 465,196 passengers in 2015.[1]
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Åre Östersund Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| BRA Braathens Regional Airlines | Stockholm–Bromma |
| Croatia Airlines | Seasonal charter: Split |
| Jonair | Umeå |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda[2] |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Copenhagen[3] |
| Transavia | Seasonal charter: Amsterdam, Groningen[4] |
Statistics
| Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | % change 2018/19 |
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| 1 |  Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stockholm-Bromma |
428,988 |  8.0
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| 2 |  United Kingdom, London-Gatwick |
9,476 |  24.4
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| 3 | Sweden, Umeå |
4,882 | 14.7
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| 4 |  Spain, Gran Canaria |
4,702 | 30.8
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| 5 | Spain, Palma de Mallorca |
4,644 | 2.2
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| Rank | Country | Passengers | Change 2018/19 |
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| 1 | United Kingdom
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10,705 | 32.3%
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| 2 | Spain
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9,346 | 17.6%
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| 3 |  Denmark
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3,118 | 5.3%
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| 4 |  Greece
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2,702 | 35,7%
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| 5 |  Turkey
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2,504 | NEW
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| Year | Passenger volume | Change | Domestic | Change | International | Change |
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| 2019 | 473,628 | 7.5% |
440,995 | 8.3% |
32,633 | 5.7%
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| 2018 | 512,012 | 481,135 | 30,877 |
Ground transportation
Bus
Airport Coaches (Stadsbussarna) departs from the airport to down town Östersund. In the winter, Åre Flygtransfer departs in connection with every SAS and BRA flight, to and from Åre.
Incidents and accidents
- On 9 September 2007 an MD83 took off for a charter flight bound for Antalya, Turkey. The plane was overloaded and left the runway very late and touched the landing light equipment that was placed outside the runway. It continued to Antalya where it landed normally.[7]
- On 29 December 2019 an Easyjet A320 (G-EZWY) skidded off a taxiway, resulting in a 29-hour delay of the return flight to LGW as an engineering inspection was required
See also
References
- ^ a b "statistics". Swedavia. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- ^ "Norwegian Resumes 4 Seasonal Routes from Stockholm in NW22".
- ^ "SAS Adds Seasonal Copenhagen – Are/Ostersund Service in NW22".
- ^ "Komende winter opnieuw vanaf Groningen Airport naar Scandinavian Mountains en nog een nieuwe bestemming: Are Ostersund". 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
- ^ "Flygplatsstatistik". Transportstyrelsen. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "RL2009_14a.pdf (havkom.se)" [Incident with the aircraft OE-LRW at Åre/Östersund Airport, Z county, on September 9, 2007] (PDF) (in Swedish). Statens haverikommission. 2009-09-03. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
External links
Media related to Åre Östersund Airport at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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