Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport

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Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
Göteborg-Landvetter flygplats
IATA: GOT – ICAO: ESGG
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Luftfartsverket
Serves Gothenburg, Sweden
Location Landvetter, Sweden
Elevation AMSL 506 ft / 154 m
Coordinates 57°39′46″N, 12°16′47″ECoordinates: 57°39′46″N, 12°16′47″E
Website Official Website
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 10,823 3,299 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Passengers total 4,35 million
International passengers 3,1 million
Domestic passengers 1,25 million

Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (Swedish: Göteborg-Landvetter flygplats, (IATA: GOT, ICAO: ESGG)) is an international airport serving the Gothenburg region in Sweden. With 4.3 million passengers in 2006 [1] it is Sweden's second-largest airport (after Stockholm-Arlanda). It is operated by the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration (Luftfartsverket).

The airport is named after the small town of Landvetter, which is located in the municipality of Härryda. It is 20 km east of Gothenburg and 40 km west of Borås. Gothenburg's second international airport is Gothenburg City Airport. It has two terminals, domestic and international, even though all check-in is made in the international terminal now, since all luggage has to be screened. The transfer area has several shops, cafes, and a restaurant. There is a hotel 500 metres from the terminal. The passenger departure and arrival functions are on one level. The domestic terminal area is on one side of the series of structure adjacent to the international departure area, which is adjacent to the international arrival area.

The airport was opened in 1977.[2] Passenger services, previously at Torslanda Airport[3], north of Gothenburg, were moved to Landvetter in 1977. Later, some budget airlines began serving the former military base in Säve, which was renamed from Säve Flygplats to Gothenburg City Airport.

the departures entrance at the Landvetter airport
the departures entrance at the Landvetter airport

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[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Charter

  • Alpresor (Salzburg, Geneva, Malaga) (air operators Scandinavian, Malmö Aviation, Sterling)
  • Apollo (Agadir, Antalya, Athens, Burgas, Chania, Corfu, Djerba, Dubrovnik, Fuerteventura, Heraklion, Hurghada, Karpathos, Kavala, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Las Palmas (Gran Canaria), Monastir, Palermo, Palma de Mallorca, Phuket, Preveza, Rhodos, Rome, Santorini, Skiathos, Split, Tenerife, Thessaloniki, Tivat, Varna, Zakynthos) (about 15 air operators e.g. Novair, My Travel Airways, SAS, TUIfly Nordic. Also flight-only tickets are sold.)
  • TUIfly Nordic (Agadir, Antalya, Bali, Bangkok, Barcelona, Burgas, Dalaman, Faro, Goa, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Isla de Margarita, Kap Verde, Krabi, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Madeira, Mallorca, Mauritius, Miami, Mombasa, Monastir, Phuket, Sharm el Sheik, Split, Tenerife, Trieste, Varna) (air operator mainly TUIfly Nordic)
  • LionAlpin some places
  • Solresor some places
  • Ving several places

In the warmer months mostly to Spain, Greece and Turkey. In the winter especially the Canary Islands and Thailand, but also to Brazil, India, Gambia, Egypt, Tunisia, Mexico, and Dominican Republic. Plus ski trips to France and Austria.

[edit] Ground transportation

Bus: Flygbussarna takes passengers to the city of Gothenburg in 20 minutes, and in 30 minutes to Gothenburg Central station. It costs 80 SEK. Another bus takes you to the town of Borås in 35 min, also for 80 SEK.

The road distance to Gothenburg is 25 km and to Borås 45 km, both with motorway. To go northeast to Alingsås and beyond, the official route is via Partille. Most locals use a 15 km shorter shortcut between Härryda and Lerum signposted "Härskogen". It is very poorly signposted since the road authority wants to avoid to much traffic on this very narrow and curvy road.

There are 7,300 parking spaces at the airport.

[edit] Cargo

Landvetter is an important freight airport. There were 60,100 tonnes of air cargo passing Landvetter during 2007[4], about 60 % of Arlanda. In opposite to Arlanda and other big airports there are no lack of landing slots. One problem is that the road connection to northeast is bad, either a big detour or a narrow small road forbidden for trucks.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Solid start to 2007 - LFV
  2. ^ Did you know that... - LFV
  3. ^ History - LFV
  4. ^ http://www.lfv.se/templates/LFV_InfoSida_70_30____36426.aspx Trafikstatistik från svenska flygplatser(swedish)

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