Dala Airport

Borlänge Airport
Dala Airport
IATA: BLE – ICAO: ESSD
Summary
Airport type Public / Military
Operator Dala Airport AB
Location Borlänge, Dalarna, Sweden
Elevation AMSL 503 ft / 153 m
Website www.DalaFlyget.se
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
14/32 2,310 7,579 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Passengers total 33,888
International passengers 10,081
Domestic passengers 23,807
Landings total 4,839
Sources: airport web site[1] and DAFIF[2][3]
Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency[4][5]

Dala Airport or Borlänge Airport (IATA: BLE, ICAO: ESSD) is situated southeast of Borlänge, a city in the Dalarna province of Sweden. It is also 20 minutes from the city of Falun.

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History

The airfield was built during the 2nd World War and was modernized in 1961. In mid 1960 the first civil airlines arrived at Dala Airport. 1972 saw the new terminal building finished and Dala Airport AB took over the airport. The airfield was owned by the Swedish military until 2007. The all-time-high number of passengers was 210.000 in 1989. In 2006 there was about 33.000 passengers, declining from previous year. The reason for the decline is faster trains (not much faster) to Stockholm (the most important connection), which also stopped at Arlanda from year 1999. Many passengers Borlänge-Arlanda continue on other flights, and the train is a good alternative from Borlänge. The road to Stockholm has been improved but not much. Higher cost awareness among companies has contributed also. Finally the 166 km long Stockholm route was closed down in September 2011 (in reality in June 2011 since there was a planned summer closure, but never started again).

Ground transportation

Bus

Airport parking

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Antalya
Direktflyg Gothenburg-Landvetter, Malmö
Iberworld Seasonal: Gran Canaria, Rhodes
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Antalya

See also

References

  1. ^ Dala Airport AB
  2. ^ Airport information for ESSD at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.Source: DAFIF.
  3. ^ Airport information for BLE at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective Oct. 2006).
  4. ^ "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original on 28 April 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yHpRP9oz. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
  5. ^ "Landningsfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original on 28 April 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5yHpVR8jp. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 

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