Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport

Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport
Göteborg-Landvetter flygplats
IATA: GOTICAO: ESGG
GOT
Location of airport in Västra Götaland
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Luftfartsverket (1977–2009)
Swedavia (2010–present)
Serves Gothenburg, Sweden
Location Landvetter, Sweden
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 154 m / 506 ft
Website www.swedavia.se/en/Goteborg
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
03/21 3,299 10,823 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Passengers total 4,133,299
International passengers 3,093,050
Domestic passengers 1,040,249
Landings total 30,202
Source: Swedish AIP at EUROCONTROL[1]
Statistics: Swedavia[2]

Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport (Swedish: Göteborg-Landvetter flygplats) (IATA: GOTICAO: ESGG) is an international airport serving the Gothenburg region in Sweden. With 4.3 million passengers in 2006[3] it is Sweden's second-largest airport (after Stockholm-Arlanda). It is operated by Swedavia (the national airport company).

The airport is named after the small town of Landvetter, which is located in the municipality of Härryda. It is 11 NM (20 km; 13 mi) east southeast[1] of Gothenburg and 40 km (25 mi) west of Borås. Gothenburg's second international airport is Gothenburg City Airport.

Contents

Terminals

Landvetter Airport 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 350 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 domestic terminal has four air bridges, gate 12-15A, and a stairway to the ground at gate 15 called 15B, and two gates with airside bus transfer, called gate 10–11. The domestic gates are reached through the security check in the domestic terminal.

The international terminal also has four air bridges, gate 16A, 17, 19A, 20A. There are also stairs to the ground for them. Gates 18A-18G are for airside bus transfer.

The international terminal has an outside-Schengen Area with strict passport check. The gate 20 and the airside bus gates called 21A-21D belong to this area. The gate 19 can flexibly be inside or outside Schengen. Gates 16–18 are inside Schengen. The freight terminal uses gate numbers below 10.
Swedish customs rules necessitate strict separation of domestic and international gates. In several airports in other parts of Europe, intra-Schengen and domestic flights use gates next to each other.

History

The airport was opened in 1977.[4] Passenger services, previously at Torslanda Airport,[5] 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.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Air Berlin Berlin-Tegel
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Austrian Airlines Vienna
British Airways London-Heathrow
British Airways operated by Sun Air of Scandinavia Aarhus
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Direktflyg Borlänge
EasyJet London-Gatwick [ends 9 January], Manchester [ends 8 January]
Finnair Helsinki
Iceland Express Seasonal: Reykjavík-Keflavík
Icelandair Seasonal: Reykjavík-Keflavík
Iran Air Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Jat Airways Belgrade
KLM Amsterdam
Lufthansa Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich
Malmö Aviation Stockholm-Bromma, Sundsvall, Umeå, Visby
Malév Hungarian Airlines Budapest
Norwegian Air Shuttle Barcelona, London-Gatwick [begins 29 march], Malaga, Nice, Rome-Fiumicino, Stockholm-Arlanda
Seasonal: Chania, Palma de Mallorca, Pristina
Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Grenoble, London-Heathrow, Manchester, Split, Stockholm-Arlanda
Skyways Express Bergen, Birmingham, Luleå, Lyon, Manchester, Prague, Stavanger, Stockholm-Arlanda, Sundsvall-Härnösand, Umeå, Zürich
Seasonal: Palma de Mallorca, Visby, Åre-Östersund
Turkish Airlines Istanbul-Atatürk
Widerøe Oslo-Gardermoen

Cargo airlines

Airlines Destinations
Amapola Flyg Arlanda, Jönköping, Sundsvall
Asiana Cargo Seoul-Incheon
DHL Aviation operated by DHL Air UK, European Air Transport, Swiftair, Bluebird Cargo, West Atlantic Copenhagen, Leipzig
Emirates SkyCargo Dubai
TNT Airways operated by Icelandair Cargo , Cargoair, Gestair Cargo, West Atlantic Oslo, Liege, Turku, Tallinn

Traffic

Busiest domestic routes (2007)[6]
Airport Passengers
Stockholm-Arlanda 748,940
Stockholm-Bromma 444,038
Malmö 34,314
Sundsvall 22,608
Luleå 21,154
Busiest international routes (2007)[6]
City Country Ridership Airlines
Copenhagen  Denmark 359,071 SAS
Amsterdam  Netherlands 307,618 KLM
Frankfurt  Germany 282,526 SAS, Lufthansa
Helsinki  Finland 172,854 Blue1, Finnair, City Airline
Munich  Germany 144,939 Lufthansa
Paris  France 138,943 Air France
London  United Kingdom 137,281 SAS, British Airways
Brussel  Belgium 120,299 Brussels Airlines
Gran Canaria  Spain 87,318 Thomas Cook Airlines, Novair, TUIfly Nordic, Norwegian Air Shuttle
Oslo  Norway 82,959 Widerøe

Ground transportation

Bus: Flygbussarna and Swebus takes passengers to the city of Gothenburg in 20 minutes, and in 30 minutes to Gothenburg Central station.

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 too much traffic on this very narrow and curvy road.

There are 7,300 parking spaces at the airport.

There are plans to build a shortcut on the railway Gothenburg-Borås with a tunnel and a railway station under the airport. Construction start is planned to be 2016 and operation estimated by 2019.

Cargo

Landvetter is an important freight airport. There were 60,100 tonnes of air cargo passing Landvetter during 2007,[7] about 60% of Arlanda. In contrast to Arlanda and other big airports there is no lack of landing slots.

Other facilities

City Airline has its head office in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of the airport.[8] When Transwede Airways existed, its head office was on the airport property.[9]

See also

Sweden portal
Aviation portal


References

  1. ^ a b EAD Basic
  2. ^ "Statistics". Swedavia. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. http://www.swedavia.se/en/Start-page/Press/Statistics/?airport=ESGG&startdatesel=60&stopdatesel=71. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  3. ^ ____45955.aspx Solid start to 2007 – LFV
  4. ^ ____2637.aspx Did you know that... – LFV
  5. ^ ____2634.aspx History – LFV
  6. ^ a b http://swedavia.se/sv/Swedavia/press/Trafikstatistik/Destinationsstatistik/
  7. ^ http://www.lfv.se/templates/LFV_InfoSida_70_30 ____36426.aspx Trafikstatistik från svenska flygplatser(swedish)
  8. ^ "Contact City Airline." City Airline. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Home." Transwede Airways. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Transwede Airways I P.O. Box 2011 SE-438 11 Landvetter Sweden".

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