Åre Östersund Airport

Åre Östersund Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSwedavia
ServesÖstersund & Åre
LocationFrösön, Sweden
Elevation AMSL1,233 ft / 376 m
Coordinates63°11′39″N 14°30′07″E / 63.19417°N 14.50194°E / 63.19417; 14.50194
Websitewww.swedavia.com/ostersund/
Map
OSD is located in Jämtland
OSD
OSD
Location of airport in Jämtland
OSD is located in Sweden
OSD
OSD
OSD (Sweden)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 8,202 2,500 Asphalt
12L/30R
Closed 		4,034 1,230 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers total465,196
International passengers20,696
Domestic passengers444,500
Landings total5,208
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:

AirlinesDestinations
Braathens Regional Airlines Stockholm–Bromma
Croatia Airlines Seasonal charter: Split[citation needed]
Jonair Umeå
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda[2]
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm–Arlanda[3]
Seasonal: Copenhagen[3]
Transavia Seasonal charter: Amsterdam, Groningen[4]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at OSD airport. See Wikidata query.
Busiest routes to and from Åre Östersund Airport (2019)[5]
Rank Airport Passengers handled % change
2018/19
1  Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stockholm-Bromma 428,988 Decrease 8.0
2  United Kingdom, London-Gatwick 9,476 Increase 24.4
3  Sweden, Umeå 4,882 Decrease 14.7
4  Spain, Gran Canaria 4,702 Decrease 30.8
5  Spain, Palma de Mallorca 4,644 Increase 2.2
Countries with most handled passengers to/from Åre Östersund Airport (2019)
Rank Country Passengers Change
2018/19
1  United Kingdom 10,705 Increase32.3%
2  Spain 9,346 Decrease17.6%
3  Denmark 3,118 Decrease5.3%
4  Greece 2,702 Decrease35,7%
5  Turkey 2,504 IncreaseNEW
Traffic by calendar year[6]
Year Passenger volume Change Domestic Change International Change
2019 473,628 Decrease7.5% 440,995 Decrease8.3% 32,633 Increase5.7%
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

Östersund Airport Circuit

On 2012 and 2013, Östersund Airport hosted a round of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, in which 1.930 km (1.199 mi) temporary airfield circuit was made within this airport for these races.[8][9]

The fastest official race lap records at the Östersund Airport Circuit are listed as:

Category Time Driver Vehicle Event
Full Circuit: 1.930 km (2012–2013)[8][9]
Silhouette racing car 0:51.564[10] Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 TTA 2013 Östersund STCC round
Porsche Carrera Cup 0:51.845[11] Johan Kristoffersson Porsche 911 (997 II) GT3 Cup 2012 Östersund Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia round
Formula Renault 1.6 0:54.568[12] Martin Rump Signatech FR1.6 2013 Östersund Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic round
Super 2000 0:54.744[13] Tomas Engström Honda Civic 2012 Östersund STCC round
Renault Clio Cup 0:59.929[14] Joakim Forsell Renault Clio III RS 2012 Östersund Renault Clio Cup JTCC round

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "statistics". Swedavia. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Norwegian Resumes 4 Seasonal Routes from Stockholm in NW22".
  3. ^ a b Liu, Jim (30 October 2024). "SAS NW24 Europe Service Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Komende winter opnieuw vanaf Groningen Airport naar Scandinavian Mountains en nog een nieuwe bestemming: Are Ostersund". 14 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Statistik". Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  6. ^ "Flygplatsstatistik". Transportstyrelsen. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ a b "Östersund - STCC Database". stccdatabas.se. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Östersund - Svensk Racing". svenskracing.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  10. ^ "STCC 2013 » Östersund Airport Round 7 Results". 10 August 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  11. ^ "STCC Östersund 2012 - Porsche Carrera Cup, Heat 1, 21 varv". 10 August 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  12. ^ "STCC Östersund 2013 - Formula Renault 1.6, Heat 2, 20 varv". 10 August 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  13. ^ "SSTCC 2012 » Östersund Airport Round 9 Results". 11 August 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  14. ^ "STCC Östersund 2012 - Renault Clio Cup JTCC, Heat 1, 18 varv". 11 August 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

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