Jönköping Airport

Jönköping Airport (IATA: JKG, ICAO: ESGJ), earlier known as Axamo Airport (Swedish: Axamo flygplats), is an airport located about 8 km from Jönköping, Sweden.

Jönköping Airport

Jönköping flygplats
Summary
Airport typePublic (City of Jönköping)
OperatorJönköping Airport AB
LocationJönköping
Opened3 September 1961 (1961-09-03)
Elevation AMSL742 ft / 226 m
Coordinates57°45′30″N 014°04′18″E
Map
JKG
Airport in Sweden
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
01/19 2,203 7,250.6 Asphalt
11/29 600 2,000 Grass
Statistics (2019)
Passengers total66,601
Aircraft movements4,964
Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency[1][2]

History

The airport was founded and opened in September 1961 and was nationally owned until December 2009. It has been owned by the city of Jönköping since then.

It has lost many passengers, and was considered to be too small for a national airport. In 2008 it had 76,611 passengers, compared with 252,241 in 1998. The connection with Copenhagen has been closed and reopened a few times. The Stockholm route was closed in 2020. It had been declining for years and finally closed in 2020 after reduced demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[3] Many drive or take the train to their destination or a competing airport. The driving distance to the Göteborg Landvetter Airport is 140 km, to Stockholm 320 km and to Copenhagen 330 km.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal charter: Chania[4]
Novair Seasonal charter: Zakynthos
Sunclass Airlines Seasonal charter: Antalya, Palma de Mallorca[4]

Cargo
AirlinesDestinations
West Atlantic[5] Oslo

Statistics

Traffic figures
Traffic by calendar year[6]
YearPassenger volumeChangeDomesticChangeInternationalChange
2019 66,601033.7%17,383029.6%49,218035.1%
2018 100,504011.8%24,680030.7%75,82403.2%
2017 113,91601.3%35,58905.5%78,32700.6%
2016 112,50605.2%33,73806.9%78,76804.5%
2015 106,92331,54675,377
2014 95,133
2013 93,993
2012 77,670
2011 82,805
2010 73,000
2009 62,918
2008 76,611

Ground transportation

Bus

Länstrafiken buses depart in connection to some flights.

Taxi

In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company.

Parking

There is parking at the airport, short-term and long-term parking lots.

See also

References
  1. "Passagerarfrekvens" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  2. "Landningsfrekvens" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 April 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  3. Flyglinjen mellan Jönköping och Stockholm läggs ned
  4. "Flight". ving.se.
  5. westatlantic.eu - Air Cargo Destinations retrieved 17 January 2021
  6. "Flygplatsstatistik". Flygplatsstatistik. Transportstyrelsen. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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