Göteborg Landvetter Airport

Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport

Göteborg-Landvetter flygplats
Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport; Göteborg-Landvetter flygplats
	IATA: GOT; ICAO: ESGG;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Luftfartsverket(1977-2009); Swedavia(2010-present)
Serves	Gothenburg, Sweden
Location	Landvetter, Sweden
Elevation AMSL	154 m / 506 ft
Coordinates	57°39′36″N 012°17′28″E / 57.66000°N 12.29111°E
Website	http://www.swedavia.se/en/Goteborg/
Runways
Statistics (2008)
Passengers total
Passengers total	4,303,711
International passengers	3,158,832
Domestic passengers	1,144,879
	Source: Swedish AIP at EUROCONTROL; Statistics from Luftfartsverket

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^[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.

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 necessitates 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
AirBaltic	Riga
Austrian Airlines	Vienna
B&H Airlines	Sarajevo^{[note 1]}
Blue1	Helsinki
British Airways	London-Heathrow
British Airways operated by Sun Air of Scandinavia	Århus, Billund
Brussels Airlines	Brussels
Cham Wings Airlines	Damascus via Malmö
City Airline	Barcelona, Bergen, Birmingham, Helsinki, Luleå, Lyon, Málaga, Manchester, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Prague, Stavanger, Sundsvall, Tallinn, Umeå, Zürich Seasonal: Östersund, Visby
Direktflyg	Borlänge
EasyJet	Berlin-Schönefeld, London-Gatwick, Manchester
Finnair	Helsinki
Iceland Express	Seasonal: Reykjavík-Keflavík
Icelandair	Seasonal: Reykjavík-Keflavík (begins 24 June)
Iran Air	Tehran-Imam Khomeini
Jat Airways	Belgrade
KLM	Amsterdam
KLM operated by KLM Cityhopper	Amsterdam
Lufthansa	Frankfurt
Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways	Munich
Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings	Düsseldorf, Hamburg
Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa Cityline	Düsseldorf
Malmö Aviation	Stockholm-Bromma, Umeå
Malév Hungarian Airlines	Budapest
Norwegian Air Shuttle	Stockholm-Arlanda (begins 17 February)
Scandinavian Airlines	Copenhagen, Frankfurt, London-Heathrow, Split, Stockholm-Arlanda
Turkish Airlines	Istanbul-Atatürk
Widerøe	Oslo-Gardermoen

Notes

^ B&H Airlines provides nonstop service from Sarajevo to Gothenburg, however on some flights the plane stops in Stockholm-Arlanda or Copenhagen; B&H Airlines has no domestic Swedish Air traffic rights, or Sweden-Denmark Air traffic rights.

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

Ground transportation

Bus: Flygbussarna 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^[6], about 60 % of Arlanda. In contrast to Arlanda and other big airports there are no lack of landing slots.

Other facilities

City Airline has its head office in the Air Cargo Building on the grounds of the airport.^[7] When Transwede Airways existed, its head office was on the airport property.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b EAD Basic
^ "Airport statistics: 2008". Retrieved 2009-01-10.
^ ____45955.aspx Solid start to 2007 - LFV
^ ____2637.aspx Did you know that... - LFV
^ ____2634.aspx History - LFV
^ http://www.lfv.se/templates/LFV_InfoSida_70_30 ____36426.aspx Trafikstatistik från svenska flygplatser(swedish)
^ "Contact City Airline." City Airline. Retrieved on 2 May 2010.
^ "Home." Transwede Airways. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. "Transwede Airways I P.O. Box 2011 SE-438 11 Landvetter Sweden".

External links

[fn_1-6] B&H Airlines provides nonstop service from Sarajevo to Gothenburg, however on some flights the plane stops in Stockholm-Arlanda or Copenhagen; B&H Airlines has no domestic Swedish Air traffic rights, or Sweden-Denmark Air traffic rights.

[AIP-1] EAD Basic

[2008Statistics-2] "Airport statistics: 2008". Retrieved 2009-01-10.

[3] ____45955.aspx Solid start to 2007 - LFV

[4] ____2637.aspx Did you know that... - LFV

[5] ____2634.aspx History - LFV

[7] ttp://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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v t e Airports in Sweden
Major international	Göteborg Stockholm–Arlanda
Minor international	Åre Östersund Arvidsjaur Borlänge Halmstad Jönköping Kalmar Karlstad Kiruna Kristianstad Linköping Luleå Malmö Norrköping Örebro Örnsköldsvik Sälen/Scandinavian Mountains Skellefteå Stockholm–Bromma Stockholm–Skavsta Stockholm–Västerås Sundsvall–Timrå Umeå Växjö Visby
Domestic	Ängelholm–Helsingborg Gällivare Hagfors Hemavan Kramfors Lycksele Mora Pajala Ronneby Sveg Torsby Trollhättan–Vänersborg Vilhelmina
Unscheduled	Eskilstuna Gävle Hultsfred Karlskoga Lidköping Oskarshamn Säve Storuman Söderhamn
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