Örebro Airport (IATA: ORB, ICAO: ESOE) is located 10 kilometers southwest of Örebro and is Sweden's 23rd-largest passenger airport and the fourth-largest cargo airport. It was opened in 1979. The airport handled approximately 150,000 passengers in 2019.

Örebro Airport

Örebro flygplats
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorÖrebro Läns Flygplats AB
LocationÖrebro
Elevation AMSL188 ft / 57 m
Coordinates59°13′25″N 015°02′17″E / 59.22361°N 15.03806°E / 59.22361; 15.03806
Websitehttps://orebroairport.se/
Map
ORB is located in Sweden
ORB
ORB
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 10,728 3,270 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers total80,694
International passengers79,119
Domestic passengers1,575
Landings total3,060
Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency[1]

Airlines and destinations edit

Passenger edit

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Örebro:[2]

AirlinesDestinations
Jettime Seasonal charter: Antalya, Gran Canaria, Larnaca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Chania, Kos
LYGG[3]Helsinki, Linköping
Ryanair[4] London–Stansted
Sunclass Airlines[5] Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Gran Canaria
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Tenerife-South

Cargo edit

AirlinesDestinations
ASL Airlines FranceGothenburg-Landvetter, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Oslo-Gardermoen
Jump AirGothenburg-Landvetter, Stockholm-Arlanda
European Air TransportCopenhagen-Kastrup
ASL Airlines BelgiumHelsinki, Brussels

Statistics edit

Annual passenger traffic at ORB airport. See Wikidata query.

Ground transportation edit

A coach service is operated by Let's Go By Bus Örebro between the airport and Örebro Central, with services timed to coincide with the Ryanair flights to and from London-Stansted on Fridays and Sundays. Tickets can be bought on the bus or on the FlixBus website.[6] The nearest public bus stop, (about 2 km away) has services to and from the centre of Örebro. It is served by bus 620 on weekdays and bus 600 at weekends.[7] Other transport alternatives will likely involve a car or taxi. Most flights are tourist charter which attracts child families who mostly use their car for transport. There are many parking spaces, which have a fee.

Accidents and incidents edit

  • On 8 July 2021, a single-engine DHC-2 Beaver carrying 8 skydivers plus 1 pilot crashed shortly after takeoff from Örebro Airport. All 9 people died.[8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Destinations - Örebro airport".
  3. ^ "FINSKA LYGG STARTAR FLYGLINJE MELLAN HELSINGFORS OCH ÖREBRO - Örebro airport". 14 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Ryanair börjar flyga London-örebro - Örebro airport". 11 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Flight". ving.se.
  6. ^ admin. "Flygbuss / Airport Transfer". Let's Go By Bus! (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  7. ^ "Stop area Sanna gruva | Länstrafiken Örebro". www.lanstrafiken.se. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  8. ^ "Skydivers killed in Swedish plane crash". BBC. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

External links edit

  Media related to Örebro Airport at Wikimedia Commons