Jönköping Airport (IATA: JKG, ICAO: ESGJ), earlier known as Axamo Airport (Swedish: Axamo flygplats), is an airport located about 8 km (5 mi) from Jönköping, Sweden.
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| Airport type | Public (City of Jönköping) | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Jönköpings Kommun | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Jönköping Airport AB | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Jönköping | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 3 September 1961 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 742 ft / 226 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°45′30″N 014°04′18″E / 57.75833°N 14.07167°E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | https://www.jonkopingairport.se/ | ||||||||||||||
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  JKG Airport in Sweden | |||||||||||||||
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History edit
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 from Jönköping city center to the Göteborg Landvetter Airport is 122 km, to Stockholm Skavsta Airport 230 km, to Stockholm Arlanda Airport 363 km, and to Copenhagen Airport 326 km.
Airlines and destinations edit
Passenger edit
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Jönköping Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Braathens International Airways | Seasonal charter: Split |
| Discover Airlines | Seasonal charter: Frankfurt[4] |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria,[5] Palma de Mallorca |
Cargo[6] edit
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| FedEx Express | Brussels, Helsinki |
| Swiftair | Billund, Oslo |
| Zimex | Stockholm-Arlanda |
Statistics edit
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Traffic figures edit
| Year | Passenger volume | Change | Domestic | Change | International | Change |
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| 2019 | 66,601 |  33.7% |
17,383 | 29.6% |
49,218 | 35.1%
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| 2018 | 100,504 | 11.8% |
24,680 | 30.7% |
75,824 | 3.2%
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| 2017 | 113,916 |  1.3% |
35,589 | 5.5% |
78,327 | 0.6%
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| 2016 | 112,506 | 5.2% |
33,738 | 6.9% |
78,768 | 4.5%
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| 2015 | 106,923 | 31,546 | 75,377 | |||
| 2014 | 95,133 | |||||
| 2013 | 93,993 | |||||
| 2012 | 77,670 | |||||
| 2011 | 82,805 | |||||
| 2010 | 73,000 | |||||
| 2009 | 62,918 | |||||
| 2008 | 76,611 |
Ground transportation edit
Bus edit
Länstrafiken buses depart in connection to some flights.
Taxi edit
In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company.
Parking edit
There is parking at the airport, short-term and long-term parking lots.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Passagerarfrekvens" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "Landningsfrekvens" (PDF) (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ Flyglinjen mellan Jönköping och Stockholm läggs ned
- ^ "Eurowings Discover 3Q23 Scandinavia Charter Flights".
- ^ https://jonkopingairport.se/en/destinationer/charter/gran-canaria
- ^ https://www.jonkopingairport.se/
- ^ "Flygplatsstatistik". Flygplatsstatistik. Transportstyrelsen. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
