Lidköping–Hovby Airport (Swedish: Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats) (IATA: LDK, ICAO: ESGL), also known as Lidköping Airport, is an airport situated 5 km outside Lidköping, Sweden. The airport was built by the Swedish Air Force in the 1940s. It was bought by Lidköping Municipality in 2000[3] and is now in civilian use.
Lidköping–Hovby Airport Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Lidköping Hovby Flygplats AB | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Lidköping | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Lidköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 200 ft / 61 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°27′55″N 013°10′27″E / 58.46528°N 13.17417°E | ||||||||||||||
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Airlines and destinations edit
After Golden Air moved their Stockholm–Bromma flights to nearby Trollhättan–Vänersborg Airport there are no scheduled passenger flights.
Other operations edit
Lidköping–Hovby Airport is home to West Air Sweden's Technical and Operations departments.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Airport information for ESGL". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF. - ^ Airport information for LDK at Great Circle Mapper. Source: DAFIF (effective October 2006).
- ^ (in Swedish) http://www.hallekis.com/arkiv1/oldartv09.htm
- ^ West Air Sweden: Our Company Archived 2008-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
External links edit
- Lidköping Airport, official site
- Lidköping Aero Club
- Current weather for ESGL at NOAA/NWS
- Accident history for LDK at Aviation Safety Network
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