Sundsvall–Timrå Airport is about 21 km north of
Sundsvall
Sundsvall () is a city and the seat of Sundsvall Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden. It has a population of 58,807 as of 2020; more than 95,000 live in the municipal area. It is Sweden's 21st largest city by population.
History
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, 8 km east of
Timrå
Timrå () is a locality and the seat of Timrå Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 10,443 inhabitants in 2010.
It is located about 13 km north of Sundsvall (a town with a metropolitan area of some 100,000 inhabitants), and c ...
and 32 km south of
Härnösand
Härnösand () is a locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 17,556 inhabitants in 2010. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just a few miles north of Hà ...
,
Sweden
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. The airport is also known as Midlanda, referring to its geographically central location in Sweden. The airport was known under the name ''Sundsvall–Härnösand Airport'' until the municipalities of Sundsvall and Timrå (but not Härnösand) obtained the ownership of the airport from Swedavia on June 17, 2013. Sundsvall–Timrå Airport is
Norrland
Norrland (, "Northland", originally ''Norrlanden'' or "the Northlands") is the northernmost, largest and least populated of the three traditional lands of Sweden, consisting of nine provinces. Although Norrland does not serve any administr ...
's sixth-busiest airport and Sweden's fifteenth busiest. The airport counted 282,047 passengers in 2011 and 273,527 in 2018.
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It was built on delta land formed by much sediment and flood debris that washed down the ]Indalsälven
Indalsälven is one of Sweden's longest rivers with a total length of 430 kilometers. Among its tributaries are Kallströmmen, Långan, Hårkan and Ammerån. A total of 26 hydropower plants are placed along its course, making it the third mo ...
river to the sea when the lake Ragundasjön drained suddenly and catastrophically in June 1796. The airport was inaugurated on 11 September 1944.
Sundsvall airport has Sweden's first centre for remote control towers. Four airports have their ground movements controlled from an office building with camera view only. These four airports are Örnsköldsvik, Linköping, Sälen and Sundsvall itself.
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Sundsvall–Timrå Airport:
Cargo
Statistics
Accidents
On December 12, 1999, a Piper PA-31 Navajo
The Piper PA-31 Navajo is a family of cabin-class, twin-engined aircraft designed and built by Piper Aircraft for the general aviation market, most using Lycoming engines. It was also license-built in a number of Latin American countries. Tar ...
crashed shortly after takeoff. It hit a hill in bad visibility. All eight onboard died (pilot and seven passengers). This was not a regular flight, but a taxi flight with paying passengers.
See also
*List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
This is a list of the 100 busiest airports in the Nordic countries by passengers per year, aircraft movements per year and freight and mail tonnes per year.
The list also includes yearly statistics for the busiest metropolitan airport systems and ...
References
External links
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Google Earth air view of Sundsvall–Härnösand Airport, showing its place in a river's delta
Airports in Sweden
Sundsvall
Buildings and structures in Sundsvall Municipality
Airports established in 1944
1944 establishments in Sweden
International airports in Sweden
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