Åre Östersund Airport , previously known as Östersund– Frösön Airport is located about 11 km (6.8 mi) west of

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and 94 km (58 mi) east of

Åre Åre () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and one of the leading Scandinavian ski resorts situated in Åre Municipality, Jämtland County, Sweden with 3,200 inhabitants in 2018. It is, however, not the seat of the municipality, which is Järpe ...

, Sweden. The airport opened in 1958. Åre Östersund airport is an

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and served 465,196 passengers in 2015.

Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Åre Östersund Airport:

Statistics

Ground transportation

Bus

Airport Coaches (''Stadsbussarna'') departs from the airport to down town Östersund. In the winter, Åre Flygtransfer departs in connection with every SAS and BRA flight, to and from Åre.

Incidents and accidents

* On 9 September 2007 an MD83 took off for a charter flight bound for

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. The plane was overloaded and left the runway very late and touched the landing light equipment that was placed outside the runway. It continued to Antalya where it landed normally. * On 29 December 2019 an Easyjet A320 (G-EZWY) skidded off a taxiway, resulting in a 29-hour delay of the return flight to LGW as an engineering inspection was required

Östersund Airport Circuit

On 2012 and 2013, Östersund Airport hosted a round of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, in which temporary airfield circuit was made within this airport for these races. The fastest official race lap records at the Östersund Airport Circuit are listed as:

References

External links

* Airports in Sweden Östersund Buildings and structures in Jämtland County 1958 establishments in Sweden Airports established in 1958 International airports in Sweden 20th-century establishments in Jämtland County {{Sweden-airport-stub