Växjö-Kronoberg Airport , branded as Växjö Småland Airport, is an
airport
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in
Kronoberg
Kronoberg County (; ) is a county or ''län'' in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is the city of Växjö. ...
county,
Sweden
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. The airport is located about northwest of central
Växjö
Växjö () is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 71,282 inhabitants (2020) out of a Municipalities of Sweden, municipal population of 97,349 (2024). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial ce ...
.
The airport is owned by
Kronoberg
Kronoberg County (; ) is a county or ''län'' in southern Sweden. Kronoberg is one of three counties in the province of Småland. It borders the counties of Skåne, Halland, Jönköping, Kalmar, and Blekinge. Its capital is the city of Växjö. ...
county and Växjö municipality. A small share is held by
Alvesta
Alvesta () is a locality and the seat of Alvesta Municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden, with 8,017 inhabitants in the urban area in 2010.
Alvesta is an important railway junction, joining the Stockholm–Malmö–Copenhagen railway wi ...
municipality.
History
Scheduled aviation from Växjö started around 1960 from Uråsa airbase, 20 km (10 miles) south of Växjö. A larger airport was needed, so it was built at its present location in 1975.
Traffic went mainly to Stockholm from the start. After 2007, international traffic greatly increased with low price airlines like Ryanair and Wizzair. Charter flights to Southern Europe and the Canary Islands have also increased.
In April 2020, the Stockholm route was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, but was restarted in August 2021.
Flyglinje mellan Växjö och Stockholm Bromma återupptas
/ref> The alternative route to Stockholm is by train (3½ hours) or a flight from Kalmar
Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...
, the nearest airport with regular flights to Stockholm.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Växjö-Kronoberg Airport:
Statistics
See also
*List of the busiest 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
Official website
Airports in Sweden
Växjö
Buildings and structures in Kronoberg County
International airports in Sweden
1975 establishments in Sweden
20th-century establishments in Kronoberg County
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