Åre Östersund Airport

Åre Östersund Airport (IATA: OSD, ICAO: ESNZ), previously known as Östersund–Frösön Airport is located about 11 km (6.8 mi) west of Östersund, Sweden and 94 km (58 mi) east of Åre, Sweden. The airport opened in 1958.

Åre Östersund Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSwedavia
ServesÖstersund & Åre
LocationFrösön, Sweden
Elevation AMSL1,233 ft / 376 m
Coordinates63°11′39″N 14°30′07″E
Websitewww.swedavia.com/ostersund/
Map
OSD is located in Jämtland
OSD
OSD
Location of airport in Jämtland
OSD is located in Sweden
OSD
OSD
OSD (Sweden)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 8,202 2,500 Asphalt
12L/30R
Closed
4,034 1,230 Asphalt
Statistics (2015)
Passengers total465,196
International passengers20,696
Domestic passengers444,500
Landings total5,208
Statistics: Swedavia[1]

Åre Östersund airport is an international airport and served 465,196 passengers in 2015.[1]

Airlines and destinations

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

AirlinesDestinations
BRA Braathens Regional Airlines Stockholm–Bromma
Jonair Umeå
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda[2]
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm–Arlanda
Seasonal: Copenhagen[3]
Transavia Seasonal charter: Amsterdam, Groningen[4]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at OSD airport. See Wikidata query.
Busiest routes to and from Åre Östersund Airport (2019)[5]
RankAirportPassengers handled % change
2018/19
1 Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stockholm-Bromma428,988Decrease 8.0
2 United Kingdom, London-Gatwick9,476Increase 24.4
3 Sweden, Umeå4,882Decrease 14.7
4 Spain, Gran Canaria4,702Decrease 30.8
5 Spain, Palma de Mallorca4,644Increase 2.2
Countries with most handled passengers to/from Åre Östersund Airport (2019)
Rank Country Passengers Change
2018/19
1  United Kingdom 10,705 Increase32.3%
2  Spain 9,346 Decrease17.6%
3  Denmark 3,118 Decrease5.3%
4  Greece 2,702 Decrease35,7%
5  Turkey 2,504 IncreaseNEW
Traffic by calendar year[6]
YearPassenger volumeChangeDomesticChangeInternationalChange
2019 473,628Decrease07.5%440,995Decrease08.3%32,633Increase05.7%
2018 512,012481,13530,877

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 Antalya, Turkey. 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.[7]
  • 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

See also

References

Media related to Åre Östersund Airport at Wikimedia Commons


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