Jönköping Airport Explained

Jönköping Airport
Nativename:Swedish: Jönköping flygplats
Image2-Width:250
Iata:JKG
Icao:ESGJ
Type:Public (City of Jönköping)
Owner:Jönköpings Kommun
Operator:Jönköping Airport AB
Location:Jönköping
Elevation-F:742
Website:jonkopingairport.se
Pushpin Map:Sweden
Pushpin Map Caption:Airport in Sweden
Pushpin Label:JKG
Pushpin Label Position:top
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:01/19
R1-Length-F:7250.6
R1-Length-M:2,203
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:11/29
R2-Length-F:2000
R2-Length-M:600
R2-Surface:Grass
Stat-Year:2019
Stat1-Header:Passengers total
Stat1-Data:66,601
Stat2-Header:Aircraft movements
Stat2-Data:4,964
Footnotes:Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency

Jönköping Airport, earlier known as Axamo Airport (Swedish: Axamo flygplats), is an airport located about 8 km (5 mi) from Jönköping, Sweden.

History

The airport was founded and opened in September 1961 and was nationally owned until December 2009. It has been owned by the city of Jönköping since then.

It has lost many passengers, and was considered to be too small for a national airport. In 2008 it had 76,611 passengers, compared with 252,241 in 1998. The connection with Copenhagen has been closed and reopened a few times. The Stockholm route was closed in 2020. It had been declining for years and finally closed in 2020 after reduced demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[1] Many drive or take the train to their destination or a competing airport. The driving distance from Jönköping city center to the Göteborg Landvetter Airport is 122 km, to Stockholm Skavsta Airport 230 km, to Stockholm Arlanda Airport 363 km, and to Copenhagen Airport 326 km.

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

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

Cargo

Statistics

Traffic figures

Traffic by calendar year[2]
Year Passenger volume Change Domestic Change International Change
202321,854 662 21,192
202215,604 574 15,030
20214,257 1,178 3,079
202012,172 2,601 9,571
201966,601 33.7% 17,383 29.6% 49,218 35.1%
2018100,504 11.8% 24,680 30.7% 75,824 3.2%
2017113,916 1.3% 35,589 5.5% 78,327 0.6%
2016112,506 5.2% 33,738 6.9% 78,768 4.5%
2015106,923 31,546 75,377
201495,133
201393,993
201277,670
201182,805
201073,000
200962,918
200876,611

Ground transportation

Bus

Länstrafiken buses depart in connection to some flights.

Taxi

In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company.

Parking

There is parking at the airport, short-term and long-term parking lots.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/jonkoping/flyglinjen-mellan-jonkoping-och-stockholm-laggs-ned Flyglinjen mellan Jönköping och Stockholm läggs ned
  2. Web site: Flygplatsstatistik . Flygplatsstatistik . Transportstyrelsen . 2 July 2019.