Lidköping–Hovby Airport Explained

Lidköping–Hovby Airport
Nativename:Swedish: Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats
Iata:LDK
Icao:ESGL
Type:Public
Operator:Lidköping Hovby Flygplats AB
City-Served:Lidköping
Location:Lidköping, Sweden
Elevation-F:200
Elevation-M:61
Coordinates:58.4653°N 13.1742°W
Metric-Rwy:y
R1-Number:06/24
R1-Length-F:6,529
R1-Length-M:1,990
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:06/24
R2-Length-F:2,871
R2-Length-M:875
R2-Surface:Grass
Footnotes:Source: DAFIF[1]

Lidköping–Hovby Airport (Swedish: Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats), also known as Lidköping Airport, is an airport situated 5 km outside Lidköping, Sweden. The airport was built by the Swedish Air Force in the 1940s. It was bought by Lidköping Municipality in 2000[2] and is now in civilian use.

Airlines and destinations

After Golden Air moved their Stockholm–Bromma flights to nearby Trollhättan–Vänersborg Airport there are no scheduled passenger flights.

Other operations

Lidköping–Hovby Airport is home to West Air Sweden's Technical and Operations departments.[3]

See also

References

  1. Web site: usurped. Airport information for ESGL. https://web.archive.org/web/20190305143444/http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?airport=ESGL. 2019-03-05. World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
  2. http://www.hallekis.com/arkiv1/oldartv09.htm
  3. http://www.westair.se/company.html West Air Sweden: Our Company

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