Gothenburg City Airport
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| Gothenburg City Airport (Göteborg City Airport) |
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| IATA: GSE - ICAO: ESGP | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Cityflygplatsen i Göteborg AB |
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| Serves | Gothenburg | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 59 ft (18 m) | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 01R/19L | 6,868 | 2,039 | Paved |
| 04R/22L | 2,934 | 871 | Paved |
Gothenburg City Airport or Göteborg City Airport (IATA: GSE, ICAO: ESGP), formerly (and still informally) known as Säve Flygplats, is Gothenburg's second international airport located 14 kilometres north-west from the centre of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg ) on the island of Hisingen, Bohuslän, Sweden. It is located within the borders of Gothenburg Municipality, hence its name. Prior to the arrival of Ryanair in 2001, the airport had 9000 passengers per year. In 2005 more than 500,000 flew from City Airport. In addition to commercial airlines, the airport is also operated by a number of rescue services, including the Swedish Coast Guard.
Although it's primarily a low-cost airline airport, it is actually located closer to Gothenburg city centre than the main airport (Göteborg-Landvetter Airport with 5.2 million passengers in 2005). This is probably the only city airport Ryanair operates to. Due to its location many business jets prefer flying to City Airport rather than Landvetter. Gothenburg City Airport can handle planes up to the size of a Boeing 767, an Airbus A320 or similar jets. The airport also accommodates General Aviation acitivities, including 2 flying clubs, Aeroklubben i Göteborg, one of Europe's oldest flying clubs, and Chalmers flygklubb.
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[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Air Berlin (Berlin-Tegel) [starts 2 May, 2007]
- Flexflight (Læsø)
- Ryanair (Dublin, Girona [starts 27 March, 2007], Glasgow-Prestwick, Hahn, London-Stansted, Madrid, Marseille-Provence)
- Wizz Air (Budapest, Warsaw)
[edit] Transport
There are bus services that match every Ryanair and Wizzair departure and arrival, terminating at the bus and train terminal in twenty minutes (cost 50 SEK).
Catching a taxi to the city centre costs between 200 and 300 SEK.
Car rental services are Avis, Budget, Hertz and Europcar. Cars are available from 700 SEK a day.
[edit] History
In 1940, a military airbase called Säve was built here. The airbase was closed down in 1969. In 1977 the old airport Torslanda was closed down, and scheduled flights moved to Landvetter, and general aviation was moved to Säve. In 1984, the runway was improved and extended to allow larger business jets etc. In 2001, the airport was renamed City Airport, and Ryanair started operating scheduled flights to London.
[edit] Competition
DFDS Seaways cited competition from low-cost air services, especially Ryanair (which now flies to Glasgow Prestwick and London Stansted from Gothenburg City Airport), as being a reason for its scrapping the Newcastle-Gothenburg ferry service in October 2006[1]. It was the only dedicated passenger ferry service between Sweden and the United Kingdom, and had been running since the 19th century (under various operators).
[edit] References
- ^ "DFDS scraps Newcastle-Gothenburg line", The Local, 7 September 2006: "Danish shipping company DFDS Seaways is to scrap the only passenger ferry route between Sweden and Britain, with the axing of the Gothenburg-Newcastle route at the end of October."
[edit] External links
- Göteborg City Airport (official website)
- Airport information
- World Aero Data airport information for ESGP
