Jönköping Airport

Jönköping Airport Jönköping flygplats
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IATA: JKG – ICAO: ESGJ JKG Location of airport in Sweden
Summary
Airport type	Public (City of Jönköping)
Operator	Jönköping Airport AB
Location	Jönköping
Elevation AMSL	741 FT ft / 226 m
Coordinates
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 01/19 7,250.6 2,203 Asphalt 11/29 2,000 600 Grass
Statistics (2014)
Passengers total 95,133 International passengers 64,540 Domestic passengers 30,593 Landings total 3,902
Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency

Jönköping Airport (IATA: JKG, ICAO: ESGJ), called Axamo is an airport located about 8 km from Jönköping, Sweden.

History

The airport was founded and opened in 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. Many drive to their destination or a competing airport. The driving distance to the Göteborg Landvetter Airport is 140 km, to Stockholm 320 km and to Copenhagen 330 km.

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Air Europa	Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca
BMI Regional	Frankfurt, Karlstad
Malmö Aviation	Seasonal charter: Split
NextJet	Stockholm–Arlanda
Jet Time	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Chania, Sardinia
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia	Seasonal charter: Antalya, Rhodes, Gran Canaria, Cancún

Ground transportation

Bus

Länstrafiken buses departs in connection to some flights.

Taxi

In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company. Price to Jönköping down town approx. 175 SEK.

Parking

There is parking at the airport, short-term and long-term parking lots. Short-term parking cost 20 SEK/hour and long-term parking 170 SEK/24 hours.

See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

External links

• Official website