Örebro Airport

Örebro Airport (IATA: ORB, ICAO: ESOE) is located 10 kilometers southwest of Örebro and is Sweden's 23rd-largest passenger airport and the fourth-largest cargo airport. It was opened in 1979. The airport handled 101,669 passengers in 2013.[2]

Örebro Airport

Örebro flygplats
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorÖrebro Läns Flygplats AB
LocationÖrebro
Elevation AMSL188 ft / 57 m
Coordinates59°13′25″N 015°02′17″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
01/19 10,728 3,270 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers total88,151
International passengers85,975
Domestic passengers2,176
Landings total4,940
Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Örebro:[3]

AirlinesDestinations
RyanairLondon–Stansted[4]
Sunclass Airlines[5] Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
TUI fly Nordic[6] Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria

Cargo

AirlinesDestinations
Amapola Flyg Malmö,[7] Sundsvall[7]

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at ORB airport. See source Wikidata query.

Ground transportation

There is no public transport which goes directly to the airport, but the neaest bus stop, (about 2 km away) has services to and from the centre of Örebro. It is served by bus 514 in the early morning and afternoon, Monday to Friday and bus 513 on weekday evenings and weekends.[8] Other transport alternatives will likely involve a car or taxi. Most flights are tourist charter which attracts child families who mostly use their car for transport. There are many parking spaces, which have a fee.

Accidents and incidents

  • On 8 July 2021, a single-engine DHC-2 Beaver carrying 8 skydivers plus 1 pilot crashed shortly after takeoff from Örebro Airport. All 9 people died.[9]

References

Media related to Örebro Airport at Wikimedia Commons


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