Karlstad Airport

Karlstad Airport (IATA: KSD, ICAO: ESOK) is situated 16 km (10 mi) from Karlstad city centre in Sweden.

Karlstad Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorSwedavia
LocationKarlstad Municipality
Elevation AMSL352 ft / 107 m
Coordinates59°26′41″N 013°20′15″E
Map
KSD
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03/21 8,255 2,516 Asphalt
03L/21R 1,840 561 Grass
Statistics (2017)
Passengers total89,936
International passengers44,071
Domestic passengers45,865
Statistics: Transportstyrelsen[1]

Airlines and destinations
AirlinesDestinations
Sunclass Airlines[2][3] Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes
Croatia Airlines[4]Seasonal charter: Split
TUIfly Nordic[5]Seasonal charter: Krabi

Statistics
Annual passenger traffic at KSD airport. See source Wikidata query.

From Transportstyrelsen and Karlstad flygplats:[6][1]

YearPassengersDomesticInternational
1998245,310170,28386,574
1999271,411
2000291,503 175,522115,981
2001262,105
2002216,072
2003171,680
2004160,335 102,94157,394
2005144,365
2006113,087
2007119,482
2008118,762 59,16959,593
200984,880
201082,423
2011108,893
2012100,349 38,41861,912
2013109,574
201483,288
201593,517
201685,848 45,75740,091
201789,936
201881,884
201952,009 16,92635,083
202010,900

History

The airport was opened for traffic in 1997. The airport was built since the older Karlstad-Jakobsberg airport (59°21′36″N 13°27′58.4″E) was causing noise to many residents due to its location 3 km from Karlstad city centre, and also because a longer runway was desired. The old airport had too short runway for charter flights to southern Europe, but such flights became common from the opening of the new airport. The route to Stockholm had still a large majority of the passengers the first years, but this route declined due to other available transport modes such as car and train on this fairly short route (258 km (160 mi)), and was finally closed in 2020 after reduced demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References
  1. Transportstyrelsen - Flygplatsstatistik
  2. ksdarprt.se - Destinationer (Swedish) retrieved 29 August 2021
  3. Organised by https://www.ving.se/
  4. Organised by https://www.kroatienspecialisten.se/
  5. Organised by https://www.tui.se/
  6. Nio procent fler resenärer på Karlstads flygplats

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