Karlstad Airport is situated 16 km (10 mi) from Karlstad city centre in Sweden.
History The airport was opened for traffic in 1997. The airport was built since the older Karlstad-Jakobsberg airport () 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 (), and was finally closed in 2020 after reduced demand as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Karlstad Airport:
Statistics
From Transportstyrelsen and Karlstad flygplats:Nio procent fler resenärer på Karlstads flygplats Year Passengers Domestic International 1998 245,310 170,283 86,574 1999 271,411 2000 291,503 175,522 115,981 2001 262,105 2002 216,072 2003 171,680 2004 160,335 102,941 57,394 2005 144,365 2006 113,087 2007 119,482 2008 118,762 59,169 59,593 2009 84,880 2010 82,423 2011 108,893 2012 100,349 38,418 61,912 2013 109,574 2014 83,288 2015 93,517 2016 85,848 45,757 40,091 2017 89,936 2018 81,884 2019 52,009 16,926 35,083 2020 10,900 3,097 7,803 2021 3,830 548 3,282 2022 19,840 2,123 17,717 2023 20,463 600 19,863
References
External links
Official website