Jönköping Airport , earlier known as Axamo Airport (), is an airport located about 8 km (5 mi) from Jönköping, Sweden.
History The airport was founded and opened in September 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. The Stockholm route was closed in 2020. It had been declining for years and finally closed in 2020 after reduced demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.Flyglinjen mellan Jönköping och Stockholm läggs ned Many drive or take the train to their destination or a competing airport. The driving distance from Jönköping city center to the Göteborg Landvetter Airport is 122 km, to Stockholm Skavsta Airport 230 km, to Stockholm Arlanda Airport 363 km, and to Copenhagen Airport 326 km.
Airlines and destinations In addition to the nightly cargo flights to Belgium, Denmark, Finland and Germany, the airport only has charter flights and private flights. But also business, taxi and private flights as well as flights from the locally based flying club. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economical consequences that followed, there hasent been any scheduled flights in traffic since 2020.
The following airlines operate charter flights at Jönköping Airport:
Statistics
Traffic figures + Traffic by calendar year Year Passenger volume Change Domestic Change International Change2023 21,854 662 21,192 2022 15,604 574 15,030 2021 4,257 1,178 3,079 2020 12,172 2,601 9,571 2019 66,601 33.7% 17,383 29.6% 49,218 35.1%2018 100,504 11.8% 24,680 30.7% 75,824 3.2%2017 113,916 1.3% 35,589 5.5% 78,327 0.6%2016 112,506 5.2% 33,738 6.9% 78,768 4.5%2015 106,923 31,546 75,377 2014 95,133 2013 93,993 2012 77,670 2011 82,805 2010 73,000 2009 62,918 2008 76,611
Ground transportation
Bus Line 31 (JLT) runs regularly from morning to evening, to and from the airport. Both weekdays and weekends. All trips start or end at Jönköping City Centre station (Resecentrum and Juneporten) both connecting to local, regional and distance buses and trains.
Taxi In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company.
Parking There is parking at the airport, short-term and long-term parking lots.
See also List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries
References
External links
Official website