Göteborg Landvetter Airport

Göteborg Landvetter Airport
IATA: GOT ICAO: ESGG
Summary
Airport type	Public
Operator	Luftfartsverket (1977–2009) Swedavia (2010–present)
Serves	Gothenburg, Sweden
Location	Landvetter
Hub for	Norwegian Air Shuttle Ryanair Scandinavian Airlines Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia TUIfly Nordic
Elevation AMSL	154 m / 506 ft
Coordinates	57°39′36″N 012°17′28″E / 57.66000°N 12.29111°E / 57.66000; 12.29111Coordinates: 57°39′36″N 012°17′28″E / 57.66000°N 12.29111°E / 57.66000; 12.29111
Website	swedavia.com/landvetter/
Map
GOT Location of airport in Sweden
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 03/21 3,299 10,823 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers total 6,375,512 International passengers 4,919,944 Domestic passengers 1,455,568 Landings total 33,837
Source: Swedish AIP at EUROCONTROL Statistics: Swedavia

Göteborg Landvetter Airport (IATA: GOT, ICAO: ESGG) is an international airport serving the Gothenburg region in Sweden. With 6.2 million passengers in 2015 it is Sweden's second-largest airport after . Landvetter is also an important freight airport. During 2007, 60,100 tonnes of air cargo passed through Landvetter, about 60% of the capacity of Arlanda. It is operated by Swedavia, the national airport company. The airport is named after the town of Landvetter, which is located in the municipality of Härryda. It is 11 NM (20 km; 13 mi) east-southeast of Gothenburg and 40 km (25 mi) west of Borås. Since the closure of Gothenburg City Airport for commercial operations it is the city's only commercial passenger airport.

The airport was opened in 1977. Passenger services, previously at Torslanda Airport, north of Gothenburg, were moved to Landvetter in 1977. In 2001, some budget airlines began serving the former military base in Säve, which was renamed from Säve Flygplats to Gothenburg City Airport. That airport was closed down in winter 2014–2015 because of large reconstruction needs, meaning an increase of traffic on Landvetter of almost a million annual passengers. There has been a tendency that international travel has increased, especially on tourists, while domestic has declined somewhat (mostly business travel).

In 2013 the international terminal was extended fairly much with new shops, and in 2014 the domestic and international terminal were joined into one terminal.

On 14 April 2015 Swedavia announced a 10-year long contract with DHL Express to build a new 7500 m2 large cargo terminal, replacing the old 1700m2. The construction will begin in spring 2015 and is underway for one year. This was a step included in plans for Airport City. In 2018-2020 the terminal building will be enlarged, with three new air bridges. There are also plans to build a shortcut on the railway Gothenburg–Borås with a tunnel and a railway station under the airport. Construction start is planned to be 2020 and operation estimated by 2023.