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 approximately 150,000 passengers in 2019.
Örebro Airport Örebro flygplats | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Örebro Läns Flygplats AB | ||||||||||
| Location | Örebro | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 188 ft / 57 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 59°13′25″N 015°02′17″E | ||||||||||
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Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency[1] | |||||||||||
Airlines and destinations
Passenger
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Örebro:[2]
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Jettime | Seasonal charter: Antalya, Gran Canaria, Larnaca, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Chania |
| Ryanair[3] | London–Stansted |
| Sunclass Airlines[4] | Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes, Gran Canaria |
| BRA | Seasonal charter: Split |
| TUI fly Nordic | Seasonal charter: Tenerife-South |
Cargo
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| JS Aviation | Helsinki, Turku |
| ASL Airlines France | Gothenburg-Landvetter, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Oslo-Gardermoen |
| Zimex Aviation | Gothenburg-Landvetter, Stockholm-Arlanda |
| DHL | Copenhagen-Kastrup |
| FedEx | Operates for ASL Airlines France and ASL Airlines Belgium |
| ASL Airlines Belgium | Helsinki, Brussels, Liege |
Ground transportation
A coach service is operated by Let's Go By Bus Örebro between the airport and Örebro Central, with services timed to coincide with the Ryanair flights to and from London Stanstead on Mondays and Fridays. Tickets can be bought on the bus or on the FlixBus website.[5] The nearest public bus stop, (about 2 km away) has services to and from the centre of Örebro. It is served by bus 620 on weekdays and bus 600 at weekends.[6] 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.[7]
References
- "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
- "Destinations - Örebro airport".
- "Ryanair börjar flyga London-örebro - Örebro airport". 11 November 2021.
- "Flight". ving.se.
- admin. "Flygbuss / Airport Transfer". Let's Go By Bus! (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-25.
- "Stop area Sanna gruva | Länstrafiken Örebro". www.lanstrafiken.se. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- "Skydivers killed in Swedish plane crash". BBC. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
