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 is located in Värmland County
KSD
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

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Karlstad Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
Croatia AirlinesSeasonal charter: Split
Norwegian Air Shuttle Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria
Sunclass Airlines[2][3] Seasonal charter: Gran Canaria, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodes

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

From Transportstyrelsen and Karlstad flygplats:[4][1]

YearPassengersDomesticInternational
1998245,310170,28386,574
1999271,411 Increase
2000291,503 Increase175,522115,981
2001262,105 Decrease
2002216,072 Decrease
2003171,680 Decrease
2004160,335 Decrease102,94157,394
2005144,365 Decrease
2006113,087 Decrease
2007119,482 Increase
2008118,762 Decrease59,16959,593
200984,880 Decrease
201082,423 Decrease
2011108,893 Increase
2012100,349 Decrease38,41861,912
2013109,574 Increase
201483,288 Decrease
201593,517 Increase
201685,848 Decrease45,75740,091
201789,936 Increase
201881,884 Decrease
201952,009 Decrease16,92635,083
202010,900 Decrease

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. Nio procent fler resenärer på Karlstads flygplats

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