Göteborg Landvetter Airport
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Göteborg Landvetter Airport (IATA: GOT, ICAO: ESGG) is an international airport serving the Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg) region in Sweden. With just over 6.8 million passengers in 2018 it is Sweden's second-largest airport after Stockholm–Arlanda.[2] Landvetter is also an important freight airport. During 2007, 60.1 thousand tonnes of air cargo passed through Landvetter,[3] about 60% of the capacity of Arlanda.
Göteborg Landvetter Airport Göteborg Landvetter flygplats | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner/Operator | Swedavia | ||||||||||
Serves | Gothenburg | ||||||||||
Location | Härryda municipality, Västra Götaland county, Sweden | ||||||||||
Opened | 3 October 1977 (46 years ago) (1977-10-03) | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 154 m / 506 ft | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 57°39′36″N 012°17′28″E | ||||||||||
Website | swedavia.com/landvetter/ | ||||||||||
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The airport is named after Landvetter locality, which is in Härryda municipality. It is 11 NM (20 km; 13 mi) east-southeast[1] of Gothenburg and 40 km (25 mi) west of Borås. It is operated by Swedavia, the national airport company. Since the closure of Göteborg City Airport for commercial operations, it's the city's only commercial passenger airport.