Åre Östersund Airport , previously known as Östersund–Frösön Airport is located about 11 km (6.8 mi) west of Östersund, Sweden and 94 km (58 mi) east of Åre, Sweden. The airport opened in 1958.
Åre Östersund airport is an international airport and served 465,196 passengers in 2015.
Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Åre Östersund Airport:
Statistics + Busiest routes to and from Åre Östersund Airport (2019) Rank Airport Passengers handled % change2018/191 428,988 8.02 9,476 24.4 3 4,882 14.7 4 4,702 30.8 5 4,644 2.2
+ Countries with most handled passengers to/from Åre Östersund Airport (2019) Rank Country Passengers Change2018/191United Kingdom 10,70532.3%2Spain 9,34617.6%3Denmark 3,1185.3%4Greece 2,70235,7%5Turkey 2,504NEW
+ Traffic by calendar year Year Passenger volume Change Domestic Change International Change2025 245,656 2.7% 228,954 1.0% 16,702 34.7%2024 239,196 5.4% 226,798 7.7% 12,398 71.1%2023 252,839 15.2% 245,591 15.7% 7,248 1.2%2022 219,485 75.0% 212,326 72.5% 7,159 214.7%2021 125,395 10.8% 123,120 5.7% 2,275 77.2%2020 140,572 70.3% 130,590 70.4% 9,982 69.5%2019 473,497 7.5% 440,772 8.4% 32,725 6.0%2018 511,986 3.6% 481,111 5.0% 30,875 27.1%2017 530,983 7.1% 506,687 4.8% 24,296 96.1%2016 495,734 6.6% 483,342 8.7% 12,392 40.1%2015 465,196 1.0% 444,500 2.3% 20,696 20.9%2014 460,720 12.7% 434,552 13.2% 26,168 5.0%2013 408,700 6.7% 383,770 6.8% 24,930 5.7%2012 383,086 359,496 23,590
Ground transportation
Bus Airport Coaches (Stadsbussarna) departs from the airport to down town Östersund. In the winter, Åre Flygtransfer departs in connection with every SAS and BRA flight, to and from Åre.
Incidents and accidents On 9 September 2007 an MD83 took off for a charter flight bound for Antalya, Turkey. The plane was overloaded and left the runway very late and touched the landing light equipment that was placed outside the runway. It continued to Antalya where it landed normally. On 29 December 2019 an Easyjet A320 (G-EZWY) skidded off a taxiway, resulting in a 29-hour delay of the return flight to LGW as an engineering inspection was required
Östersund Airport Circuit
On 2012 and 2013, Östersund Airport hosted a round of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, in which temporary airfield circuit was made within this airport for these races.
The fastest official race lap records at the Östersund Airport Circuit are listed as:
CategoryTimeDriverVehicleEvent Full Circuit (2012–2013): Silhouette racing car 0:51.564 Robert Dahlgren Volvo S60 TTA 2013 Östersund STCC round Porsche Carrera Cup 0:51.845 Johan Kristoffersson Porsche 911 (997 II) GT3 Cup 2012 Östersund Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia round Formula Renault 1.6 0:54.568 Martin Rump Signatech FR1.6 2013 Östersund Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic round Super 2000 0:54.744 Tomas Engström Honda Civic 2012 Östersund STCC round Renault Clio Cup 0:59.929 Joakim Forsell Renault Clio III RS 2012 Östersund Renault Clio Cup JTCC round
See also List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries
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