Lidköping–Hovby Airport (Swedish: Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats) (IATA: LDK, ICAO: ESGL), also known as Lidköping Airport, is an airport situated 5 km outside Lidköping, Sweden. The airport was built by the Swedish Air Force in the 1940s. It was bought by Lidköping Municipality in 2000[3] and is now in civilian use.
Lidköping–Hovby Airport Lidköping-Hovby Flygplats | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Lidköping Hovby Flygplats AB | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Lidköping | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Lidköping, Sweden | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 200 ft (61 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°27′55″N 013°10′27″E / 58.46528°N 13.17417°E | ||||||||||||||
 Interactive map of Lidköping–Hovby Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Source: DAFIF[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
Airlines and destinations
editAfter Golden Air moved their Stockholm–Bromma flights to nearby Trollhättan–Vänersborg Airport there are no scheduled passenger flights.
Other operations
editLidköping–Hovby Airport is home to West Air Sweden's Technical and Operations departments.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Airport information for ESGL". World Aero Data. Archived from the original on 2019-03-05. Data current as of October 2006. Source: DAFIF.
- ↑ "Airport information for LDK". DAFIF. October 2006 – via Great Circle Mapper.
- ↑ (in Swedish) http://www.hallekis.com/arkiv1/oldartv09.htm
- ↑ West Air Sweden: Our Company Archived 2008-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Lidköping Airport, official site
- Lidköping Aero Club
- "Current weather for ESGL". NOAA/NWS.
- Accident history for LDK at Aviation Safety Network
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