Jönköping Airport
Airport in Jönköping
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Jönköping Airport (IATA: JKG, ICAO: ESGJ), earlier known as Axamo Airport (Swedish: Axamo flygplats), is an airport located about 8 km (5 mi) from Jönköping, Sweden.[3]
Jönköping Airport Jönköping flygplats | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public (City of Jönköping) | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Jönköpings Kommun | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Jönköping Airport AB | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Jönköping | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 3 September 1961 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 742 ft / 226 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 57°45′30″N 014°04′18″E | ||||||||||||||
| Website | jonkopingairport.se | ||||||||||||||
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  JKG Airport in Sweden | |||||||||||||||
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| Statistics: Swedish Transport Agency[1][2] | |||||||||||||||
History
The airport was founded and opened in September 1961 and was nationally owned until December 2009. It has been owned by the city of Jönköping since then.
It has lost many passengers, and was considered to be too small for a national airport. In 2008 it had 76,611 passengers, compared with 252,241 in 1998. The connection with Copenhagen has been closed and reopened a few times. The Stockholm route was closed in 2020. It had been declining for years and finally closed in 2020 after reduced demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[4] Many drive or take the train to their destination or a competing airport. The driving distance from Jönköping city center to the Göteborg Landvetter Airport is 122 km, to Stockholm Skavsta Airport 230 km, to Stockholm Arlanda Airport 363 km, and to Copenhagen Airport 326 km.
Airlines and destinations
In addition to the nightly cargo flights to Belgium, Denmark, Finland and Germany, the airport only has charter flights and private flights. But also business, taxi and private flights as well as flights from the locally based flying club. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economical consequences that followed, there hasent been any scheduled flights in traffic since 2020.
The following airlines operate charter flights at Jönköping Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| People’s Airline | Seasonal charter: St Anton (ends 7 February 2026)[5] |
| People’s Airline | Seasonal charter: Ischgl (ends 7 February 2026)[6] |
| Nouvelair | Seasonal charter: Monastir (ends 5 November 2026)[7] |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Rhodos (ends 1 October 2025)[8] |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Larnaca (ends 27 October 2025)[9] |
| Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca (ends 16 June 2026)[10] |
Statistics
Traffic figures
| Year | Passenger volume | Change | Domestic | Change | International | Change |
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| 2023 | 21,854 | 662 | 21,192 | |||
| 2022 | 15,604 | 574 | 15,030 | |||
| 2021 | 4,257 | 1,178 | 3,079 | |||
| 2020 | 12,172 | 2,601 | 9,571 | |||
| 2019 | 66,601 |  33.7% | 17,383 | 29.6% | 49,218 | 35.1% |
| 2018 | 100,504 | 11.8% | 24,680 | 30.7% | 75,824 | 3.2% |
| 2017 | 113,916 |  1.3% | 35,589 | 5.5% | 78,327 | 0.6% |
| 2016 | 112,506 | 5.2% | 33,738 | 6.9% | 78,768 | 4.5% |
| 2015 | 106,923 | 31,546 | 75,377 | |||
| 2014 | 95,133 | |||||
| 2013 | 93,993 | |||||
| 2012 | 77,670 | |||||
| 2011 | 82,805 | |||||
| 2010 | 73,000 | |||||
| 2009 | 62,918 | |||||
| 2008 | 76,611 |
Ground transportation
Bus
Line 31 (JLT) runs regularly from morning to evening, to and from the airport. Both weekdays and weekends. All trips start or end at Jönköping City Centre station (Resecentrum and Juneporten) both connecting to local, regional and distance buses and trains.
Taxi
In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company.
Parking
There is parking at the airport, short-term and long-term parking lots.
