# Dala Airport (BLE / ESSD)

**Dala Airport** (IATA: BLE, ICAO: ESSD) is a medium airport in Borlange, Dalarnas län, Sweden. It opened in 1930. It has one runway, 2,310 m (7,579 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 11 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/essd

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: BLE / ESSD
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Borlange, Dalarnas län, Sweden
- Opened: 1930
- Elevation: 153 m / 503 ft
- Coordinates: 60.4220, 15.5152
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,310 m / 7,579 ft
- Passengers: 11,027 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Stockholm
- Website: http://www.dalaflyget.se/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dala_Airport (21 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944839
- Weather station: ESSD · WMO 02435
- Ident: ESSD

## Timeline

- 1930: Dala Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,310 m / 7,579 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 133° / 313° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 32,404 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 26,847 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 29,569 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 21,377 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 4,794 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 1,372 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 11,027 | Wikidata |

## Routes

3 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Seasonal charter (3)

- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 2,816 km / 1,750 mi · Sunclass Airlines
- [LCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lclk.md) Larnaca International Airport · Cyprus · 3,124 km / 1,941 mi · Sunclass Airlines
- [LPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gclp.md) Gran Canaria Airport · Spain · 4,292 km / 2,667 mi · TUIfly Nordic

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from BLE, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Hub airlines (1)

- HS [Direktflyg](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/direktflyg)

### Passenger (2)

- DK [Sunclass Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sunclass-airlines) · 2 · seasonal charter
- 6B [TUIfly Nordic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tuifly-nordic) · 1 · seasonal charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11K (2022) | #2,644 of 3,974 | #544 in Europe | #31 in SE |
| Longest runway | 2,310 m / 7,579 ft | =3,028 of 29,858 | =592 in Europe | #16 in SE |
| Elevation | 153 m / 503 ft | =26,981 of 43,403 | #2,712 in Europe | #44 in SE |
| Age | Opened 1930 | =406 of 15,079 | =244 in Europe | #4 in SE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in SE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 127.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [MXX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eskm.md) Mora Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [GVX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/se-0120.md) Gävle–Sandviken Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [VST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esow.md) Stockholm Västerås Airport · 112 km / 69 mi
- [SOO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esny.md) Söderhamn Airport · 127 km / 79 mi
- [KSK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eskk.md) Karlskoga Airport · 132 km / 82 mi
- [ORB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esoe.md) Örebro Airport · 136 km / 84 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Dala Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dala_Airport&oldid=1362821691), revision of 6 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/essd/data