# Linköping City Airport (LPI / ESSL)

**Linköping City Airport** (IATA: LPI, ICAO: ESSL) is a large airport in Linköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden. It opened in 1977. It has one runway, 2,135 m (7,004 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 48 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: LPI / ESSL
- Type: Large airport
- Serves: Linköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden
- Opened: 1977
- Elevation: 52 m / 172 ft
- Coordinates: 58.4049, 15.6845
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,135 m / 7,004 ft
- Passengers: 47,810 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Stockholm
- Website: http://www.linkopingcityairport.se
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%C3%B6ping/Saab_Airport (20 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431883
- Weather station: ESSL
- Ident: ESSL

## Timeline

- 1977: Linköping City Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 2,135 m / 7,004 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 112° / 292° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 157,346 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 157,780 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 142,957 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 144,984 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 144,585 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 33,525 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 24,378 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 47,810 | Eurostat |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [AMS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eham.md) Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · Netherlands · 965 km / 600 mi · KLM

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- KL [KLM](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/klm) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 48K (2022) | #2,108 of 3,974 | #446 in Europe | #20 in SE |
| Longest runway | 2,135 m / 7,004 ft | =3,453 of 29,858 | #675 in Europe | #29 in SE |
| Elevation | 52 m / 172 ft | =34,674 of 43,403 | =4,475 in Europe | #89 in SE |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =1,218 in Europe | =59 in SE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in SE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 118.805 |

## Nearby airports

- [ESCF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/escf.md) Malmen Air Base · 9.5 km / 5.9 mi
- [NRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essp.md) Norrköping Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [NYO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eskn.md) Stockholm Skavsta Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [ORB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esoe.md) Örebro Airport · 98 km / 61 mi
- [KVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgr.md) Skövde Airport · 100 km / 62 mi
- [JKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgj.md) Jönköping Airport · 119 km / 74 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [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: “Linköping/Saab Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Linköping/Saab_Airport&oldid=1363053981), revision of 7 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/essl/data