VBY

Visby Airport

ICAO ESSV57.6628°N 18.3462°E50 m / 164 ftLarge airport
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Visby Airport (IATA: VBY, ICAO: ESSV) is a large airport in Visby, Gotlands län, Sweden. It opened on 27 Jan 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,000 m (6,562 ft). It is operated by Swedavia. In 2025 it handled 262 thousand passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1944–1944
27 JAN 1944
OpenedVisby Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
03/21021° / 201° · LIT
LENGTH2,000 m6,562 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt
10/28101° / 281°
LENGTH1,101 m3,611 ftWIDTH40 m131 ftSURFACEGrass

Passengers per year

2014–2025
407K
431K
464K
492K
468K
447K
123K
190K
295K
318K
294K
262K
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Routes

4 destinations · 3 countries
Most destinationsScandinavian Airlines 2Norwegian Air Shuttle 1Nyxair 1Finnair 1Amapola Flyg 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from VBY. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Visby Airport” (revision of 11 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers262K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,406of 3,974 · #305 Europe · #8 SELongest runway2,000 m6,562 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=3,840of 29,823 · =719 Europe · =38 SEElevation50 m164 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=34,813of 43,341 · =4,509 Europe · =92 SEAgeOpened 19442026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=2,300of 15,079 · =702 Europe · =24 SERunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =6 SE
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
APPVisby APP126.155
TWRVisby TWR120.305