# Gävle–Sandviken Airport (GVX)

**Gävle–Sandviken Airport** (IATA: GVX) is a medium airport in Sandviken, Sweden. It opened in 1971.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/se-0120

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GVX / —
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Sandviken, Sweden
- Opened: 1971
- Elevation: 68 m / 223 ft
- Coordinates: 60.5944, 16.9511
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Stockholm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle%E2%80%93Sandviken_Airport (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5625920
- Weather station: ESSK · WMO 02453
- Ident: SE-0120

## Timeline

- 1971: Gävle–Sandviken Airport opens.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Elevation | 68 m / 223 ft | =33,321 of 43,403 | =4,211 in Europe | =79 in SE |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =1,124 in Europe | =53 in SE |

## Nearby airports

- [SOO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esny.md) Söderhamn Airport · 75 km / 46 mi
- [BLE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essd.md) Dala Airport · 81 km / 50 mi
- [VST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esow.md) Stockholm Västerås Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · 118 km / 74 mi
- [MXX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eskm.md) Mora Airport · 138 km / 86 mi
- [EKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essu.md) Eskilstuna Airport · 139 km / 86 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)
- [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/se-0120/data