Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 6 m / 21 ft 2,581 8,468 Elevation 6 m Serves Västerås | Operator Västerås Flygplats AB 01/19 2,581 Code VST Phone +46 21 80 56 00 | |
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Ryanair fr682 landing at stockholm v ster s airport from london stansted 2015 04 26
Stockholm Västerås Airport, also known as Västerås Airport or Hässlö Flygplats (IATA: VST, ICAO: ESOW) is a minor international airport located near the city Västerås in Sweden. Despite its name, it is 110 km (70 mi) from Stockholm Municipality and Stockholm County.
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- Ryanair fr682 landing at stockholm v ster s airport from london stansted 2015 04 26
- Ryanair boeing 737 taking off from stockholm v ster s airport vst bound for london stansted stn
- General aviation
- Access
- References
Ryanair boeing 737 taking off from stockholm v ster s airport vst bound for london stansted stn
General aviation
The airport has extensive general aviation traffic. Of the 17737 landings in 2014, 94% constituted general aviation, according to the Swedish CAA (Transportstyrelsen). This traffic includes hospital flights, flight training, private flights, corporate flights and air taxi. A multitude of operators are based att Stockholm-Västerås Airport. Among these are maintenance workshops, helicopter businesses, flight schools, flight clubs and an aviation museum.
The airport played an important role during the 2014 Västmanland wildfire, serving as a base for water bombers and rescue helicopters.
Access
Travel from the airport to Stockholm Central Station may be done via Flygbussarna, private bus coach service, and takes approximately one and a half hours. There is also a local city bus to the Västerås Central Station, which has trains to Stockholm and more cities.