VBY — Visby Airport
- IATA code
- VBY
- ICAO code
- ESSV
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 262,113
- 2025 · −10.9% on the year before
- Nonstop routes
- 4
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC+1 / UTC+2
- Europe/Stockholm
- Elevation
- 50 m
- 164 ft
- Runways
- 2
- Longest 2,000 m
Jan–Feb 2026: 28,231 passengers, +23.9% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).
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About VBY
Visby Airport is a large airport serving Visby, Sweden. It opened in 1944 and is run by Swedavia. 262,113 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 4 nonstop routes from VBY.
Wikidata (CC0) · Eurostat. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from VBY
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| VBY → BMA | 190 km | 173,024 |
| VBY → ARN | 223 km | 83,761 |
| VBY → GOT | 362 km | 15,388 |
| VBY → MMX | 386 km | 10,400 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Nearest airports
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| NYO | Stockholm Skavsta Airport | 151 km |
| NRK | Norrköping Airport | 160 km |
| KLR | Kalmar Airport | 165 km |
| LPI | Linköping City Airport | 177 km |
| BMA | Stockholm-Bromma Airport | 190 km |
Distance from VBY to the major hubs
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 2,000 m | 45 m | Asphalt |
| 10/28 | 1,101 m | 40 m | Grass |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
Visby, Gotlands län, Sweden · 57.6628, 18.3462
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