Lidköping-Hovby Airport , also known as Lidköping Airport, is an airport situated 5 km outside Lidköping

Lidköping

Lidköping is a locality and the seat of Lidköping Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 27,941 inhabitants in 2005.It is neatly situated on the southern shore of Lake Vänern and sometimes refers to itself as "Lidköping by Vänern", possibly to distinguish itself from Linköping near...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. The airport was built by the Swedish Air Force

Swedish Air Force

The Swedish Air Force is the air force branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.-History:The Swedish Air Force was created on July 1, 1926 when the aircraft units of the Army and Navy were merged. Because of the escalating international tension during the 1930s the Air Force was reorganized and expanded...

 in the 1940s. It was bought by Lidköping Municipality

Lidköping Municipality

Lidköping Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the city of Lidköping....

 in 2000 and is now in civilian use.

Airlines and destinations

After Golden Air

Golden Air

Golden Air is a regional airline based in Trollhättan, Sweden. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Finland, Norway and Sweden, as well as ad hoc charter services. Its main base is Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport, with hubs at Helsinki Airport, Stockholm-Bromma Airport and...

 moved their Stockholm-Bromma

Stockholm-Bromma Airport

Stockholm-Bromma Airport is an airport in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm-Bromma Airport is located west northwest of downtown Stockholm and is the closest to the city...

 flights to nearby Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport

Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport

Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport, is situated outside Trollhättan, Sweden .-Airlines and destinations:...

 there are no scheduled passenger flights.

Other operations

Lidköping-Hovby Airport is home to West Air Sweden

West Air Sweden

West Air Sweden is a cargo airline based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It operates scheduled and ad hoc freight charter services for FedEx, DHL, TNT and UPS. It is also contracted to operate mail flights 6 nights a week on behalf of the Swedish post office...

's Technical and Operations departments.

External links

• Lidköping Airport, official site
• Lidköping Aero Club