Stockholm-Västerås Airport, also known as Västerås Airport or Hässlö Flygplats is located at the city Västerås

Västerås

Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of Stockholm...

, and about 110 kilometres (68.4 mi) west of Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, 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....

. It is located far outside the Stockholm Municipality

Stockholm Municipality

Stockholm Municipality or the City of Stockholm is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. It is the largest of the 290 municipalities of the country in terms of population, but one of the smaller in terms of area, making it the most densely populated...

 and Stockholm County

Stockholm County

Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...

, but uses the name Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

-Västerås anyway.

Ground transport

Travel from the airport to Stockholm Central Station

Stockholm Central Station

Stockholm Central Station is the largest railway station in Sweden. The station is situated in the district of Norrmalm at Vasagatan/Central Plan. Opened July 18, 1871, the station is the largest in Sweden, with over 200,000 visitors daily...

 may be done via Flygbussarna

Flygbussarna

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, private bus coach service, and takes approximately one and a half hours.

Airlines and destinations

Incidents and accidents

• On September 1, 2002, Ryanair
  Ryanair
  Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....
  
   Flight 685 from Stockholm-Västerås Airport to London Stansted was delayed by several hours after Kerim Chatty
  Kerim Chatty
  Kerim Chatty is a Swedish man who was suspected of attempted hijacking of an aircraft in 2002. He was subsequently released from police custody and the preliminary inquiry regarding attempted hijacking was dropped....
  
  , a Swedish man of Arabic descent, was detained after attempting to board the aircraft with a loaded gun in his hand luggage. Subsequent media reports suggested that he was going to hijack the aircraft and crash it into the United States Embassy in London
  Embassy of the United States in London
  The Embassy of the United States of America to the Court of St. James's has been located since 1960 in the American Embassy London Chancery Building, in Grosvenor Square, Westminster, London...
  
  ; however, Sweden's Security Service
  Swedish Security Service
  The Swedish Security Service , former name Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetsavdelning , is the security service of Sweden, belonging to the Swedish National Police Board....
  
  , Säpo, denied the claims and called the reports "false information". No confirmation of these allegations was found in the following police investigation and trial and the man was cleared of all terrorism-related charges. The man said that he usually carries a gun and forgot to remove it from his hand baggage before this journey.

See also

• F 1 Hässlö
  F 1 Hässlö
  F 1 Hässlö, Kungliga Västmanlands Flygflottilj, Royal Västmanland Air Force Wing, or simply "F 1", is a former Swedish Air Force wing with the main base located at Hässlö Flygplats near Västerås in central Sweden.- History of the airbase :...
  
   (former 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...
  
   wing)
• Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
  Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
  Stockholm Arlanda Airport , is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly , by road, south-east of Uppsala....
  
  
• Stockholm-Bromma Airport
  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...
  
  
• Stockholm-Skavsta Airport
  Stockholm-Skavsta Airport
  Stockholm-Skavsta Airport , or Nyköping Airport is an international airport near Nyköping, Sweden, approximately southwest of Stockholm. It is served by low-cost airlines and cargo operators...
  
  
• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

External links

• Stockholm-Västerås Airport (English)