Skövde Airport (IATA: KVB, ICAO: ESGR) is an airport located in Skövde and was inaugurated in 1989. The airport was built as Skövde's replacement for the failed project for a joint airfield, Skarlanda, for Skaraborg County near Axvall outside Skara. Lidköping-Hovby Airport and Falköping Airport were also built after Skarlanda was not implemented.
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Skövde Municipality (96 %) | ||||||||||
| Operator | Skövde Airport AB | ||||||||||
| Serves | Skövde | ||||||||||
| Location | Skövde, Sweden | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 58°27′25″N 13°58′23″E / 58.45694°N 13.97306°E | ||||||||||
| Website | skovdeairport | ||||||||||
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History
editThe runways were built by Skanska and Skövde Airport AB had a usage agreement of 25 years. Skövde Municipality replaced the airline as a contractual partner in 1993 and redeemed the runways early in 2012.[1]
There is currently no regular commercial flight from Skövde Airport. Previously, the airline Swedair, Flying Enterprise between 1994 and 1999[2] and Skyways Regional operated from Stockholm Arlanda Airport to Skövde. Skyways Regional discontinued the last service to Arlanda in 2002.[3] Previously, Copenhagen Airport was also served from Skövde. Nowadays, the airport is used for, among other things, private flights, ambulance flights and taxi flights. It was to a significant extent the train that competed with the flight.[3] X 2000 was inaugurated in 1990, one year after the airport, and since 1995 (when the Grödinge line was opened) takes two hours to Stockholm. At 13 years old, Skövde Airport has the shortest time in Sweden from new construction to the closure of scheduled flights.
The current airport is located at Knistad and replaced an older airport built in 1938[4] at Aspelund which has become an industrial area.
Skövde Airport Circuit
editOn 8–9 May 2015 and 1 May 2016, Skövde Airport hosted a round of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, Formula STCC Nordic and RallyX, when, among other things, a new runway was built at the airport at 2.146 km (1.333 mi).[5][6][7]
The fastest official race lap records at the Skövde Airport Circuit are listed as:
| Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Event |
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| Silhouette racing car | 0:49.964[8] | Scott McLaughlin | Volvo S60 TTA | 2016 Skövde STCC round |
| Porsche Carrera Cup | 0:50.382[9] | Philip Morin | Porsche 911 (991 I) GT3 Cup | 2016 Skövde Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia round |
| Formula Renault 1.6 | 0:53.507[10] | Laurents Hörr | Signatech FR1.6 | 2015 Skövde Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic round |
| Renault Clio Cup | 0:57.242[11] | Nicklas Oscarsson | Renault Clio IV RS | 2016 Skövde Renault Clio Cup JTCC round |
References
edit- ^ Jens Lagerlöf (2011-12-19). "Förtida lösen av Skövde flygplats". Skövde Nyheter. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08.
- ^ "Flying Enterprise Shorts 330". svenskaflygbolag.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- ^ a b "Trafikverkets prognos för inrikesflyg" (PDF). Publikation 2 012:222. Trafikverket. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- ^ "Svenska militära flygbaser" (PDF). Fortifikationsverket. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- ^ a b "Skövde - Racing Circuits". RacingCircuits.info. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Klart för STCC Volvo Race Skövde 2015". stcc.se (in Swedish). STCC. 24 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ^ "STCC-premiär i helgen på banan i Skövde!". stcc.se (in Swedish). STCC. Archived from the original on 29 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "STCC 2016 » Skövde Airport Round 1 Results". 1 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "STCC Volvo Race Skövde 2016 - Porsche Carrera Cup, Heat 2, 16 varv". 1 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "STCC Volvo Race Skövde 2015 - Formula Renault 1.6, Heat 1, 19 varv". 9 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "STCC Volvo Race Skövde 2016 - Renault Clio Cup JTCC, Heat 2, 14 varv". 1 May 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
External links
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