Sundsvall–Timrå Airport

Sundsvall–Timrå Airport (IATA: SDL, ICAO: ESNN) is about 21 km north of Sundsvall, 8 km east of Timrå and 32 km south of Härnösand, Sweden. The airport is also known as Midlanda, referring to its geographically central location in Sweden. The airport was known under the name Sundsvall–Härnösand Airport until the municipalities of Sundsvall and Timrå (but not Härnösand) obtained the ownership of the airport from Swedavia on June 17, 2013.^[2] Sundsvall–Timrå Airport is Norrland's sixth-busiest airport and Sweden's fifteenth busiest^{[3][circular reference]}. The airport counted 282,047 passengers in 2011 and 273,527 in 2018.^[1]

Sundsvall–Timrå Airport Sundsvall-Timrå flygplats
IATA: SDL ICAO: ESNN
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Municipalities of Sundsvall and Timrå
Operator	Midlanda Flygplats AB
Location	Timrå, but mainly serves Sundsvall and Härnösand, Sweden
Opened	11 September 1944 (11 September 1944)
Elevation AMSL	16 ft / 5 m
Coordinates	62°31′41″N 17°26′38″E
Website	www.sdlairport.se
Map
SDL Location of airport in Västernorrland Show map of Västernorrland SDL SDL (Sweden) Show map of Sweden
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 16/34 6,857 2,090 Asphalt
Statistics (2018)
Passengers total 273,527 International passengers 30,481 Domestic passengers 243,046 Landings total 4,074
Source:[1]

It was built on delta land formed by much sediment and flood debris that washed down the Indalsälven river to the sea when the lake Ragundasjön drained suddenly and catastrophically in June 1796. The airport was inaugurated on 11 September 1944.^[4]

Sundsvall airport has Sweden's first centre for remote control towers. Four airports have their ground movements controlled from an office building with camera view only. These four airports are Örnsköldsvik, Linköping, Sälen and Sundsvall itself.^[5]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Sundsvall–Timrå Airport:

Airlines	Destinations
Scandinavian Airlines	Stockholm–Arlanda

Cargo

Airlines	Destinations
Amapola Flyg	Malmö,[6] Stockholm–Arlanda,[6] Umeå[6]
West Air Sweden[7]	Stockholm-Arlanda

Statistics

Annual passenger traffic at SDL airport. See Wikidata query.

Accidents

On December 12, 1999, a Piper PA-31 Navajo crashed shortly after takeoff. It hit a hill in bad visibility. All eight onboard died (pilot and seven passengers).^[8] This was not a regular flight, but a taxi flight with paying passengers.^[9]

See also

• List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

References

1. "Passagerarfrekvens" (in Swedish). Swedish Transport Agency. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
2. "Swedavia överlämnar Sundsvall Härnösand Airport". 13 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
3. List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries#2019 statistics
4. Mattias Thuresson. "Historia" (in Swedish). Aviation Society of Sundsvall. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
5. Sälen första flygplats i världen utan flygledartorn
6. Flightradar24. "Live Flight Tracker – Real-Time Flight Tracker Map". Flightradar24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
7. westatlantic.eu – Air Cargo Destinations retrieved 23 January 2021
8. Ranter, Harro. "Accident Piper PA-31-350 Chieftain SE-GDN, 09 Dec 1999". aviation-safety.net.
9. "Tio år sedan den svåra flygolyckan". st.nu. 12 December 2009.

External links

• Media related to Sundsvall Timrå Airport at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• Google Earth air view of Sundsvall–Härnösand Airport, showing its place in a river's delta