Jönköping Airport (IATA: JKG, ICAO: ESGJ), earlier known as Axamo Airport (Swedish: Axamo flygplats), is an airport located about 8 km (5 mi) from Jönköping, Sweden.

History

The airport was founded and opened in September 1961 and was nationally owned until December 2009. It has been owned by the city of Jönköping since then.

It has lost many passengers, and was considered to be too small for a national airport. In 2008 it had 76,611 passengers, compared with 252,241 in 1998. The connection with Copenhagen has been closed and reopened a few times. The Stockholm route was closed in 2020. It had been declining for years and finally closed in 2020 after reduced demand as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Many drive or take the train to their destination or a competing airport. The driving distance from Jönköping city center to the Göteborg Landvetter Airport is 122 km, to Stockholm Skavsta Airport 230 km, to Stockholm Arlanda Airport 363 km, and to Copenhagen Airport 326 km.

Airlines and destinations

In addition to the nightly cargo flights to Belgium, Denmark, Finland and Germany, the airport only has charter flights and private flights. But also business, taxi and private flights as well as flights from the locally based flying club. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the economical consequences that followed, there hasent been any scheduled flights in traffic since 2020.

The following airlines operate charter flights at Jönköping Airport:

AirlinesDestinations
People’s AirlineSeasonal charter: St Anton (ends 7 February 2026)
People’s AirlineSeasonal charter: Ischgl (ends 7 February 2026)
NouvelairSeasonal charter: Monastir (ends 5 November 2026)
Sunclass AirlinesSeasonal charter: Rhodos (ends 1 October 2025)
Sunclass AirlinesSeasonal charter: Larnaca (ends 27 October 2025)
Sunclass AirlinesSeasonal charter: Palma de Mallorca (ends 16 June 2026)

Statistics

Traffic figures

Traffic by calendar year
YearPassenger volumeChangeDomesticChangeInternationalChange
202321,85466221,192
202215,60457415,030
20214,2571,1783,079
202012,1722,6019,571
201966,601033.7%17,383029.6%49,218035.1%
2018100,504011.8%24,680030.7%75,82403.2%
2017113,91601.3%35,58905.5%78,32700.6%
2016112,50605.2%33,73806.9%78,76804.5%
2015106,92331,54675,377
201495,133
201393,993
201277,670
201182,805
201073,000
200962,918
200876,611

Ground transportation

Bus

Line 31 (JLT) runs regularly from morning to evening, to and from the airport. Both weekdays and weekends. All trips start or end at (Resecentrum and Juneporten) both connecting to local, regional and distance buses and trains.

Taxi

In the arrival terminal there is a telephone direct connected to the local taxi company.

Parking

There is parking at the airport, short-term and long-term parking lots.

See also

External links

Media related to Jönköping Airport at Wikimedia Commons