Airports / Sweden / VBY
Visby Airport
ESSV / VBYVisby, SwedenELEV 164 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
81 nm
To the nearest alternate
Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO).
Overview
Visby Airport, listed as ESSV / VBY, is a large commercial airport in Visby, Sweden. The airport sits 164 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into VBY for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Stockholm Skavsta Airport (NYO, 81 nm), Norrköping Airport (NRK, 87 nm), and Kalmar Airport (KLR, 89 nm).
Charter pricing from VBY depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Visby.
Field capability
ICAO
ESSV
IATA
VBY
FAA / Local
ESSV
Elevation
164 ft
Coordinates
57.6628° N · 18.3462° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Large
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs Sweden fields
state range 16–1,608 ft
At 164 ft, VBY sits lower than 56% of the 45 Sweden fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 81nmNYOStockholm Skavsta AirportNyköping
- 87nmNRKNorrköping AirportNorrköping
- 89nmKLRKalmar AirportKalmar
- 96nmLPILinköping City AirportLinköping
- 100nmESCFMalmen Air BaseLinköping
- 102nmBMAStockholm-Bromma AirportStockholm
Location
Open the full mapESSV · Visby Airport · Visby, Sweden