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Before the railroad was closed down on the island of Gotland, the main line from Visby to the northern parts of the island actually crossed the runway. It was one of the few airports in the world where this happened. The railway traffic was ended in 1960, and the tracks were removed a few years
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used by a mainland airbase. The airport has the only long runway on Gotland. Gotland and the airport are important in the event of a need to defend against an attack on NATO members Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and for general defense of the Baltic Sea.
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and the 12th largest airport in Sweden. The airport had 463,616 passengers in 2016. The traffic has a large seasonal variation with many more passengers in the summer; in 2016, it had 18,070 passengers in January and 57,302 in July. During the
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Apart from the commercial aviation at Visby airport, there is also a flying club and a parachuting club based at the airport. And the
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The airport has been used for military activities from its opening in 1942, although not as a proper airbase, but as a
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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Visby Airport:
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were used for public flights to Gotland from 1925, landing in a sheltered bay near
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Visby Airport was opened on 27 January 1942. The first aircraft to land was a
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List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
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Swedavia
Visby
Gotland
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57°39′46″N 018°20′46″E / 57.66278°N 18.34611°E / 57.66278; 18.34611
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VBY is located in Gotland
VBY is located in Sweden
Runways
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Visby
Gotland
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Almedalen Week
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Lake Tingstäde

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