In the capital of Sweden - Stockholm - there are 4 airports , one of which is Bromma Stockholm Airport or Stockholm-Bromma flygplats. It carries out both domestic transportation, and international, connecting the cities of Europe with each other.
Briefly about the history of the airport
The air harbor was officially opened in 1936 by the order of King Gustavus Fifth. Bromma Airport in Sweden is the first in Europe, which was immediately built with road surfaces. The institution has such ICAO codes: ESSB and IATA: WMA.
From here during the Second World War, flights to and from Britain were made. The planes transported Danish and Norwegian refugees, after which the fascists came to Bromma Airport in Stockholm. They shot down several airliners in which civilians were located.
In the postwar period, the air harbor began to develop intensively, but it could no longer cope with the large flow of passengers. The government decided to build in the city another airport that was supposed to accept international flights, and Bromma began to be used for government needs, domestic transportation and flight training.
Description of the air harbor
In 2002, a control and dispatch center was opened here, the terminal was completely repaired, and a shopping center was erected nearby. In 2005, the building of the institution was completely modernized, but the construction remained a cultural heritage of the country. Expand the territory of Bromma Airport in Stockholm is impossible due to noise pollution. The air harbor occupies the 5th place in Sweden for passenger turnover and the 3rd for the number of take-offs and landings.
At the beginning of the construction of the airport, it was surrounded mainly by the countryside, but later on this place appeared the city, and the noise of the liners became a problem for local residents, as well as air pollution. In this regard, the airport imposed a certain limit: reduced the time of its work, limited the types of charters and reduced the hours for training pilots.
Features of work
Bromma Airport in Sweden is open on weekdays from 07:00 am and until 22:00 pm, and on weekends from 09:00 to 17:00. Time can change on public holidays and during the season. On the territory of the terminal work:
- stores (Lost and Found, Air Freight, Grafair Jet Center, Flying Veterans Flight Shop, Pressbyran, etc.);
- cafes and restaurants (Forno Romano);
- long-term and short-term parking;
Hotels (Ulfsunda slott, Scandic Hotel, Mornington Hotel, Flyghotellet) are located outside the airport.
The main airlines that serve the air harbor are:
- Blekingeflyg;
- City Airline;
- Brussels Airlines;
- Kalmarplanet;
- Stockholmsplanet;
- Vildanden;
- Direktflyg;
- Malmö Aviation and other carriers.
Get information on the availability of tickets, their price, flight schedule, take-off and landing time, as well as where the liner is now, on the online scoreboard. On the official site there is an opportunity to reserve a place on the plane, change the date of flight, and if necessary, to refuse it.
How to get there?
Bromma Airport in Stockholm is 10 km from the city center. Here you can rent a car or taxi, the price of which depends on the class of the car and the period of its operation. To do this, you will need to contact one of the companies (Europcar, Hertz and Avis) located on the territory of the terminal.
Travelers can also use the bus, which is operated by Flygbussarna (Airport coaches). The ticket for public transport is about $ 8 when you buy it via the Internet or a little more expensive if you buy at the checkout. The journey takes up to half an hour and depends on traffic jams.
If you want to save, you can get to the center of Stockholm by city bus number 110 or 152. The ticket for this type of public transport is $ 3. He takes you to the stop of Sundbyberg or Älvsjö, and then you need to change the train and go to T-Centralen station.