# Åre Östersund Airport

Åre Östersund Airport (IATA: OSD, ICAO: ESNZ), previously known as Östersund–Frösön Airport is located about 11 km (6.8 mi) west of Östersund, Sweden and 94 km (58 mi) east of Åre, Sweden. The airport opened in 1958.
Åre Östersund airport is an international airport and served 465,196 passengers in 2015.

## Airlines and destinations

The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Åre Östersund Airport:
| Airlines | Destinations |
| Braathens International Airways | Seasonal charter: Chania |
| Jonair | Umeå |
| Norwegian Air Shuttle | Seasonal: Stockholm–Arlanda |
| Scandinavian Airlines | Stockholm–Arlanda Seasonal: Copenhagen |
| Transavia | Seasonal charter: Amsterdam, Groningen |

## Statistics

Busiest routes to and from Åre Östersund Airport (2019) :
| Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | % change 2018/19 |
| 1 | Sweden, Stockholm-Arlanda, Stockholm-Bromma | 428,988 | 8.0 |
| 2 | United Kingdom, London-Gatwick | 9,476 | 24.4 |
| 3 | Sweden, Umeå | 4,882 | 14.7 |
| 4 | Spain, Gran Canaria | 4,702 | 30.8 |
| 5 | Spain, Palma de Mallorca | 4,644 | 2.2 |
Countries with most handled passengers to/from Åre Östersund Airport (2019) :
| Rank | Country | Passengers | Change 2018/19 |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 10,705 | 32.3% |
| 2 | Spain | 9,346 | 17.6% |
| 3 | Denmark | 3,118 | 5.3% |
| 4 | Greece | 2,702 | 35,7% |
| 5 | Turkey | 2,504 | NEW |
Traffic by calendar year :
| Year | Passenger volume | Change | Domestic | Change | International | Change |
| 2019 | 473,628 | 07.5% | 440,995 | 08.3% | 32,633 | 05.7% |
| 2018 | 512,012 | | 481,135 | | 30,877 | |

## Ground transportation
### Bus

Airport Coaches (Stadsbussarna) departs from the airport to down town Östersund. In the winter, Åre Flygtransfer departs in connection with every SAS and BRA flight, to and from Åre.

## Incidents and accidents

* On 9 September 2007 an MD83 took off for a charter flight bound for Antalya, Turkey. The plane was overloaded and left the runway very late and touched the landing light equipment that was placed outside the runway. It continued to Antalya where it landed normally.
* On 29 December 2019 an Easyjet A320 (G-EZWY) skidded off a taxiway, resulting in a 29-hour delay of the return flight to LGW as an engineering inspection was required

## Östersund Airport Circuit

On 2012 and 2013, Östersund Airport hosted a round of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship and Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia, in which 1.930 km (1.199 mi) temporary airfield circuit was made within this airport for these races.
The fastest official race lap records at the Östersund Airport Circuit are listed as:
| Category | Time | Driver | Vehicle | Event |
| Full Circuit: 1.930 km (2012–2013) |||||
| Silhouette racing car | 0:51.564 | Robert Dahlgren | Volvo S60 TTA | 2013 Östersund STCC round |
| Porsche Carrera Cup | 0:51.845 | Johan Kristoffersson | Porsche 911 (997 II) GT3 Cup | 2012 Östersund Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia round |
| Formula Renault 1.6 | 0:54.568 | Martin Rump | Signatech FR1.6 | 2013 Östersund Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic round |
| Super 2000 | 0:54.744 | Tomas Engström | Honda Civic | 2012 Östersund STCC round |
| Renault Clio Cup | 0:59.929 | Joakim Forsell | Renault Clio III RS | 2012 Östersund Renault Clio Cup JTCC round |