Scandinavian Mountains Airport

Scandinavian Mountains Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Scandinavian Mountains Airport AB
Serves Sälen and Trysil
Location Rörbäcksnäs, Malung-Sälen, Dalarna, Sweden
Opened December, 2018
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
Website scandinavianmountains.se/en/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
2,500 8,202 Asphalt
Vasaloppet, 2006
Aurora borealis photographed in Trysil, Norway.

Scandinavian Mountains Airport, also referred to as Sälen Trysil Airport, is an airport under construction in Dalarna, Sweden, close to the Norwegian border. It is planned to open in December 2018.

It is intended for both scheduled and chartered services, primarily aimed at bringing tourists to the winter sport resorts of Sälen, Idre, Trysil and Engerdal. In addition to the core markets of Norway and Sweden, the intention is to attract significantly more visitors from Denmark, England, Germany, the Netherlands and Russia.

The new airport is being constructed on the site of an existing small sports airfield at Mobergskölen, near Rörbäcksnäs, in Malung-Sälen.

It will be first new airport in Sweden since Pajala opened in 1999.[1]

Year round attractions

The four municipalities involved in the project - Malung-Sälen, Älvdalen, Trysil and Engerdal - are trying to expand the range of visitor attractions beyond the core winter sports activities, in an attempt to expand visitor numbers all year round.

National parks

Winter activities

While alpine and cross-country skiing, with particular focus on children and ski schools, remain at the heart of the tourism industry in the cross-border region, there has been a big expansion in other winter activities, for example snowmobile riding, dog sledding, ice fishing, ice driving and ice bathing and sauna.

Summer activities

Mountain biking, orienteering, fishing and hiking have long been popular in the hilly cross-border area, but mainly for Scandinavians. The aim is to expand the international appeal of this type of summer holiday. For example, there has been a huge increase in the number of cycling events and visitors, both on- and off- road.

In addition there are many newer summer activities, for example paragliding, golf, canyoning, rafting, riverboarding and whitewater kayaking.

Autumn activities

Berry and mushroom picking, hunting, camping and trailrunning.

Owners and stakeholders

Scandinavia Mountains Airport AB is 95.2% owned by Scandinavian Mountains AB. The minority owners are:

The parent company Scandinavian Mountains AB is owned by:

Public partners

The local partners are:

In addition, in 2014, the Swedish government invested SEK 250 million.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Scandinavian Mountain Airport ska öppna 2017". Vagabond. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2016.

Coordinates: 61°09′32″N 12°50′24″E / 61.1590°N 12.8400°E / 61.1590; 12.8400


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