Torslanda Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Torslanda
nativename = Torslanda Flygfält


IATA =
ICAO = ESGB
type = Public
owner =
operator =
city-served = Gothenburg
location = Torslanda, Sweden
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footnotes = Demolished, no longer operational.

Torslanda Airport — (Swedish: "Torslanda Flygplats" or "Torslanda Flygfält" [ [http://www.lfv.se/templates/LFV_InfoSida_Bred____2634.aspx History - LFV ] ] ) served the city of Gothenburg as its main airport from 1923 to 1977, cite web
title= Landvetter Airport History
publisher = Spotters spot Gothenburg airports
url = http://home.hetnet.nl/mr_4/143/mvdb22/spottersunited/gotspot.htm] , when the Gothenburg-Landvetter Airport was opened. After 1977, Torslanda air traffic was assumed by both Gothenburg City Airport ("also known as Säve Airport"), and Landvetter.

The Torslanda airport had been the site of a mishap on 23 December, 1967 when a Douglas DC-6B operated by Sterling Airways carrying 55 passengers en route from Stockholm landed 3000 feet beyond the landing threshold.cite web
title = Accident Description, Torslanda, 1967
publisher = Aviation-Safety.net
url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19671223-0]

In a notable 1972 incident, a flight also from Torlsanda en route to Stockholm was hijacked and diverted to Bulltofta airport outside the Swedish city of Malmö. Nine Croatians imprisoned nearby were traded for 500.000 SEK before flying to Madrid, Spain, before being captured by police. cite web
title = Hijacking Incident, Torslanda, 1972
publisher = Aviation-Safety.net
url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720915-0%E2%8C%A9=nl%E2%8C%A9=nl]

Notably, a historically correct "setting" of Göteborg-Torslanda is available for Microsoft Flight Simulator.

In 1969, an air traffic control tower was built on an adjacent hilltop as replacement for an older tower built in 1938.

Torlsanda Airport was closed as an actual transportation facility in 1977.

:: [http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torslanda_flygplats See also: Swedish Wikipedia Article: Torslanda Flygplats] :: [http://www.esgb.se/esgb_start.asp See also: History, Torslanda ESGB at WWW.ESGB.se] :: [http://home.swipnet.se/hansj/torslanda/index2.htm See also: Torslanda Airport, History (Swedish)] :: [http://home.swipnet.se/hansj/torslanda/idag.htm See also: Torslanda Airport, Photo's, Today (Swedish)]

Use after the closure

The Control Tower: The 1969 control tower remains one of the last artifacts of the airport. Most of the old airport was demolished in 1997.

The Blue Hanger: Until 1995, car company Volvo housed its collection of historic vehicles in "The "Blue Hangar" ("Den Blå Hangaren"), see Torslanda.

Amhult: In recent years, the original land from the Torslanda Airport has quickly redeveloped into a residential area known as Amhult, eventually to become a garden village with 900 new homes, a commercial centre, preschool and school.cite web
title = Growing young population demands new approach
publisher = DC Torlanda
url = http://www3.goteborg.se/ekonomi/arsbok03/eng/dctorslanda.html]

:: [http://www.amhult2.se/ See Also: Amhult Phase II rendering]

References

External links

* [http://www.esgb.se/esgb_start.asp History, Torslanda ESGB at WWW.ESGB.se]
* [http://home.swipnet.se/hansj/torslanda/index2.htm Torslanda Airport, History (Swedish)]
* [http://home.swipnet.se/hansj/torslanda/idag.htm Torslanda Airport, Photo's, Today (Swedish)]