Barkarby Airport
Barkarby Airport was a disbanded Swedish Air Force base, near Akalla north of Stockholm used for general aviation. Barkarby Airport was one of Sweden’s oldest active airports until it was closed in 2010.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Abandoned airfield
- Description: airport in Järfälla Municipality, Sweden
- Also known as: “ESKB”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barkarby station and Akalla metro station.
Barkarby station
Railway station
Photo: AleWi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barkarby station is a railway station and future metro station located in the Barkarby area of Järfälla Municipality in Stockholm County. Currently part of the Stockholm commuter train network on the Mälaren line, it lies approximately 14.6 kilometers northwest of Stockholm City station. Barkarby station is situated 1½ km southwest of Barkarby Airport.
Akalla metro station
Metro station
Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akalla is a station in the Stockholm metro in the Akalla district of Stockholm. The station was opened on 5 June 1977 as the northern terminus of the extension of the Blue line from Hallonbergen. Akalla metro station is situated 1½ km east of Barkarby Airport.
Järfälla Church
Church
Photo: Svenska kyrkan Järfälla, CC BY 2.0.
Järfälla Church is situated 1 km southwest of Barkarby Airport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akalla and Hjulsta.
Akalla
Suburb
Akalla is a district in Rinkeby-Kista borough, Stockholm, Sweden. Akalla has a population of roughly 9,100 as of 2018, in which immigrants, mostly from Finland, make up 60.4% of the population.
Hjulsta
Locality
Hjulsta, a suburb of Stockholm known for its working-class roots, is often associated with Tensta but boasts its own subway station. Hjulsta is considered an informal area part of Tensta.
Husby
Suburb
Photo: Holger.Ellgaard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Husby is a district in the Järva borough in Stockholm, Sweden. Husby has 11,957 inhabitants as of December 31, 2023.
Barkarby Airport
- Categories: airport, air base, and transportation
- Location: Järfälla socken, Viksjö, Järfälla Municipality, Stockholm County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tajik—“Barkarby Airport” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “斯德哥尔摩－巴尔卡比机场”
- Chinese: “斯德哥尔摩巴尔卡比机场”
- Finnish: “Barkarbyn lentoasema”
- German: “Flugplatz Stockholm-Barkarby”
- Indonesian: “ESKB”
- Japanese: “バルカビイ空港”
- Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Barkarby”
- Persian: “فرودگاه بارکاربی”
- Romanian: “Aeroportul Barkarby”
- Swedish: “Barkarby flygfält”
- Swedish: “Barkarby flygplats”
- Swedish: “Stockholm-Barkarby flygplats”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи Баркарби”
- Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи боркорби”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Barkarbystaden and Säby gård.
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Explore places such as Hägerstalund and Welcome Hotel Barkarby.
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