Stockholm Bromma Airport – Small, Relaxed And Close To The City Center

Stockholm Bromma airport has long lost its number one position in Sweden, and its future is regularly discussed, but it marks a wonderful entrance to the Swedish capital. Its main assets are fast service and proximity to the city center.

The airfield, inaugurated in 1936, lies in a western suburb of the Swedish capital. From there it’s only a 15-minute bus ride to the city’s central station.

With a dozen domestic destinations it is almost entirely used for Swedish air traffic. Most foreign airlines fly to the city’s main airport Arlanda, 40 km north of the center.

The exceptions are Sun-Air of Scandinavia, flying from Århus (Denmark), and Belgium’s Brussels Airlines, flying from Brussels. So if you’re traveling to Stockholm via Belgium using Brussels Airlines you will arrive at Bromma.

The approach by air is something to treasure.

You can clearly see Gamla Stan, Södermalm and Norrmalm, and because you fly so low you can identify each building.

When you arrive you’ll find the opposite of what you expect of an airfield in a city with 1.5 million people.

There are no piers – you climb down the aircraft stairs and walk to the arrival hall. The hall is open to all. You can meet and hug your friends or relatives while waiting for your luggage. But hang on, your bags are there in a minute or so!

Departure via Stockholm Bromma airport equally goes by equally quick.

Check-in is open until 30 minutes before departure. You hand over your luggage and if you’re early, the relaxed lady at the check-in desk will tell you that you have enough time for a coffee in the restaurant. There’s one restaurant at Bromma and one newspaper shop – that’s it.

No crowds, no stress. Sweden at its best.

After the opening of Arlanda in 1960, most airlines moved there. Still it’s Sweden’s third largest airport in terms of passengers and traffic. Malmö Aviation, one of the main domestic airlines, uses it as a hub while there also flight schools using the airport.

The airfield is nowadays surrounded by houses, offices, shops and industry.

The runways are short according to modern standards and only suitable for smaller jets like the Avro used by Brussels Airlines and Malmö Aviation. There are also restrictions to the noise the aircrafts may produce.

Possibilities for growth are therefore limited. With the shortage of housing space in the Stockholm it’s no wonder its future is regularly discussed.

Let’s hope the municipality keeps Stockholm Bromma alive.

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