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Linköping City Airport (ICAO ESSL, IATA LPI) serves the city of Linköping in Östergötland County, Sweden, sharing its single long runway between scheduled civil traffic and Saab's own aircraft operations. For a simulator pilot it offers a substantial ILS-equipped hard runway and the unusual character of a field that mixes airline movements with an aerospace manufacturer's flying activity.
Linköping City Airport lies in Linköping, in Östergötland County, Sweden, and is branded commercially as Linköping City Airport while its formal identity reflects a long association with Saab, whose aircraft-manufacturing operations share the site with civil aviation. The airport is owned by Saab AB, with operations split between Saab Airport AB and Linköping City Airport AB, the latter owned by Linköping municipality. For a visiting VFR or IFR pilot in a simulator, the field is notable for its single, long, ILS-served runway and the presence of scheduled international airline service alongside industrial flight-test activity.
The airport sits at Linköping, Östergötland County, Sweden, at coordinates 58.4064N, 15.6797E and an elevation of 157 feet. No further detail on airspace classification, FIR boundaries or neighbouring controlled airspace was available in the sources reviewed.
The field has a single physical runway, 11/29, a hard-surfaced strip approximately 6,983 to 6,984 feet long. Both runway ends are lit and equipped with ILS, making the airport usable for instrument approaches from either direction.
The tower frequency is 118.805 MHz. Instrument landing system guidance is available on both runway 11 and runway 29, supporting precision approaches to either end of the single runway.
The airport's ownership and operating structure point to a long-standing link with Saab: the field is owned by Saab AB and operated jointly by Saab Airport AB and Linköping City Airport AB, the latter held by Linköping municipality. This dual civil-and-industrial character, with the airport shared between scheduled civil aviation and Saab's own use, is the airport's defining historical feature as recorded in available references.
Linköping City Airport continues to combine scheduled civil air service with Saab's ongoing use of the site. KLM operates scheduled flights connecting Linköping with Amsterdam, providing onward international connections, and the airport's single runway remains available for both airline and general traffic. No prior-permission requirement was stated in the sources reviewed.
