Stockholm Arlanda Airport is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) north of Stockholm and nearly 40 km (25 mi), by road, south-east of Uppsala.
The airport is located within Stockholm County and the province of Upland. It is the largest airport in Sweden, and the third largest airport in the Nordic countries, and the second busiest in terms of international passengers. The airport is the major gateway for international air travel in Sweden. Arlanda Airport was used by 19 million passengers in 2011, with 14 million international passengers and 5 million domestic.
Scandinavian Airlines SAS has its head office nearby and the Oxford Aviation Academy has a flight simulator center for some of the most common airliners of today (like Boeing 737) at Arlanda. Arlanda has hangars and aircraft maintenance facilities operated by SAS Scandinavian Airlines and Priority Aero Maintenance. TUIfly Nordic based at the airport also has a large hangar for widebody jets. There is also a helicopter repair facility operated by Patria Helicopters. At the entrance to the airport the Jumbo Hostel, a Boeing 747 rebuilt to a hostel, is located. There are three hotels at the airport, Radisson Blu Arlandia Hotel, Radisson Blu Sky City Hotel and Ibis Arlanda Hotel.
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport is the largest and busiest of all three major airports (Stockholm-Bromma and Stockholm-Skavsta being the two other airports) in the Stockholm City metropolitan area. Stockholm-Arlanda serves as a major hub for Nextjet, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Scandinavian Airlines and Skyways Express.
Jumbo Hostel Arlanda airport hotel out of an old Boeing-747 has 25 rooms, this quirky airport hostel is an attraction all to itself with the added bonus of a great location for travelers using this Stockholm airport. All rooms at the Jumbo Hostel have shared bathrooms, a flat-screen TV, internet access and storage space.
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