Stockholm Arlanda Airport

ARN originated in 1959 as an airport for practice flights. It opened in 1960 for limited civil traffic and was officially opened in 1962 (with the name Arlanda derived from the old name of the parish Ärlinghundra, Arland, and “landa,” the Swedish verb for “to land.” Scandinavian Airlines began initial intercontinental traffic via Douglas DC-8s, and Pan Am also served the airport early on. During the 1970s, the airport was served by the Boeing 747 jumbojet on flights to New York and weekend charters to the Canary Islands, while domestic flights were operated via Douglas DC-9 aircraft. Two new domestic terminals opened in 1990, known as “Domestic 2 and 3.” In 1992, Terminal 2 was falling into disuse due to a decrease in traffic, and the following year it began to be utilized for international traffic. As such, the top domestic and international terminals were renumbered as 4 and 5. In 2003 a third runway opened. However, due to environmental reasons (and most likely, protests by people living under its flight path), the third runway is only used during peak hours. In the Spring of 2015, construction began on an additional pier for Terminal 5 (to accommodate larger aircraft, such as the Airbus A380, and to cater to a more significant amount of people). In June 2022, a new pedestrian tunnel connecting the two terminals opened along with Terminal 4 (which had been closed due to COVID-19).

The airport is located 23 miles north of Stockholm, and 25 miles southeast of Uppsala. 

• ARN has hangars and aircraft maintenance facilities operated by SAS Scandinavian Airlines and Priority Aero Maintenance.  
• The JumboStay, located at the airport entrance, is a decommissioned Boeing 747 jumbojet that has been turned into a hostel. Additionally, there are four other hotels at the airport. 
• Oxford Aviation Academy has a flight simulator at ARN for some of the most common airliners of today. 
• FBOs at ARN include ASE Handling and Grafair Jet Center.