Stockholm Skavsta Airport (Swedish: Skavsta Flygplats) (IATA: NYO, ICAO: ESKN) is an international airport located 100km (62.5 miles) south of Stockholm, Sweden in the municipality of Nyköping. It serves low-cost airlines and cargo operators. Stockholm-Skavsta Airport is Stockholm's second largest airport, and the 4th largest in Sweden.

The airport was established as a military air base in the 1940s and developed into a civilian airport in 1984. In 1997 the airport got their first international route to London Stansted with Ryanair. In 2003 Ryanair established a hub at Stockholm-Skavsta with 6 new routes. After that Wizzair have opened routes to Eastern Europe. For a short period in 2005, Finnair flew from Boston to Helsinki with a stop at Skavsta, but the airline has since moved the route to the larger Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. In May 2006 Fritidsresor started charter flights from the airport.

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Stockholm Skavsta Airport (IATA: NYO), Skavsta Flygplats, is located 100km south of Stockholm, Sweden in the municipality of Nyköping, spoken Nueschoeping. The airport was established as a military air base in the 1940s and developed into a civilian airport in 1984. It serves low-cost airlines and cargo operators. For a short period in 2005, Finnair flew from Boston to Helsinki with a stop at Skavsta, but the airline has since moved the route to the larger Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.

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