Stockholm Arlanda Airport (IATA: ARN, ICAO: ESSA), 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 Uppland. 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.
Stockholm Arlanda Airport is the largest of the four major airports located in or near Stockholm (Stockholm-Bromma within the city, Stockholm-Skavsta in Nyköping about 100 kilometres (62 mi) to the south and Stockholm-Västerås located in the city of Västerås about 100 kilometres to the west).
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