Ärna Airport in Uppsala was inaugurated as a military airport in 1943 but has since 2004 been used solely for military exercises. In 2008, the company Uppsala Airport AB (formerly Uppsala Air AB), sent in an environmental permission application for civil flights to the county administrative board (Länsstyrelsen); hoping to expand the military airport to become a civil airport with focus on budget- and charter flights. |
Ärna Airport in Uppsala was inaugurated as a military airport in 1943. In 2008 was planned to expand the military airport to become a civil airport. Four parties in the municipality and EJOs are against the project.
Description:
Basic Data
| Name of conflict: | Ärna Airport, Uppsala, Sweden |
| Country: | Sweden |
| State or province: | Uppland |
| Location of conflict: | Uppsala |
| Accuracy of location | HIGH (Local level) |
Source of Conflict
| Type of conflict. 1st level: | Infrastructure and Built Environment |
| Type of conflict. 2nd level: | Ports and airport projects |
| Specific commodities: | Land Tourism services |
Project Details and Actors
| Project details | The company has applied for a maximum of 23,400 flight movements (a flight movement is defined as a start and a landing) per year where a maximum of 15,000 flight movements can be heavy airplanes (meaning a total weight of above 7 tonnes). |
| Type of population | Urban |
| Start of the conflict: | 2009 |
| Company names or state enterprises: | Uppsala Airport AB from Sweden Faros Partners |
| Relevant government actors: | The County Administrative Board , Uppsala Municipality, The Land and Environment Court , Ministry of Environment , Ministry of Industry , The Armed Forces of Sweden |
| Environmental justice organizations (and other supporters) and their websites, if available: | Klimataktion, www.klimataktion.se, Klimax, www.klimax.se, Nätverket för ett civilflygsfritt Ärna, Naturskyddsföreningen i Uppsala, http://www2.naturskyddsforeningen.se/kretsar-lan/uppsala/uppsalakrets/ |
Conflict & Mobilization
| Intensity | LOW (some local organising) |
| Reaction stage | PREVENTIVE resistance (precautionary phase) |
| Groups mobilizing: | Local ejos Local government/political parties Neighbours/citizens/communities National EJOs |
| Forms of mobilization: | Creation of alternative reports/knowledge Involvement of national and international NGOs Lawsuits, court cases, judicial activism Media based activism/alternative media Objections to the EIA Official complaint letters and petitions Public campaigns |
Impacts
| Environmental Impacts | Visible: Noise pollution, Surface water pollution / Decreasing water (physico-chemical, biological) quality, Groundwater pollution or depletion Potential: Air pollution, Biodiversity loss (wildlife, agro-diversity), Global warming, Loss of landscape/aesthetic degradation, Soil contamination, Oil spills |
Outcome
| Project Status | Proposed (exploration phase) |
| Do you consider this an environmental justice success? Was environmental justice served?: | Not Sure |
| Briefly explain: | No decision has been taken yet by the government. It is thus too early to say whether it is an Environmental Justice success or not. |
Sources & Materials
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Meta information
| Contributor: | Linda Dubec |
| Last update | 18/08/2019 |
| Conflict ID: | 418 |
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