Drone incident in Europe: Sweden’s Göteborg Airport reopens after brief closure

Flights at Sweden’s second largest airport, Göteborg Landvetter (GOT), have resumed after drone activity in the airport’s airspace led to a temporary closure on the evening of November 6, 2025, the Swedish Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed. 

A spokesperson from the Swedish Civil Aviation Administration, Björn Stavås, informed local media that drones had first been seen around the airport before 18:00 local time, though he was unsure if there was just a single drone or several of them. 

Göteborg Landvetter Airport was shut down for about three and a half hours before reopening its airspace the same evening and returning to normal operations at 21:30 local time, according to a report from the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet (SvD). 

As a result, some flights were diverted, and departures from the airport were either postponed or canceled entirely. Flight tracking website FlightAware reported that 10 flights leaving Gothenburg were canceled and nine were delayed, while five flights due to arrive at the airport were canceled and a further 10 delayed. 

“Suspension delays may occur. Travelers are asked to stay in touch with their airline or tour operator,” read a statement from Swedavia, which manages Göteborg Landvetter and nine other airports in Sweden. 

The Swedish Armed Forces and police were notified about the situation at the airport. 

“It’s an early stage, but we are there with a few units and trying to get a picture of what happened,” said police spokesman Johan Håkansson, describing the initial investigation into the drone sightings. 

The airport appears to have been aware of the increasing drone threat. Swedavia had previously released a general statement indicating that unmanned aerial vehicles are becoming more common in European airspace. 

“Since aviation safety and security always have the highest priority, air traffic shuts down immediately if an unidentified drone is found in the vicinity of an airport – this has also happened on a number of occasions,” the agency’s statement read. 

Drones have significantly disrupted air traffic at various European airports in recent months. 

The shutdown in Sweden’s Göteborg Landvetter Airport occurred just a few days after airspace over multiple Belgian airports in different regions was briefly closed due to reports of drone sightings. 

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