Fårösund

57°51'47"N 019°03'36"E

runway: n/a - water

Seaplane station Fårösund (Swedish: Fårösunds sjöflygsstation) was an airstation on the island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
The airfield was built by the Swedish navy around 1920.
The air force took the air station from the navy in 1926.
The following year a hangar was completed, financed by the Women of Gotland.
In the summer of 1940 the base was used by F2 Roslagen and F9 Göteborg for bombing and firing exercises.
T2 torpedo bombers (Heinkel He115) were based at the station, but they were mostly used for maritime patrol missions, along with S12 (Heinkel He114) reconnaissance planes.
Patrols from the station continued throughout World War II.





Heinkel He5 'Hansas' were flying from the station between 1921 and 1945 (tjelvar.se).





T2 torpedo bombers (Heinkel He115) parked in fromt of the hangar at Fårösund air station ().





SAAB-17 on floats in front of the hangar at Fårösund air station (tjelvar.se).


After World War II had ended, the base was scaled back to a training facility.
When the use of seaplanes diminished the airstation was closed.
It is currently used as a marina.
The hangar still exists, and is in use by the marina.




The hangar, now in use by the Fårösund Marina (tjelvar.se).





Overview of the Farosund Marina in 2010 (Google Earth).