Hate queuing for flights? You can now buy your own airport in Sweden
With record breaking delays and long queue times at European airports this summer, the best way to beat the crush may be to buy your own.
A man is western Sweden is selling an airport that he built himself 25 miles away from Gothenburg. As an added bonus the landing strip comes with two aircraft hangers and a house.
Kjell Brattfors, 72, decided to sell the property - technically classified as a private airstrip - due to his age.
Speaking to The Local, Brattfors said: "There was nothing there when I bought it. I flew over the land with a friend one summer and thought that it would be a really nice place for a landing strip. So I contacted the owner, bought the land, then built a house and a 3km landing strip.
"I didn't build it to be an airport, I built it for me and my son to begin with. I'm a bit older now so I thought it was time to move it on."
Kattleberg Airport is on sale for 20 million kronor (£1.98m) and there has been no shortage of offers, but Brattfors, who runs a bed and breakfast from the property, has some strict conditions on who he is prepared to sell to.
He said: "Finding someone to buy it isn't difficult, but I want it to be bought by someone who will continue its legacy. I don't want it to be destroyed and something else built on it. It's a fantastic place.
"There aren’t so many people who have met my requirements. The estate agency has become a little bit tired of me maybe. I've said no to flying schools, flying clubs, things like that.
"I hope it goes to someone who wants to live there, fly a bit. That's my dream scenario. A family maybe that will establish themselves there and befriend the neighbours.”
