[4] Seaplanes were used for public flights to Gotland from 1925, landing in a sheltered bay near Slite, or in Lake Tingstäde.

[6] In October of the same year, regular traffic between Visby and the Swedish mainland started, in the beginning mostly with Ju 52s.

Gotland and the airport are important in the event of a need to defend against an attack on NATO members Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and for general defense of the Baltic Sea.

Also, the Swedish Maritime Administration has a search and rescue helicopter based in Visby.

[citation needed] The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at Visby Airport: Before the railroad was closed down on the island of Gotland, the main line from Visby to the northern parts of the island actually crossed the runway.