Malmö Airport

Airport in Sweden

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Malmö Airport

Malmö flygplats

* IATA: MMX
* ICAO: ESMS

Summary
Airport type| Public
Operator| Swedavia
Serves|

* Malmö & Scania
(Sweden)
* Copenhagen & Capital Region
(Denmark)

Location| Svedala Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden
Opened| 3 December 1972; 52 years ago (1972-12-03)
Elevation AMSL| 72 m / 236 ft
Coordinates| 55°31′48″N 013°22′17″E﻿ / ﻿55.53000°N 13.37139°E﻿ / 55.53000; 13.37139
Website| www.swedavia.com/malmo
Map

MMX/ESMS

Location within Skåne

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MMX/ESMS (Sweden)

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Runways
| Direction | Length  | Surface

|
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m  | ft
11/29  | 800  | 2,624  | Asphalt
17/35  | 2,800  | 9,186  | Asphalt
Statistics (2019)
| Passengers| 1.975.479[1] (8%)

|

Aircraft Movements| 18.676[1] (7%)

Malmö Airport (IATA: MMX, ICAO: ESMS) is an international airport located in Scania, Sweden, approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Malmö. It is Sweden's fifth-busiest airport, with just over 905,000 passengers in 2024 - 53% domestic and 47% international.[2]

The airport opened in 1972 to replace Bulltofta Airport, and was known until 2007 as Malmö-Sturup Airport (Swedish: Malmö-Sturups flygplats).[3] It is owned and operated by Swedavia, Sweden's state-owned airport company, and features one passenger terminal, two cargo terminals, and a single 2,800-metre runway.[4]

Located in Svedala Municipality, Malmö Airport is about 55 kilometres (34 mi) from central Copenhagen, and 47 kilometres (29 mi) from Copenhagen Airport via the Öresund Bridge. Malmö itself is roughly the same distance by road to Copenhagen Airport as to Malmö Airport.[5]

## History

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### Early years

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Completed in 1972, then at a cost of around SEK130 million, almost twice as much as initially forecast, Sturup Airport replaced the aging Bulltofta Airport, which had served the region since 1923. Plans to build a new airport were drafted in the early 1960s. Expansion was impossible, due to Bulltofta's close proximity to the now booming city and nearby communities complained about noise pollution from the newly introduced jet aircraft.[citation needed]

Construction began in 1970, and the airport was inaugurated two years later on 3 December 1972. At the same time Bulltofta Airport closed. However, Malmö ATC (Air Traffic Control) remained at the old Bulltofta site until 1983 when it also moved to Malmö Airport.[6]

According to the Official Airline Guide (OAG), three airlines were serving the airport in the fall of 1996 including KLM Cityhopper with nonstop Fokker F50 turboprop flights to Amsterdam (AMS), Malmo Aviation with nonstop British Aerospace BAe 146 jet flights to London City Airport (LCY) as well as Stockholm Bromma Airport (BMA), and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) with nonstop McDonnell Douglas MD-80 and MD-87 jet flights to Stockholm Arlanda Airport (ARN).[7]

### Development since the 2000s

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Around 2005–2008 several low-cost airlines hoped to attract both Danish and Swedish passengers to Sturup Airport in competition with Copenhagen Airport. Malmö airport, due to its lower landing fees, is seen by some low-cost airlines as a less expensive way of accessing the Copenhagen area. The airport caters to low-cost carriers such as Wizz Air.[8]

During 2008 Danish Sterling Airlines was operating service from Malmö Airport to London Gatwick Airport (LGW), Alicante, Barcelona, Nice and Florence. However, other low-cost carriers such as easyJet use Copenhagen Airport. Norwegian Air Shuttle uses Malmö Airport for a few flights a day to and from Stockholm Arlanda Airport while the majority of flights to the region go to Copenhagen Airport. In 2014, Ryanair moved their operations to Copenhagen Airport as well.[citation needed]

The Malmö Airport Masterplan from 2018 describes how the airport will develop in the years to come, e.g. by extending the hall for arriving luggage and with new traffic flows to and from the airport. The works are projected in order to allow for a future second passenger terminal, as well as a second, parallel, runway northwest of the present one.[9]

## Facilities

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Malmö Airport features one passenger and two cargo terminals as well as 20 aircraft stands.

## Airlines and destinations

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The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Malmö:[10]

Airlines| Destinations

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Braathens International Airways |  Seasonal charter: Rhodes[11]
Ryanair |  Zagreb[12]
Scandinavian Airlines |  Stockholm–Arlanda[13][14]
Sunclass Airlines |  Seasonal charter: Antalya,[15] Chania,[15] Gran Canaria,[15] Heraklion,[15] Larnaca,[15] Palma de Mallorca,[15] Rhodes,[15] Tenerife–South[15]
Trade Air |  Seasonal charter: Pristina[16]
Wizz Air[17] |  Belgrade, Bucharest–Otopeni,[18] Cluj-Napoca, Gdańsk, Iași,[19] Skopje, Tirana

## Statistics

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Check-in hall Baggage reclaim area Control tower Busiest routes to and from Malmö Airport (2023)[20] Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | % change
2022/23

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|
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1 |  Stockholm, Sweden (Arlanda and Bromma) | 584,549 |  0.5
2 |  Skopje, North Macedonia | 74,940 |  26.2
3 |  Belgrade, Serbia | 67,200 |  12.6
4 |  Gdańsk, Poland | 62,352 |  32.5
5 |  Cluj-Napoca, Romania | 46,349 |  14.9
6 |  Budapest, Hungary | 45,300 |  5.8
7 |  Zagreb, Croatia | 35,795 |  21.5
8 |  Bucharest, Romania | 34,682 |  0.5
9 |  Warsaw, Poland | 33,030 |  21.4
10 |  Gran Canaria, Spain | 30,686 |  19.2
11 |  Pristina, Kosovo | 29,731 |  16.3
12 |  Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26,998 |  5.7
13 |  Niš, Serbia | 26,443 |  8.5
14 |  Katowice, Poland | 26,418 |  10.3
15 |  Ohrid, North Macedonia | 23,262 |  11.4
Countries with most handled passengers to/from Malmö Airport (2023)[20] Rank  | Country  | Passengers  | % change
2022/23

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1  |  Poland | 121,800  |  4.9
2  |  North Macedonia | 98,202  |  22.4
3  |  Serbia | 93,643  |  11.4
4  |  Romania | 81,031  |  8.3
5  |  Spain | 65,451  |  4.5
6  |  Hungary | 45,300  |  5.8
7  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39,442  |  46.3
8  |  Greece | 36,324  |  13.7
9  |  Croatia | 35,798  |  21.3
10  |  Kosovo | 29,731  |  16.3

## Ground transportation

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The airport is not served by Skånetrafiken's regional public transport,[21] however has regular Flygbussarna coach connections by to Malmö city centre as well as by Buss Bogdan Skåne to Lund. Additionally, Neptunbus connects all Wizz Air flights with Copenhagen.[22]

## See also

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* List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries

## References

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1. ^ a b Flygplatsstatistik 2019
2. ^ "Statistik inom luftfart - Transportstyrelsen". www.transportstyrelsen.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2025.
3. ^ "Malmö Airport". flyg24nyheter (in Swedish). 29 March 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
4. ^ "About | Swedavia - Malmö Airport | Routes". www.routesonline.com. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
5. ^ Copenhagen Airport → Lindeborg (28.3 km or 17.6 mi) vs. Malmö Airport → Lindeborg (29.3 km or 18.2 mi)
6. ^ "Om flygplatsen | Malmö Airport". www.swedavia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 30 January 2017.
7. ^ Oct. 27, 1996 edition OAG Pocket Flight Guide, Malmo flight schedules
8. ^ "Wizz Air to expand at Malmö Airport by launching two new routes to Romania". News Powered by Cision. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
9. ^ Swedavia Malmö Airport Masterplan 2018
10. ^ swedavia.com - Destinations retrieved 7 December 2024
11. ^ "BRA NS24 Charter Program with Apollo / Spies / VING".
12. ^ Liu, Jim (4 July 2022). "Ryanair July 2022 Zagreb Operation Changes - 03JUL22". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
13. ^ Liu, Jim (30 October 2024). "SAS NW24 Europe Service Changes – 27OCT24". Aeroroutes.com. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
14. ^ "SAS Makes Your Travel Easier". www.flysas.com.
15. ^ a b c d e f g h "Flight". ving.se.
16. ^ swedavia.com - Pristina retrieved 7 December 2024
17. ^ "WIZZ – Dream more. Live more. Be more".
18. ^ https://boardingpass.ro/wizz-air-bucuresti-coasta-amalfi-si-reia-doua-rute-spre-bucuresti-si-iasi/
19. ^ "Wizz Air NW24 Network Additions – 14SEP24". Aeroroutes. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
20. ^ a b "Antal ankommande och avresande passagerare på Swedavias flygplatser, 2023" (XLSX). Swedavia.se. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
21. ^ "Sturup - i väntan på tåget…." www.flygtorget.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 January 2025.
22. ^ swedavia.com - Busses | Malmö Airport retrieved 21 September 2024

## External links

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Media related to Malmö Airport at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website

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Malmö

History|

* History of Malmö
* Malmö Castle
* Treaty of Roskilde

Districts|

* Väster
* Innerstaden
* Norr
* Söder
* Öster

Buildings and
landmarks|

* Centralposthuset
* Drottningtorget
* Fisktorget
* Gustav Adolfs torg
* Hyllie Water Tower
* Kronprinsen
* Lilla Torg
* Malmö Castle
* Malmö District Court
* Ribersborg
* Södervärnstornet
* Stortorget
* Turning Torso

Parks|

* Beijers park
* Bulltoftaparken
* Cronhielmsparken
* Dania park
* Gerlachs Park
* Käglingeparken
* Kroksbäcksparken
* Kungsparken
* Öresundsparken
* Pildammsparken
* Rönneholmsparken
* Rörsjöparken
* Scaniaparken
* Slottsparken

Places of worship|

* Caroli Church
* Church of Our Saviour
* Malmö Mosque
* Malmö Synagogue
* St. Peter's Church
* St. John's Church
* St. Paul's Church

Culture|

* Malmö Live
* Malmö Concert Hall
* BUFF International Film Festival
* Malmö Opera and Music Theatre
* Malmö City Library

Galleries and
museums|

* Malmö Konsthall
* Moderna Museet Malmö
* Malmö Museum
* Malmö Art Museum

Education|

* Malmö University
* Malmö Academy of Music

Sports venues|

* Hylliebadet
* Malmö Arena
* Malmö IP
* Stadionområdet
* Baltiska Hallen
* Malmö Stadion
* Eleda Stadion
* Kombihallen
* Malmö Isstadion
* Stapelbäddsparken
* Simhallsbadet

Transport|

* City Tunnel
* City bus network
* Hyllie station
* Malmö Airport
* Malmö Central Station
* Svågertorp station
* Triangeln station
* Öresund Bridge

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Airports in Sweden

Major international|

* Stockholm-Arlanda
* Göteborg

Minor international|

* Åre Östersund
* Arvidsjaur
* Borlänge
* Halmstad
* Jönköping
* Kalmar
* Karlstad
* Kiruna
* Linköping
* Luleå
* Malmö
* Norrköping
* Örebro
* Örnsköldsvik
* Sälen
* Skellefteå
* Stockholm-Skavsta
* Stockholm-Västerås
* Sundsvall
* Umeå
* Växjö
* Visby

Domestic|

* Ängelholm
* Gällivare
* Hagfors
* Hemavan
* Kramfors
* Lycksele
* Mora
* Pajala
* Ronneby
* Stockholm-Bromma
* Sveg
* Torsby
* Trollhättan
* Vilhelmina

Unscheduled|

* Eskilstuna
* Gävle
* Hultsfred
* Karlskoga
* Kristianstad
* Lidköping
* Oskarshamn
* Säve
* Storuman
* Söderhamn

see also: List of airports · Swedavia · Civil Aviation Administration · List of the busiest airports in the Nordic countries

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