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Malmö Airport

Malmö Airport
IATA: MMX ICAO: ESMS
Summary
Airport type Public (Luftfartsverket)
Operator Swedish Civil Aviation Administration
Location Malmö
Elevation AMSL 236 ft / 72 m
Coordinates 55°3148N 13°2217E / 55.53°N 13.37139°E / 55.53; 13.37139Coordinates: 55°3148N 13°2217E / 55.53°N 13.37139°E / 55.53; 13.37139
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 2,615 797 Asphalt
17/35 9,186 2,800 Asphalt

Malmö Airport, formerly known as Malmö-Sturup Airport (Swedish: Malmö-Sturup flygplats) (IATA: MMXICAO: ESMS) is Sweden's fifth busiest airport, located approximately 28 km (17.4 mi) from Malmö and 26 km (16.2 mi) from Lund. Via the Oresund Bridge the airport is located about 55 km (34.2 mi) from central Copenhagen and 47 km (29.2 mi) from Copenhagen Airport. Malmö Airport is also a complement to Copenhagen Airport in the event of problems such as strikes or fog.

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History

Completed in 1972, then at a cost of around SEK130 million, almost twice as much as initially forecast, Sturup Airport replaced the current and 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. Construction began in 1970 and two years later, December 3rd, 1972, the airport was inaugurated. 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.

Around 2005-2008 some low-cost airlines hoped to attract both Danish and Swedish passengers from Sturup in competition with Copenhagen Airport. During autumn 2007 the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair closed all its routes from Malmö Airport. During 2008 Danish Sterling Airlines had some lines from Malmö Airport to London (LGW), Alicante, Barcelona, Nice and Florence. Sterling Airlines accounted for about 6-7% of the total number of passengers at Sturup.

Operational facts

Ground transportation

Bus
Taxi
Airport parking

Airlines and destinations

Airlines Destinations
Cham Wings Airlines Damascus
Direktflyg Borlänge, Örebro
Iraqi Airways operated by Tor Air Arbil, Baghdad
Malmö Aviation Stockholm-Bromma
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm-Arlanda
Viking Airlines Arbil, Baghdad, Birmingham, Najaf, Sulaymaniyah
Wizz Air Budapest, Gdask, Katowice, Prague, Warsaw
Charter airlines

Destinations in Spain, Egypt, Greece and other countries are served by JetX, TUIfly Nordic, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and sometimes other carriers such as Spanair or Eurocypria. Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and TUIfly Nordic also fly to long-haul destinations such as Phuket, Thailand during the winter.

Cargo airlines
Airlines Destinations
Icelandair Cargo Charlotte, Halifax, New York, Reykjavik
Pal Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai
SAS Cargo Group
TNT Airways Gdansk, Minsk, St. Petersburg, Turku
UPS Airlines Oslo, Helsinki, Moscow, Aarhus, Cologne/Bonn
West Air Sweden
Amapola Flyg Stockholm (for Posten)

Ground handling and fuel

There are two companies at the airport that perform fueling service, Air BP and Shell/Statoil. The fuel is delivered by trucks.

Accidents and incidents

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ^ Resrobot, Swedish travel planner
  2. ^ "Flygplan med 146 passagerare fick nödlanda". 28 Jan 2008. http://www2.trelleborgsallehanda.se/article/20080128/SENASTENYTT/328936344/1079/SKANE. Retrieved 19 July 2009. 

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