Malmö Airport

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Malmö Airport
Sturup airport.jpg
IATA: MMX – ICAO: ESMS
MMX is located in Skåne
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Location of airport in Skåne
Summary
Airport type Public (Luftfartsverket)
Operator Swedavia
Location Malmö, Sweden
Hub for
Elevation AMSL 236 ft / 72 m
Coordinates 55°31′48″N 13°22′17″E / 55.53°N 13.37139°E / 55.53; 13.37139Coordinates: 55°31′48″N 13°22′17″E / 55.53°N 13.37139°E / 55.53; 13.37139
Website www.swedavia.se/en/Malmo-Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 2,615 797 Asphalt
17/35 9,186 2,800 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Passengers total 1,946,234
International passengers 744,888
Domestic passengers 1,201,346
Landings total 13,823
Statistics: Swedavia[1]

Malmö Airport, formerly known as Malmö-Sturup Airport (Swedish: Malmö-Sturup flygplats) (IATA: MMX, ICAO: 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. Some parts of Malmö (e.g. Lindeborg) are indeed closer (by road) to Copenhagen Airport than Malmö Airport is[2].

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[edit] History

Malmö airport at night and a Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner.

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 3, 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. In the summer of 2011 Ryanair made a comeback in Malmö. 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.[citation needed]

[edit] Operational facts

  • 1 Passenger terminal with 8 connecting gates
  • 2 Cargo terminals
  • 20 Parking stands for large aircraft

[edit] Ground transportation

[edit] Bus

  • Flygbussarna Airport coaches depart from the airport to downtown Malmö and Lund (about 30 departures/day to each city) The journey to Malmö or Lund takes about 40 minutes. From there there are good train connections, e.g. to Copenhagen (total time to Copenhagen about 80 minutes)[3]
  • Gråhundbus coaches departs to Copenhagen 30 minutes after every Ryanair arrival.

[edit] Taxi

  • There is a taxi stand at the airport. There is a fixed price to Malmö and Lund 395 SEK.

[edit] Airport parking

  • There is parking at the airport, with both short-term and long-term parking lots. Short-term parking costs SEK 20 per hour and long-term parking SEK 180 per 24 hours.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

A Malmö Aviation Avro RJ100 at the airport
Airlines Destinations
Arkia Israel Airlines Seasonal: Tel Aviv-Ben Gurion
Cham Wings Airlines Damascus
Direktflyg Borlänge, Örebro
Gotlandsflyg operated by Golden Air Seasonal: Visby [begins 4 June 2012]
Malmö Aviation Stockholm-Bromma
Norwegian Air Shuttle Stockholm-Arlanda
Ryanair London-Stansted, Wroclaw [begins 29 March 2012]
Seasonal: Alicante, Girona [begins 27 March 2012], Malta [begins 4 May 2012], Malaga,
Palma de Mallorca [begins 3 May 2012], Pisa [begins 26 March 2012]
Scandinavian Airlines Stockholm-Arlanda
Vueling Seasonal: Barcelona [begins 25 June 2012]
Wizz Air Belgrade, Budapest, Gdańsk, Katowice, Warsaw-Chopin [ends 17 July 2012], Warsaw-Modlin [begins 19 July 2012]

[edit] Charter airlines

Destinations in Spain, Egypt, Greece and other countries are served by JetX, TUIfly Nordic, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and sometimes other carriers like Jettime or Air Europa. Malmö Aviation flies to several charter destination during both summer and winter. During the winter Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia flies to Phuket International Airport.

[edit] Cargo airlines

Airlines Destinations
Air Contractors Jönköping, Umeå (for Posten)
AirBridgeCargo Airlines Moscow
Amapola Flyg Stockholm-Arlanda (for Posten)
Icelandair Cargo Charlotte, Halifax, New York-JFK, Reykjavik
Pal[disambiguation needed ] Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai
SAS Cargo Group
TNT Airways Gdansk, Minsk, St. Petersburg, Turku
UPS Airlines Cologne/Bonn, Helsinki, Oslo
UPS Airlines operated by ATRAN Moscow
UPS Airlines operated by West Air Sweden Aarhus
West Air Sweden Stockholm-Arlanda (for Posten)

[edit] Ground handling and fuel

[edit] Accidents and incidents

  • On 28 January 2008, an EasyJet flight made a high-speed landing at Malmö Airport due to faulty flaps. The flight was bound for Copenhagen but requested to land at Malmö. No injuries were reported.[4]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Statistics". Swedavia. Archived from the original on 18 April 2011. http://www.swedavia.se/en/Start-page/Press/Statistics/?airport=ESMS&startdatesel=60&stopdatesel=71. Retrieved 18 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Copenhagen Airport → Lindeborg (28.3 km) vs. Malmö Airport → Lindeborg (29.3 km)
  3. ^ Resrobot, Swedish travel planner
  4. ^ "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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