Malmö Airport
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Malmö Airport, until 2007 known as Sturup Airport (Swedish: Sturups flygplats) (IATA: MMX, ICAO: ESMS) is Sweden's fourth busiest airport, handling 1,975,479 passengers in 2019.[2] The airport is located in Svedala Municipality, approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Malmö and 26 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of Lund.
Via the
History
Early years
Completed in 1972, then at a cost of around SEK130 million, almost twice as much as initially forecast, Sturup Airport replaced the aging
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 (
According to the
Development since the 2000s
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.[citation needed]
During 2008 Danish
The Malmö Airport Master Plan 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.[6]
Facilities
Malmö Airport features one passenger and two cargo terminals as well as 20 aircraft stands.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights to and from Malmö:[7]
Airlines | Destinations |
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Pristina[8]
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Sälen-Trysil, Visby
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Ryanair[9] | Seasonal: Zagreb |
Scandinavian Airlines[10] | Stockholm–Arlanda |
Sunclass Airlines | Seasonal charter: Antalya,[11] Chania,[11] Gran Canaria,[11] Heraklion,[11] Larnaca,[11] Palma de Mallorca,[11] Rhodes,[11] Tenerife-South[11] |
Trade Air | Charter: Pristina |
Wizz Air[12] | Belgrade, Cluj-Napoca, Gdańsk, Skopje Seasonal: Tirana |
Statistics
Rank | Airport | Passengers handled | % change 2022/23 |
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1 | Stockholm, Sweden[a] | 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 |
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
Bus
- Flygbussarna Airport coaches depart from the airport to downtown Malmö. The journey to Malmö takes about 40 minutes. From there, there are train connections to destinations including Copenhagen.
- Gråhundbus coaches departs to Copenhagen 30 minutes after every Ryanair arrival.
- There is also Wizzair's bus to Copenhagen.
See also
- List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
Explanatory notes
- ^ Includes flights to/from Stockholm–Arlanda and Stockholm–Bromma
References
- ^ a b Flygplatsstatistik 2019
- ^ "Statistics". Swedavia. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ^ Copenhagen Airport → Lindeborg (28.3 km or 17.6 mi) vs. Malmö Airport → Lindeborg (29.3 km or 18.2 mi)
- ^ "Om flygplatsen | Malmö Airport". www.swedavia.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-01-30.
- ^ Oct. 27, 1996 edition OAG Pocket Flight Guide, Malmo flight schedules
- ^ Swedavia Malmö Airport Masterplan 2018
- ^ swedavia.com - Destinations retrieved 23 October 2019
- ^ "Albawings 1Q24 Network Temporary Changes".
- ^ "Ryanair".
- ^ "SAS Makes Your Travel Easier". www.flysas.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Flight". ving.se.
- ^ "WIZZ – Dream more. Live more. Be more".
- ^ a b "Antal ankommande och avresande passagerare på Swedavias flygplatser, 2023" (XLSX). Swedavia.se. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
External links
Media related to Malmö-Sturup Airport at Wikimedia Commons