Malmö Airport

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Malmö Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is an international airport located in Scania, Sweden, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". east of Malmö. It is Sweden's fifth-busiest airport, with just over 905,000 passengers in 2024 - 53% domestic and 47% international.[1]

The airport opened in 1972 to replace Bulltofta Airport, and was known until 2007 as Malmö-Sturup Airport (Template:Langx).[2] 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.[3]

Located in Svedala Municipality, Malmö Airport is about Script error: No such module "convert". from central Copenhagen, and Script error: No such module "convert". from Copenhagen Airport via the Öresund Bridge. Malmö itself is roughly the same distance by road to Copenhagen Airport as to Malmö Airport.[4]

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 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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.[5]

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).[6]

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.[7]

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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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.[8]

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:[9]

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Statistics

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Check-in hall
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Baggage reclaim area
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Control tower
Busiest routes to and from Malmö Airport (2023)[10]
Rank Airport Passengers handled % change
2022/23
1 Script error: No such module "sort". 584,549 Increase 0.5
2 Script error: No such module "sort". 74,940 Increase 26.2
3 Script error: No such module "sort". 67,200 Increase 12.6
4 Script error: No such module "sort". 62,352 Increase 32.5
5 Script error: No such module "sort". 46,349 Increase 14.9
6 Script error: No such module "sort". 45,300 Decrease 5.8
7 Script error: No such module "sort". 35,795 Increase 21.5
8 Script error: No such module "sort". 34,682 Increase 0.5
9 Script error: No such module "sort". 33,030 Decrease 21.4
10 Script error: No such module "sort". 30,686 Increase 19.2
11 Script error: No such module "sort". 29,731 Decrease 16.3
12 Script error: No such module "sort". 26,998 Decrease 5.7
13 Script error: No such module "sort". 26,443 Increase 8.5
14 Script error: No such module "sort". 26,418 Increase 10.3
15 Script error: No such module "sort". 23,262 Increase 11.4
Countries with most handled passengers to/from Malmö Airport (2023)[10]
Rank Country Passengers % change
2022/23
1 Template:Flagcountry 121,800 Increase 4.9
2 Template:Flagcountry 98,202 Increase 22.4
3 Template:Flagcountry 93,643 Increase 11.4
4 Template:Flagcountry 81,031 Increase 8.3
5 Template:Flagcountry 65,451 Increase 4.5
6 Template:Flagcountry 45,300 Decrease 5.8
7 Template:Flagcountry 39,442 Decrease 46.3
8 Template:Flagcountry 36,324 Increase 13.7
9 Template:Flagcountry 35,798 Increase 21.3
10 Template:Flagcountry 29,731 Decrease 16.3

Ground transportation

The airport is not served by Skånetrafiken's regional public transport,[11] 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.[12]

See also

References

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  6. Oct. 27, 1996 edition OAG Pocket Flight Guide, Malmo flight schedules
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  12. swedavia.com - Busses | Malmö Airport retrieved 21 September 2024

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