Malmö Airport

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Malmö Airport
IATA: MMX - ICAO: ESMS
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator Swedish Civil Aviation Administration (Luftfartsverket)
Serves Malmö
Elevation AMSL 236 ft (72 m)
Coordinates 55°31′48″N, 13°22′17″E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 2,615 797 Asphalt
17/35 9,186 2,800 Asphalt

Malmö Airport also known as Malmö Sturup Airport (Swedish: Malmö flygplats, Sturup flygplats) (IATA: MMX, ICAO: ESMS) is Sweden's fourth 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 when they have problems like strikes and fog.

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[edit] History

Completed in 1972, then at a cost of around SEK130 million, almost twice as much as initially forecasted, 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 1960's. 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.

During autumn 2007 the Irish lowcost carrier Ryanair closed all its routes from Malmö Airport.

On the 4th of October 2007 Sterling Airlines announced that they would create a base at Malmö Airport with five new destinations to London (LGW), Alicante, Barcelona, Nice and Florence. Sterling Airlines will also base three aircraft at the airport.

[edit] Operational fact

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

[edit] Ground transportation

[edit] Car rental

The following car rental firms have offices at the airport:

[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)
  • Gråhundbus departs to Copenhagen twice daily. It takes about 50 minutes to central Copenhagen.
  • Buses to nearby Svedala started in the spring of 2007, scheduled to match the Scania regional trains there.

[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] Facilities

Businesses and services:

  • Shops:
    • Pressbyrån
    • Parfym&Taxfree butiken
    • 7-eleven
  • Exchange
    • Forex
  • Restaurants:
    • Coffys
    • Coffys Husman
    • CAFE
  • Hotel
    • Best Western Sturup Airport Hotel
  • Lounges
    • Express Lounge (Malmö Aviation)
  • Golf course
    • Sturup Park Golf

[edit] Airlines and destinations

Charter airlines such as TUIfly Nordic, STS Solresor and Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia serve destinations in Spain, Egypt, Greece and other countries. Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and TUIfly Nordic do also during the winter fly to far destinations such as Phuket, Thailand. Sometimes Spanair and other charter carriers fly to Malmö.

[edit] Cargo operators

[edit] Ground Handling and Fuel

There are two handling companys at Malmö Airport, SGS (SAS Ground Services) and Sturup Handling AB. Sturup Handling AB has recently been bought by Novia handling that will take over the company at Dec. 29 2007.

  • SGS serves among others Scandinavian Airlines, Malmö Aviation and MyTravel Airways.
  • Sturup Handling AB (Novia Handling) serves Sterling Airlines, Wizzair and the cargo operators.

There are two companys at the airport that preforms fueling service. That is Air BP and Shell. They have trucks that they deliver the fuel with.

[edit] Accidents and incidents

  • On the 28th of January 2008 a EasyJet flight made a high-speed landing at Malmö Airport, because the plane had a fault on their flaps. The flight was bound for Copenhagen (EKCH) but requested to land at Malmö. No injuries were reported.[citation needed]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

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