Where is MMX airport?

MMX is a large airport in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden, at 55.5356, 13.3763, 72 m above sea level.

What time zone is MMX in?

MMX is in the Europe/Stockholm time zone, UTC+1 / UTC+2 (winter / summer).

How many passengers use MMX?

856,286 passengers in 2025, according to Eurostat. Jan–Feb 2026: 114,007 passengers, +6.4% on the same months of 2025.

Malmö Sturup Airport opened in 1972.

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Large airport in Malmö, Sweden.

IATA code: MMX
ICAO code: ESMS
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 856,286; 2025 · −5.5% on the year before
Nonstop routes: 22; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC+1 / UTC+2; Europe/Stockholm
Elevation: 72 m; 236 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 2,800 m

Jan–Feb 2026: 114,007 passengers, +6.4% on the same months of 2025 (Eurostat).

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About MMX

Malmö Sturup Airport is a large airport serving Malmö, Sweden. It opened in 1972 and is run by Swedavia. 856,286 passengers used it in 2025. Open traffic data shows 22 nonstop routes from MMX.

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Busiest nonstop routes from MMX

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
MMX → BMA	Stockholm, Sweden	506 km	243,212
MMX → ARN	Stockholm, Sweden	533 km	224,725
MMX → SKP	Skopje, North Macedonia	1,624 km	64,353
MMX → GDN	Gdańsk, Poland	351 km	62,400
MMX → BEG	Belgrade, Serbia	1,289 km	47,195
MMX → BUD	Budapest, Hungary	989 km	45,300
MMX → CLJ	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	1,209 km	38,316
MMX → OTP	Bucharest, Romania	1,517 km	34,682
MMX → ZAG	Zagreb, Croatia	1,106 km	33,972
MMX → WAW	Warsaw, Poland	624 km	33,030
MMX → TIA	Tirana, Albania	1,637 km	30,411
MMX → PRN	Pristina, Kosovo	1,544 km	28,207
MMX → LPA	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain	3,833 km	28,028
MMX → BNX	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,211 km	27,195
MMX → TZL	Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,289 km	26,870
MMX → INI	Niš, Serbia	1,487 km	26,440
MMX → KTW	Katowice, Poland	680 km	23,924
MMX → OHD	Ohrid, North Macedonia	1,685 km	23,262
MMX → PMI	Palma, Spain	1,944 km	21,098
MMX → RHO	Rhodes, Greece	2,401 km	16,368
MMX → LCA	Larnaca, Cyprus	2,771 km	15,789
MMX → VBY	Visby, Sweden	386 km	10,400

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airports within 150 km

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
CPH	Copenhagen Kastrup Airport	Copenhagen, Denmark	46 km
RKE	Copenhagen Roskilde Airport	Copenhagen, Denmark	78 km
AGH	Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport	Ängelholm, Sweden	91 km
RNN	Bornholm Airport	Bornholm, Denmark	102 km
HAD	Halmstad Airport	Halmstad, Sweden	133 km
RNB	Ronneby Airport	Ronneby, Sweden	143 km

Distance from MMX to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
MMX → LHR	London, United Kingdom	1,021 km	—
MMX → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	4,777 km	—
MMX → CDG	Paris, France	1,034 km	—
MMX → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	694 km	—
MMX → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	1,942 km	—
MMX → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	669 km	—
MMX → JFK	New York, United States	6,251 km	—
MMX → ATL	Atlanta, United States	7,454 km	—
MMX → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	9,086 km	—
MMX → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	9,923 km	—
MMX → HND	Tokyo, Japan	8,707 km	—
MMX → DOH	Doha, Qatar	4,568 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
17/35	2,800 m	45 m	Asphalt	Yes
11/29	797 m	18 m	Asphalt	No

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Location

Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden · 55.5356, 13.3763

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Questions

Malmö Sturup Airport has the IATA code MMX and the ICAO code ESMS. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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