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- last modified on June 3, 2022
Malmö Airport (MMX/ESMS) is a small airport located 24km east of the city Malmö and handeld over 2.2 million passengers in 2016. Malmö is well known for it’s maintenance hangar especially for the aircraft type Fokker 50. You might be lucky and catch one of the F50’s of Amapola Flyg. Somtimes bigger freighter aircrafts like Antonov An124 or Boeing 747 visit MMX but the normal traffic consists of Fly Bra RJ100, RJ85’s and smaller aircrafts like Wizzar A320’s and SAS CRJ900’s.
Timetable can be found on the official airport website https://www.swedavia.com/malmo/#gref
Written by Henry Reichert. Last visit: Summer 2019
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Airport Information
Runways
11/29
797m (2615ft)
17/35
2800m (9186ft)
Terminals
One Terminal that serves all traffic
Spotting Information
Ladder
Not necessary but you can use it at spot 5 and 6 to get closer.
Car/Public Transport
Only necessary for spot #7. The other ones can be reached by foot (~3km to the furthest spot). There is a bus driving from Malmö city to MMX once a hour.
Restrooms
Nothing at the spots. Only inside the terminal building and the Sturup hotel.
Drinks/Food
Nothing at the spots. Only inside the terminal building.
Hotels
There is only one hotel close to the terminal, the Sturup Airport Hotel.
Season
The whole year the traffic is more or less the same.
Runway Usage
17/35
The runway is used for almost all traffic at the Airport. The runway end in use depends on the wind direction.
11/29
Only used by the South Sweden Flight Academy.
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At the north side of the terminal, before the security checks, is a small waiting area with seats in front of a window and a great view over the north side of the apron.
WHAT
All opersations and standing aircrafts on the north side of the apron.
TIME
From afternoon until sunset.
MISC.
There are restrooms and restaurants nearby.
FOCAL LENGTH
30-150mm
Spot #2 – Terminal Viewing Area – Apron, runway 35
WHERE
Go out of the terminal and walk to the southern. You will find a small viewing area with some benches.
WHAT
All operations and standing aircrafts on the south side of the apron. Also all runway 35 operations but in summer there’s a lot of heat haze.
TIME
From afternoon until sunset.
MISC.
There are restrooms and restaurants in the terminal.
This spot is worth a visit. When you walk to spot 5 you need to walk by here anyway. It is near the Sturup Raceway and around 2km by feet from the terminal. By car follow the signs to the raceway, pass the entrance and take the next left into a farm road and drive till the crash gate to the fire training area. Don’t block the entrance!
WHAT
Parked BAe ATP’s One MD82 is left (May 2022). If you want to get a better view over the whole apron you can climb on a deerstand nearby.
TIME
The whole day. Depends on the angle of the parked aircraft.
Just a few hundred meters from spot 4. Just continue along the perimeter by foot until you reach the approach. You can either climb on a deerstand nearby or you can use a ladder to shoot over the fence.
WHAT
All operations on runway 35 and most of the operations on runway 17 also the taxiway.
Around 1km by feet north of the terminal. Just follow the Bramstorpsvägen street and park as marked on the map. Now walk along the perimeter fence until the runway/taxiway and then you can either go on the hill or stay below to shoot over the fence with a ladder.
WHAT
All runway 17 arrivals and departures and taxiway movements. Also runway 35 departures.
TIME
From afternoon until sunset all year round.
MISC.
Terminal and hotel is not really far.
FOCAL LENGTH
70-300mm
As we didn’t visit this spot ourselves yet, we can only refer to THIS and THIS example shots.
Spot #7 – Hill – Runway 17 Morning
WHERE
On the other side of the airport. You can walk from the pervious spot 6 on the dirt/gravel road along the perimeter to the other side of the airport. By car use the path as marked on the map if coming from the terminal. Drive on the farm road below the approach path and park the car as marked on the map or at the north/east corner of the perimteter if the road conditions are not the best. Then you need to walk all the way down to the little hill on the flield. You can also use a ladder to shoot over the fence.
WHAT
All runway 17 arrivals and depatures. Also runway 35 departures.
TIME
From sunrise until noon all year round.
MISC.
Nothing nearby
FOCAL LENGTH
70-300mm
As we didn’t visit this spot ourselves yet, we can only refer to THIS example shot.
Spot #8 – Long Term Parking – Ramp
WHERE
The spot is along the footpath on the long term parking lot, north of the terminal. At the bottom of that spot the airport fence goes down a slope and there is a smaller handrail there with a top handle and middle reinforcement. If you stand on the reinforcement while leaning against the top handle you can shoot over the fence. The fence is also not (that) high, so if you have a small ladder or have a camera with an adjustable screen it is very possible to shoot over the fence.
WHAT
All operations and standing aircrafts on the north side of the apron. Several of the daily ARN flights of BRA go to gate 1 or 3 nearest to the spot so that might negate the haze. Most of the time one of Zimex’s ATRs is photographable while waiting on its return flight to ARN in the evening.
TIME
It is a good spot from the afternoon until sunset. Heat haze might be an issue in summer,
MISC.
There are restrooms and restaurants in the nearby terminal.
Hi! I have one spot to add. 55°32’28.6″N 13°21’50.6″E until 55°32’33.1″N 13°21’50.9″E along the airport fence. At the first point of that spot the airport fence goes down a slope and there is a smaller handrail there with a top handle and middle reinforcement. If you stand on the reinforcement while leaning against the top handle you can shoot over the fence. The fence is also not (that) high, so if you have a small ladder or have a camera with an adjustable screen it is very possible to shoot over the fence. I have done this several times and have never been questioned or stopped by airport security. As said before, heathaze might be an issue in summer, but several of the daily ARN flights of BRA go to gate 1 or 3 nearest to the spot so that might negate the haze. Most of the time one of Zimex’s ATRs is photographable while waiting on its return flight to ARN in the evening. It is a good spot from the afternoon until sunset. Hope this is helpful for some people 🙂
Hi Aaron, can you provide us some photos via our contact form from this point for the guide please. https://www.spotterguide.net/contact/
Thanks, Julian
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Hi! I have one spot to add. 55°32’28.6″N 13°21’50.6″E until 55°32’33.1″N 13°21’50.9″E along the airport fence. At the first point of that spot the airport fence goes down a slope and there is a smaller handrail there with a top handle and middle reinforcement. If you stand on the reinforcement while leaning against the top handle you can shoot over the fence. The fence is also not (that) high, so if you have a small ladder or have a camera with an adjustable screen it is very possible to shoot over the fence. I have done this several times and have never been questioned or stopped by airport security. As said before, heathaze might be an issue in summer, but several of the daily ARN flights of BRA go to gate 1 or 3 nearest to the spot so that might negate the haze. Most of the time one of Zimex’s ATRs is photographable while waiting on its return flight to ARN in the evening. It is a good spot from the afternoon until sunset. Hope this is helpful for some people 🙂
Hi Aaron, can you provide us some photos via our contact form from this point for the guide please.
https://www.spotterguide.net/contact/
Thanks, Julian