Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport is an airport in Sweden, located about 34 km from
Helsingborg
Helsingborg (, , ), is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Helsingborg Municipality, Scania County, Scania (Skåne), Sweden. It is the second-largest city in Scania (after Malmö) and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, ninth ...
and 7 km from
Ängelholm
Ängelholm is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne, Scania, Sweden with 42,131 inhabitants in 2017.
History
The city was founded in 1516 as Engelholm by King Christian II of Denmark, who moved the se ...
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History
A military airforce base was opened here in 1945. In 1960, civilian passenger flights started from this airport. In 2002, the airforce left the airport, and it became a civilian only airport. The route to Stockholm has always had the largest number of passengers.
On 28 May 2020, the airport owner stated the airport would close by the end of 2020 unless government support was available. However as of 2025, the airport remains operational.
Airlines and destinations
The following airlines operate regular scheduled flights to and from Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport:
Statistics
Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport is southern Sweden's (
Skåne
Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous w ...
) second largest airport and the 8th largest airport in the whole country. The airport had 202'485 passengers in 2024, much lower than pre-COVID.
See also
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Linjeflyg flight 277
Linjeflyg Flight 267V was a controlled flight into terrain by a Convair 440-75 Metropolitan on 20 November 1964 at 21:14 in Ängelholm, Skåne, Sweden. The Linjeflyg pilots, misled by a non-conventional military runway light configuration, des ...
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List of the largest airports in the Nordic countries
This is a list of the 100 busiest airports in the Nordic countries by passengers per year, aircraft movements per year and freight and mail tonnes per year.
The list also includes yearly statistics for the busiest metropolitan airport systems and ...
References
External links
Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport (Official website)
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Airports in Skåne County
Ängelholm
Transport in Helsingborg
20th-century establishments in Kristianstad County