Malmö Bulltofta Airport was the main

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for the city of

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, from 1923 to 1972. Located in the Malmö city district of

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, the area has since been converted into a major park and commercial development, and this part of Sweden is now served by Malmö Airport, and

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. Bulltofta airport's history began in 1914, when the Bulltofta heath was the site of a 3-team ballooning competition. Plans to develop the airport began in 1917 and construction was completed in 1923. Service began in 1924 with the routes Malmö–Copenhagen, the world's shortest, and Malmö–

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(

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). During the 1930s, Bulltofta became an important European airport, with flights to

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, and

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. This, despite the runways remaining unpaved until 1952. During

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, the airfield served as the base for the

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(F 10), whose main task was to intercept

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and Allied aircraft violating Swedish airspace. Because of the proximity of Malmö to the German coast, Sweden's declared neutrality, and an agreement between the American

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and the Swedish government, many heavily damaged Allied bomber aircraft came to land at Bulltofta instead of attempting to make it back to their own airfields in England. These emergency landings occurred mostly during the spring and summer of 1944. The 1950s and 1960s saw the arrival of

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and

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, which Bulltofta Airport was too small to accommodate, and it had become a source of

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for the surrounding area. A new airport was needed further away from Malmö. Completed and opened in 1972, Malmö Airport is located 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Malmö, in Sturup. Also in 1972, Bulltofta Airport was involved in a hijacking incident.

Aftermath

Now the terminal still exist on Cederstörmsgatan 3, A piece of runway still exist near AB Bultoftabanan

References

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