# Malmen Air Base (ESCF)

**Malmen Air Base** (ICAO: ESCF) is a medium airport in Linköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden. It opened in 1912. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,214 m (7,265 ft). It is operated by Swedish Armed Forces.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/escf

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / ESCF
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Swedish Armed Forces
- Serves: Linköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden
- Opened: 1912
- Elevation: 94 m / 308 ft
- Coordinates: 58.3977, 15.5224
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,214 m / 7,265 ft
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Stockholm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malmen_Airbase (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6744357
- Weather station: ESCF · WMO 02562
- Ident: ESCF

## Timeline

- 1912: Malmen Air Base opens.
- 29 Jun 1995: Listed as Governmental listed building complex.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,214 m / 7,265 ft | 35 m / 115 ft | Asphalt | 018° / 198° | yes |
| 08/26 | 1,870 m / 6,135 ft | 37 m / 121 ft | Asphalt | 083° / 263° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,214 m / 7,265 ft | #3,244 of 29,858 | #635 in Europe | #26 in SE |
| Elevation | 94 m / 308 ft | =31,114 of 43,403 | =3,689 in Europe | =68 in SE |
| Age | Opened 1912 | =46 of 15,079 | =33 in Europe | =1 in SE |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =6 in SE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | OSTGOTA APP | 132.950 |
| GND | GND | 121.850 |
| TWR | TWR | 129.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [LPI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essl.md) Linköping City Airport · 9.5 km / 5.9 mi
- [NRK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essp.md) Norrköping Airport · 47 km / 29 mi
- [KVB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgr.md) Skövde Airport · 90 km / 56 mi
- [NYO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eskn.md) Stockholm Skavsta Airport · 92 km / 57 mi
- [ORB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esoe.md) Örebro Airport · 96 km / 60 mi
- [JKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgj.md) Jönköping Airport · 111 km / 69 mi

## In collections

- [Oldest airports still open](https://dromopedia.com/collections/oldest) #30

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/escf/data