# Kalmar Airport (KLR / ESMQ)

**Kalmar Airport** (IATA: KLR, ICAO: ESMQ) is a medium airport in Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden. It opened in 1957. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,050 m (6,726 ft). It is operated by Kalmar Municipality. In 2025 it handled 88 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KLR / ESMQ
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Kalmar Municipality
- Serves: Kalmar, Kalmar län, Sweden
- Opened: 1957
- Elevation: 5 m / 17 ft
- Coordinates: 56.6855, 16.2876
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,050 m / 6,726 ft
- Passengers: 88,216 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Stockholm
- Website: https://kalmarolandairport.se/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalmar_Airport (24 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2296338
- Weather station: ESMQ · WMO 02672
- Ident: ESMQ

## Timeline

- 1957: Kalmar Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 2,050 m / 6,726 ft | 45 m / 148 ft | Asphalt | 152° / 332° | yes |
| 05/23 | 664 m / 2,179 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Asphalt | 048° / 228° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2014 | 213,947 | Eurostat |
| 2015 | 222,861 | Eurostat |
| 2016 | 239,144 | Eurostat |
| 2017 | 250,112 | Eurostat |
| 2018 | 243,296 | Eurostat |
| 2019 | 232,122 | Eurostat |
| 2020 | 52,569 | Eurostat |
| 2021 | 44,365 | Eurostat |
| 2022 | 106,209 | Eurostat |
| 2023 | 113,551 | Eurostat |
| 2024 | 89,402 | Eurostat |
| 2025 | 88,216 | Eurostat |

## Routes

3 destinations in 3 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 343 km / 213 mi · Scandinavian Airlines

### Seasonal charter (2)

- [RHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/lgrp.md) Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras" · Greece · 2,421 km / 1,504 mi · TUIfly Nordic
- [LPA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/gclp.md) Gran Canaria Airport · Spain · 4,053 km / 2,518 mi · TUIfly Nordic

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KLR, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- 6B [TUIfly Nordic](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/tuifly-nordic) · 2 · seasonal charter
- SK [Scandinavian Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/scandinavian-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 88K (2025) | #1,861 of 3,974 | #399 in Europe | #15 in SE |
| Longest runway | 2,050 m / 6,726 ft | =3,713 of 29,858 | =702 in Europe | =32 in SE |
| Elevation | 5 m / 17 ft | =41,673 of 43,403 | =5,614 in Europe | #145 in SE |
| Age | Opened 1957 | =4,248 of 15,079 | =876 in Europe | =31 in SE |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =135 in Europe | =6 in SE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 130.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [ESMB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esmb.md) Borglanda Airfield · 30 km / 19 mi
- [ESFS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esfs.md) Sandvik Airfield · 55 km / 34 mi
- [OSK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esmo.md) Oskarshamn Airport · 75 km / 47 mi
- [RNB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esdf.md) Ronneby Airport · 78 km / 49 mi
- [ESMZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esmz.md) Ölanda Airfield · 85 km / 53 mi
- [HLF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essf.md) Hultsfred Airport · 98 km / 61 mi

## Sources

- [Eurostat](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/avia_paoa/default/table): Source: Eurostat (avia_paoa) (Eurostat reuse policy (CC BY 4.0))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Kalmar Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kalmar_Airport&oldid=1363847309), revision of 12 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/esmq/data