# Halmstad Airport (HAD / ESMT)

**Halmstad Airport** (IATA: HAD, ICAO: ESMT) is a medium airport in Halmstad, Hallands län, Sweden. It opened in 1944. It has one runway, 2,261 m (7,419 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 77 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: HAD / ESMT
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Halmstad, Hallands län, Sweden
- Opened: 1944
- Elevation: 31 m / 101 ft
- Coordinates: 56.6911, 12.8202
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,261 m / 7,419 ft
- Passengers: 76,517 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+1/+2 · Europe/Stockholm
- Website: http://www.halmstadsflygplats.se/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halmstad_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2181363
- Weather station: ESMT · WMO 02604
- Ident: ESMT

## Timeline

- 1944: Halmstad Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 2,261 m / 7,419 ft | 40 m / 131 ft | Asphalt | 006° / 186° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 119,943 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 122,914 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 124,415 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 31,584 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 41,031 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 76,517 | Wikidata |

## Routes

2 destinations in 2 countries. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [ARN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/essa.md) Stockholm-Arlanda Airport · Sweden · 445 km / 277 mi · Scandinavian Airlines

### Seasonal (1)

- [PRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/bkpr.md) Priština Adem Jashari International Airport · Kosovo · 1,675 km / 1,041 mi · GP Aviation

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- IV [GP Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/gp-aviation) · 1 · seasonal
- 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 | 77K (2022) | #1,915 of 3,974 | #408 in Europe | #16 in SE |
| Longest runway | 2,261 m / 7,419 ft | #3,163 of 29,858 | #624 in Europe | #23 in SE |
| Elevation | 31 m / 101 ft | =36,808 of 43,403 | =4,904 in Europe | #109 in SE |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =702 in Europe | =24 in SE |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =646 in Europe | =27 in SE |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TWR | TWR | 130.100 |

## Nearby airports

- [AGH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esta.md) Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport · 44 km / 27 mi
- [ESTL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/estl.md) Ljungbyhed Airfield · 72 km / 45 mi
- [GOT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esgg.md) Göteborg Landvetter Airport · 113 km / 70 mi
- [KID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esmk.md) Kristianstad Airport · 116 km / 72 mi
- [VXO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/esmx.md) Växjö Kronoberg Airport · 119 km / 74 mi
- [CPH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ekch.md) Copenhagen Kastrup Airport · 120 km / 74 mi

## 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)
- [Wikipedia: “Halmstad Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halmstad_Airport&oldid=1363041317), revision of 7 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/esmt/data