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Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup

Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup
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Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerKøbenhavns Lufthavne
ServesCopenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden
LocationKastrup, Tårnby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hub for
Elevation AMSL5 m / 17 ft
Coordinates55°37′05″N 012°39′22″E / 55.61806°N 12.65611°E / 55.61806; 12.65611Coordinates: 55°37′05″N 012°39′22″E / 55.61806°N 12.65611°E / 55.61806; 12.65611
Websitecph.dk
Map
CPH is located in Denmark
CPH
CPH
Location within Denmark
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
04L/22R 3,600 11,811 Asphalt
04R/22L 3,300 10,827 Asphalt
12/30 2,800 9,186 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2018)
PassengersIncrease30,298,531[1]
DomesticDecrease1,586,728[1]
InternationalIncrease28,711,803[1]
Aircraft movementsIncrease266,096[1]
Cargo (tonnes)N.A.
Source: AIP[2]

Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup (Danish: Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup; IATA: CPH, ICAO: EKCH) is the main international airport serving Copenhagen, Denmark, the rest of Zealand, the Øresund Region, and a large part of southern Sweden including Scania. It is the largest airport in the Nordic countries with 30 million passengers in 2018 and one of the oldest international airports in Europe. It is the third-busiest airport in Northern Europe, and the busiest for international travel in Scandinavia.[3]

The airport is located on the island of Amager, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Copenhagen city centre, and 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Malmö city centre, which is connected to Copenhagen via the Øresund Bridge. The airport covers an area of 11.8 square kilometres (4.6 sq mi).[4] Most of the airport is situated in the municipality of Tårnby, with a small portion in the city of Dragør.

The airport is the main hub out of three used by Scandinavian Airlines and is also an operating base for Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and Norwegian Air Shuttle. Copenhagen Airport handles around 60 scheduled airlines, and has a maximum operation capability of 83 operations/hour, and a total of 108 jet bridges and remote parking stands. Unlike other Scandinavian airports, most of the airport's passengers are international. In 2015, 6.1% of passengers travelled to and from other Danish airports, 83.5% to/from other European airports, and 10.4% were intercontinental passengers.[5] The airport is owned by Københavns Lufthavne, which also operates Roskilde Airport. The airport employs 1,700 people (not including employees in shops, restaurants, etc.).[6]

Copenhagen Airport was originally called Kastrup Airport, since it is located in the small town of Kastrup, now a part of the Tårnby municipality. The formal name of the airport is still Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup, to distinguish it from Roskilde Airport, whose formal name is Copenhagen Airport, Roskilde.

History[edit]

The airport was inaugurated 20 April 1925 and was one of the first civil airports in the world. It consisted of a large, impressive terminal built of wood, a couple of hangars, a balloon mast, a hydroplane landing stage and a few grassy meadows that could be used as runways. The grass on the runways was kept short by sheep, which were shepherded away before take-offs and landings. From 1932 to 1939, takeoffs and landings increased from 6,000 to 50,000 and passenger number increased to 72,000. Between 1936 and 1939, a new terminal was built, considered one of the finest examples of Nordic functionalism. The terminal was designed by Vilhelm Lauritzen, who was considered a pioneer among architects, in terms not only of architecture and construction, but also of service and passenger comfort.[7]

In the years of World War II, the Copenhagen airport was closed for civil operations except for periodic flights to destinations in Sweden, Germany, and Austria. In the summer of 1941 the first hard-surface runway opened. It was 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) long and 65 metres (213 ft) wide. When World War II ended in May 1945, Copenhagen had the most modern international airport in Europe, because the airport remained untouched by actual acts of war.

On 1 August 1947, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) was founded, an important event for the Copenhagen Airport, as Copenhagen was to be the main hub for the airline. Traffic increased rapidly in the first years SAS operated. On 26 January 1947, a KLM Douglas DC-3 "Dakota" crashed at the airport after stopping en route to Stockholm. 22 people on board died, including the Swedish prince Gustav Adolf and the American opera singer Grace Moore. In 1948 Copenhagen airport was third largest airport in Europe with 150 daily takeoffs and almost 300,000 passengers for the year. The airport continued its rapid growth. The terminal was expanded several times and new hangars were erected.

In 1954 Scandinavian Airlines begins the world's first trans-polar route, flying initially to Los Angeles. The route proved to be a publicity coup, and for some years Copenhagen became a popular transit point for Hollywood stars and producers flying to Europe - also the airport handled 11,000 tonnes of freight per year. In 1956 the airport handled 1 million passengers per year and won the award[clarification needed] for the world's best airport. The runways were lengthened and fitted with technically advanced equipment.

Kastrup Airport in the 1960s.

By 10 May 1960, when the new airport terminal (now Terminal 2) was inaugurated, the daily number of jet operations had increased to 28, and still traffic kept on growing. The large new airport terminal soon became too small, and in 1969 yet another huge expansion programme was launched. Domestic traffic was relocated to a new domestic terminal (the eastern part of Terminal 1). The (current) international terminal was supplemented with a new pier (C) and a separate arrivals hall (the building between Terminals 2 and 3). A new control tower and 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) of additional runways allowed take-offs and landings to take place at the same time. When the comprehensive expansion was completed in 1972, the number of take-offs and landings exceeded 180,000 and there were more than eight million passengers.[8]

Throughout the 1970s, airport traffic continued to grow, but the airport was not expanded further. A new large airport located at the island of Saltholm (with a connecting bridge to Denmark and Sweden) was on the drawing board. It would be a huge investment, and the proposal was evaluated thoroughly by many experts. In 1980, however, the Danish parliament instead decided to expand the capacity of Copenhagen airport to 20-22 million passengers by the year 2000. This solution was far cheaper than building a new airport and because the new types of aircraft were less noisy, an airport on Saltholm did not offer a decisive environmental gain. In 1973 the airport handled 8 million passengers per year. The third (long) runway opened and the dual runway system (04L/22R-04R/22L) opened, strongly expanding the starts and landings capacity.

The expansion of the airport began in 1982, after the necessary period of planning. The intention was not to build Europe's largest airport, but to build transit passengers’ favourite airport. A stay at the airport was supposed to be an integral part of the travel experience. Efficiency and precision were obvious demands, but focus was also on generating an oasis where international travellers could relax: beautiful architecture, Scandinavian design, and pleasant, light, and comfortable surroundings with plenty of shops, restaurants, and other facilities providing enjoyment and pleasure. The new cargo terminal was built in the eastern area of the airport.

A number of important construction projects were completed in 1998: a pier connecting the domestic and international terminals; a new arrivals hall; new modern baggage handling facilities; an underground railway station with two large underground parking facilities with 2400 spaces opens; and above it all the spacious and impressive delta-shaped terminal (Terminal 3) with 17 million passengers capacity. The first stage of the new Pier D was completed in the spring of 1999.[9]

On 1 July 2000 the Øresund Bridge opened which connects Denmark and Sweden by motorway and train. In 2001 the five-star Hilton hotel opened with 382 rooms. In 2006 for the first time in its history Copenhagen airport exceeded 20 million passengers and reached 20,900,000 passengers. In October 2007 the metro station opened, connecting the airport to the Copenhagen Metro. A new control tower opened in 2008 by Naviair as part of a major renovation of the ATC system. Airport officials announced plans to build a new low-cost terminal at the facility. On 31 October 2010 the new low cost terminal CPH Go opened by easyJet.[10] In 2013 the airport handled a new record of 24,067,030 passengers. In 2014 CPH announced plans to increase capacity to 40 million passengers per year.[11]

From late 2015, the airport became the first in Scandinavia to have a regularly scheduled A380 service after Emirates started operating the plane for its Copenhagen route.[12][13]

Facilities[edit]

Map showing the terminals and runways.

Terminals[edit]

Copenhagen Airport has two terminals, Terminals 2 and 3, which handle all flights and share a common airside passenger concourse as well as the arrivals section which houses customs and baggage claim and is physically located in Terminal 3. The newest section, CPH Go, dedicated to low-cost carriers opened in October 2010. So far, EasyJet, Transavia and Ryanair are the only airlines operating from this facility, which is accessed from terminal 3. An all new Terminal 4 has been discussed, but replaced by plans to expand the current facilities in appropriate increments.[14] Copenhagen Airport says passengers have easy transfer possibilities.[15]

Previously all domestic flights departed from Terminal 1, but from 29 March 2015 all departures have been collected in Terminals 2 and 3,[16][17] and Pier C was expanded with another jetbridge at DKK 10M to facilitate the Emirates Airbus A380 to Dubai from December 2015,[18][19] which was the first 2-class A380 carrying 615 passengers.[13][20]

  • Welcome sign

  • Check-in desks at Terminal 2

  • Exterior of Terminal 3

  • Baggage claim inside Terminal 3

Runways[edit]

Despite the short distance to the city centre, approaches to, and departures from, the airport are above water due to the heading of the dual parallel runway system (04R/22L & 04L/22R). Those runways point to the Øresund strait, close in both directions. The supplementary runway (30/12) oriented perpendicular to the main runways also has its approach or departure over Øresund in one direction. In the opposite direction, the 30/12 runway has noise restrictions as flight happens close over residential areas.[21] Other advantages are the low altitude of the airport and absence of hills and high buildings below the approach directions. In case of fog, the runway 22L is equipped with an ILS of category III C system, which allows modern aircraft to land in zero sight. Runway 04R/22L was widened by 4 meters in each side at DKK 30M to accommodate the Airbus A380, as part of a general concrete renewal program of DKK 300M.[13][18][19]

Airlines and destinations[edit]

Passenger[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
Adria Airways Ljubljana
Aegean Airlines Athens
Seasonal: Heraklion, Kalamata, Rhodes
Aeroflot Moscow–Sheremetyevo
AIS Airlines Groningen[22]
Air Arabia Maroc Agadir[23]
airBaltic Riga, Tallinn [24]
Air Cairo Seasonal: Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh[25]
Air Canada Toronto–Pearson
Air China Beijing–Capital[26]
Air Europa Seasonal: Madrid
Air France Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Toulouse (begins 23 July 2019)
Air Greenland Kangerlussuaq
Seasonal: Narsarsuaq
Air India Delhi
Air Serbia Belgrade
Alitalia Milan–Linate, Rome–Fiumicino
Alsie Express Sønderborg
Atlantic Airways Vágar
Seasonal: Bastia
Seasonal charter: Innsbruck,[27] Ioannina (begins 17 May 2019),[28] Sitia (begins 12 May 2019)[28]
Austrian Airlines Vienna
Seasonal: Innsbruck
BH Air Seasonal charter: Burgas[29]
Blue Air Bucharest
BRA Braathens Regional Airlines Seasonal charter: Kavala,[30] Split (begins 11 May 2019),[28] Tirana[28]
British Airways London–Heathrow
Brussels Airlines Brussels
Bulgaria Air Seasonal charter: Burgas (begins 22 June 2019)[31]
Bulgarian Air Charter Seasonal charter: Varna
Croatia Airlines Zagreb
Seasonal: Split[32]
Czech Airlines Prague
Danish Air Transport Bornholm, Karup
Seasonal charter: Antalya (begins 18 April 2019),[28] Burgas,[28] Corfu (begins 3 June 2019),[28] Fuerteventura,[28] Hurghada,[28] Karpathos (begins 30 May 2019),[28] Kefalonia, Lanzarote,[28] Larnaca,[28] Preveza/Lefkada (begins 20 May 2019),[28] Sharm El Sheikh[33]
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: New York–JFK
easyJet Berlin-Schönefeld, Berlin-Tegel, Bristol, Edinburgh, London–Gatwick, Lyon, Manchester, Milan–Malpensa, Nantes , Paris–Charles de Gaulle
Seasonal: Venice, Åre Östersund[34][35]
easyJet Switzerland Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva
EgyptAir Cairo
Emirates Dubai–International
Eurowings Düsseldorf
Finnair Helsinki
Iberia Express Madrid
Icelandair Reykjavík–Keflavík
Iraqi Airways Baghdad, Basra,[36] Najaf
Jet2.com Seasonal: Leeds Bradford, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Jet Time Seasonal charter: Almería (begins 10 May 2019),[30] Antalya,[29] Catania,[29] Corfu,[29] Dalaman,[29] Fuerteventura,[29] Funchal,[29] Gran Canaria,[29] Hurghada,[29] Karpathos,[30] Lanzarote,[29] Pula,[29] Rhodes,[29] Samos,[29] Split,[29] Tenerife–South,[29] Tivat[29]
KLM Amsterdam
Lauda Düsseldorf , Vienna[37]
Seasonal: Stuttgart[38]
Level Vienna [39]
LOT Polish Airlines Warsaw–Chopin
Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich
Luxair Luxembourg
Middle East Airlines Beirut
Montenegro Airlines Seasonal: Podgorica, Tivat[40]
Nordica Tallinn
Norwegian Air Shuttle Aalborg, Alicante, Amsterdam, Amman–Queen Alia, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi, Barcelona, Bergen, Berlin–Schönefeld, Budapest, Dublin, Edinburgh, Fort Lauderdale, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Helsinki, Krabi, Kraków, Larnaca, Lisbon, London–Gatwick, Los Angeles, Madrid, Málaga, Marrakech, Milan–Malpensa, New York–JFK, Nice, Oslo–Gardermoen, Orlando, Paris–Orly, Prague, Riga, Rome–Fiumicino, Stockholm–Arlanda, Tel Aviv–Ben Gurion
Seasonal: Agadir, Athens, Bastia, Belgrade, Burgas, Catania, Chania, Corfu, Dubai–International, Dubrovnik, Faro, Geneva, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, Kos, Malta, Marseille, Montpellier, Oakland, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Pisa, Pristina, Rhodes, Salzburg, Sarajevo, Split, Tenerife–South, Tirana (begins 19 June 2019),[41] Varna, Venice, Zagreb
Novair Seasonal charter: Hurghada[28]
Nouvelair Seasonal: Monastir[42]
Pakistan International Airlines Islamabad, Lahore
Pegasus Airlines Istanbul-Sabiha Gökcen
Seasonal: Antalya
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Royal Jordanian Amman–Queen Alia[43][44]
Ryanair Alicante, Bergamo, Bologna, Bordeaux, Budapest, Charleroi, Cologne/Bonn, Dublin, Edinburgh, Kaunas, Kraków , Liverpool ,[45] London–Luton, London–Southend , London–Stansted, Madrid, Málaga, Nuremberg (begins 30 October 2019),[46] Prague , Rome–Ciampino, Seville (ends 26 October 2019), Thessaloniki
Seasonal: Naples, Porto, Tenerife–South, Valencia, Zadar[47]
Scandinavian Airlines Aalborg, Aarhus, Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Athens, Beijing–Capital, Bergen, Berlin–Tegel, Billund, Birmingham, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Chicago–O'Hare, Dublin, Düsseldorf, Faro, Frankfurt, Gazipaşa, Gdańsk, Geneva, Gothenburg, Gran Canaria, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Hong Kong,[48] Krakow, London–Heathrow, London-Stansted[49], Málaga, Manchester, Miami, Milan–Malpensa, Munich, Newark, Nice, Oslo–Gardermoen, Palanga, Palma de Mallorca, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Poznań, Prague, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rome–Fiumicino, San Francisco, Szczecin ,[50] Shanghai–Pudong, Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda, Stuttgart, Tallinn, Tokyo–Narita, Trondheim, Vagar, Venice, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw–Chopin, Washington–Dulles, Wrocław, Zürich
Seasonal: Ålesund, Alicante, Barcelona, Beirut, Biarritz, Boston,[51] Catania (begins 30 June 2019),[50] Chania, Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Florence (begins 11 April 2019),[50] Fuerteventura, Genoa, Lisbon, Malta, Marseille (begins 29 June 2019),[50] Montpellier, Naples, Newquay (begins 28 June 2019),[50] Olbia, Palermo, Pisa, Pristina, Pula, Saint Petersburg, Salzburg, Sarajevo, Split, Tenerife–South, Thessaloniki, Toulon,[52] Tromsø
Seasonal charter: Dalaman (begins 27 June 2019),[29] Gazipaşa,[30] Heraklion (begins 5 May 2019),[28] Kos (begins 3 May 2019),[28] Palma de Mallorca (begins 13 April 2019),[28] Rhodes,[28] Samos (begins 18 May 2019),[28] Santorini (begins 18 May 2019),[28] Skiathos (begins 11 May 2019),[28] Zakynthos (begins 13 April 2019)[28]
Sichuan Airlines Chengdu [53]
Singapore Airlines Singapore
SunExpress Seasonal: Antalya
Swiss International Air Lines Zürich
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon
Thai Airways Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
Seasonal: Phuket
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia Charter: Gran Canaria,[30] Tenerife–South[30]
Seasonal charter: Antalya,[30] Banjul,[30] Bodrum,[30] Chania,[30] Corfu,[30] Funchal,[30] Gazipaşa,[30] Heraklion,[30] Hurghada,[30] Kos,[30] Larnaca,[30] Mytilene,[30] Palma de Mallorca,[30] Phuket,[30] Preveza/Lefkada,[30] Punta Cana,[30] Rhodes,[30] Sal,[30] Skiathos,[30] Varna[30]
Transavia Eindhoven
TUI Airways Seasonal charter: Cancún,[29] Krabi,[29] Mauritius,[29] Phuket,[29] Phu Quoc,[29] Puerto Plata,[29] Punta Cana[29]
TUI fly Nordic Seasonal charter: Alghero,[29] Antalya,[29] Boa Vista,[29] Chania,[29] Gran Canaria,[29] Kos,[29] Larnaca,[29] Palma de Mallorca,[29] Rhodes,[29] Sal,[29] Zakynthos[29]
Turkish Airlines Istanbul[54]
Seasonal: Ankara, Konya
Ukraine International Airlines Kiev–Boryspil[55]
Vueling Barcelona, Paris–Charles de Gaulle ,[56] Paris–Orly[57]
Seasonal: Florence
Widerøe Kristiansand, Sandefjord
Wizz Air Chișinău,[58] Kutaisi (begins 2 August 2019),[59] Kyiv-Zhuliany, Lviv , Sibiu, Skopje, Sofia, Varna (begins 2 July 2019)[60]

Cargo[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
China Cargo Airlines Shanghai–Pudong
DHL Aviation East Midlands, Leipzig/Halle, Madrid, Oslo–Gardermoen, Stockholm–Arlanda
Emirates SkyCargo Atlanta, Chicago–O'Hare, Columbus–Rickenbacker,[61] Dubai–Al Maktoum,[62] Houston–Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Mexico City
FedEx Express Paris–Charles de Gaulle
West Air Sweden Helsinki

Statistics[edit]

Passenger numbers[edit]

Passenger numbers at Copenhagen Airport[63]
Year
Passengers
handled[nb 1]
Passenger
% Change
Aircraft
movements
Aircraft
% Change
2001 18,082,158 Steady 288,738 Steady
2002 18,253,446 Increase0.9 266,896 Decrease 7.6
2003 17,707,742 Decrease3.0 259,002 Decrease 3.0
2004 19,034,557 Increase7.5 272,512 Increase 5.2
2005 19,980,301 Increase5.0 268,652 Decrease 1.4
2006 20,877,533 Increase4.5 258,354 Decrease 3.8
2007 21,409,886 Increase2.5 257,587 Decrease 0.3
2008 21,529,857 Increase0.6 264,086 Increase 2.5
2009 19,715,317 Decrease8.4 236,170 Decrease 10.6
2010 21,501,473 Increase9.1 245,635 Increase 4.0
2011 22,725,284 Increase5.7 253,759 Increase 3.3
2012 23,334,939 Increase2.7 242,990 Decrease 4.2
2013 24,066,917 Increase3.1 244,933 Increase 0.8
2014 25,627,093 Increase6.5 251,799 Increase 2.8
2015 26,608,869 Increase3.8 254,832 Increase 1.2
2016 29,043,287 Increase9.2 265,784 Increase 4.2
2017 29,177,833 Increase0.5 259,243 Decrease 2.5
2018[1] 30,298,531 Increase3.8 266,096 Increase2.6

Busiest routes[edit]

Busiest European routes by passenger traffic (2015)[64]
Destination
 Airport(s)
 Passengers
United Kingdom London Gatwick Airport, Heathrow Airport, Stansted Airport 2,208,994
Norway Oslo Gardermoen Airport, Sandefjord Airport 1,537,226
Sweden Stockholm Arlanda Airport 1,465,317
Netherlands Amsterdam Schiphol Airport 914,698
France Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, Orly Airport 884,285
Finland Helsinki Helsinki Airport 784,737
Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport 681,752
Germany Berlin Tegel Airport, Schönefeld Airport 636,576
Belgium Brussels Brussels National Airport 483,718
Turkey Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Sabiha Gökçen Airport 483,471
Norway Bergen Bergen Airport 468,733
Iceland Reykjavik-Keflavik Reykjavík–Keflavík Airport 437,514
Italy Rome Fiumicino Airport 428,777
Germany Munich Munich Airport 413,346
Switzerland Zürich Zürich Airport 410,238
Spain Barcelona El Prat Airport 402,061
Germany Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Airport 381,189
Italy Milan Malpensa Airport 373,903
Spain Málaga Costa del Sol Airport 366,585
Republic of Ireland Dublin Dublin Airport 315,118
Austria Vienna Schwechat Airport 302,939
United Kingdom Manchester Manchester Airport 299,966
Sweden Gothenburg Landvetter Airport 298,277
France Nice Côte d'Azur Airport 278,474
Norway Stavanger Stavanger Airport 266,779
Switzerland Geneva Geneva Airport 248,144
Spain Madrid Madrid-Barajas Airport 248,144
Top 12 busiest intercontinental routes from CPH (2017)[65]
Rank Airport Passengers
handled 		Change
16/17 		Airlines
1 United States New York–JFK, New York–Newark
364,164
Decrease 4.8%
 Delta Air Lines, Norwegian, Scandinavian Airlines
2 United Arab Emirates Dubai–International
350,095
Increase 9.6%
 Emirates, Norwegian
3 Qatar Doha
283,293
Decrease 1.3%
 Qatar Airways
4 Thailand Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi
281,313
Increase 5.9%
 Norwegian, Thai Airways
5 Canada Toronto–Pearson
156,744
Increase 20.9%
 Air Canada
6 United States San Francisco
146,572
Decrease 3.5%
 Scandinavian Airlines
7 Japan Tokyo–Narita
144,374
Increase 0.8%
 Scandinavian Airlines
8 China Shanghai–Pudong
143,881
Increase 6.7%
 Scandinavian Airlines
9 China Beijing–Capital
141,450
Increase 3.2%
 Scandinavian Airlines
10 United States Washington–Dulles
135,015
Decrease 3.6%
 Scandinavian Airlines
11 United States Chicago–O'Hare
132,636
Decrease 3.6%
 Scandinavian Airlines
12 Singapore Singapore
117,373
Decrease 2.9%
 Singapore Airlines
13 United States Los Angeles
75,411
Increase N/A
 Norwegian
Busiest domestic routes by passenger traffic (2016)[64]
Destination
 Airport(s)
 Passengers
Aalborg Aalborg Airport 890,706
Bornholm Bornholm Airport 256,913
Aarhus Aarhus Airport 194,782
Billund Billund Airport 151,201
Karup Midtjyllands Airport 148,508

Other facilities[edit]

SAS traffic office resides at the airport. Thomas Cook Airlines has both its head- and traffic office here as well as a flight simulator centre. All these reside at Copenhagen Airport South and in Dragør, Dragør Municipality together with a VIP-terminal. The VIP-terminal building is actually the very first terminal building, from the 1920s. It was moved about 2 km during the 1990s.

In 2015, Boeing opened a maintenance, repair, and operations facility at CPH, as proximity to daily operations is more important than high wages when checks have to be made every 1,000 flight hours.[66]

Ground transport[edit]

Within the airport area, special airport buses depart every 15 minutes. The bus line connects all terminals and parking lot areas and uses in all 11 bus stops. The transport is free of charge for all. During a few night hours, the buses depart every 20 minutes instead.[67]

Train[edit]

Train towards Copenhagen Central Station at the Copenhagen Airport train station.

The airport's station is located underneath Terminal 3 on the Øresund Railway Line.

  • The station is served by trains operated by DSB Øresund as part of the Øresundståg service. These trains, running as local services between Copenhagen city centre and Helsingør, have a dense stopping pattern inside Denmark. Øresundståg also operates regional and intercity trains to destinations across the south of Sweden: Malmö, Gothenburg, Kalmar, Karlskrona, and Kristianstad.
  • DSB, the Danish national rail operator, have InterCity and InterCityExpress trains calling at this station. Domestic destinations include Esbjerg, Aarhus, Aalborg and Sønderborg. DSB additionally runs trains to border cities of Germany and Sweden, such as Flensburg (Germany) and Ystad (Sweden), where a ferry connects the station to the Danish island of Bornholm.
  • Swedish SJ runs several high-speed trains with daily departures between Copenhagen central station (København H) and Stockholm central station (Stockholm C) and Gothenburg (Göteborg). These trains all call at the Copenhagen Airport station (København Lufthavn/Kastrup).

Metro[edit]

Line M2 of the Copenhagen Metro links the airport with the city centre in around 15 minutes. The Metro station is two floors above the underground rail station and continues on elevated tracks until it goes underground after 5 stations. The metro trains run very frequently; in rush hours every four minutes, outside rush hours and on weekends every six minutes, and every 15/20 minutes during night time.

Road[edit]

  • Movia buses 5C, 35, 36 and Gråhundbus line 999 all stop at the airport; bus 888, express-bus to Jutland, also stops at the airport. Movia bus 2A stops near the airport. There are long-distance buses to Sweden and Norway operated by Swebus: 820 to Oslo via Gothenburg and 832 to Uppsala via Stockholm. GoByBus and Bus4You also operate the same routes.
  • The E20 motorway runs right by the airport. The E20 uses the toll road Øresund Bridge to Sweden. The airport has 8,600 parking spaces.

Incidents and accidents[edit]

A Douglas Dakota, similar to the KLM aircraft that crashed in 1947.
  • 26 January 1947 (1947-01-26): Douglas Dakota (DC-3), PH-TCR of KLM crashed after takeoff from Copenhagen, killing all 22 on board, including Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden (father of present king Carl XVI Gustaf) and American singer and actress Grace Moore. The delayed KLM flight from Amsterdam had landed at Copenhagen for a routine stop before continuing to Stockholm. Soon after the Douglas DC-3 aircraft took off, it climbed to an altitude of about 50 metres (150 feet), stalled, and plummeted nose-first to the ground where it exploded on impact. The investigation showed that the crash had been caused by a forgotten elevator gust lock. Short of time, the captain never performed his checklist and took off not realising the lock was still in place. See 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen accident.
  • 17 November 1957 (1957-11-17): Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashed at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause was a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft.[68]
  • 28 August 1971 (1971-08-28): a Malév Ilyushin Il-18, HA-MOC crashed into the sea while executing an instrument approach. The main cause of the accident was microburst, a particularly dangerous and unpredictable meteorological phenomenon. 23 passengers and the crew of 9 died. 2 passengers survived. The captain of the plane was World War II flying ace of the Royal Hungarian Air Force, Dezső Szentgyörgyi. He was due to retire in less than 3 weeks.

In fiction[edit]

Copenhagen airport is used in several Danish and other Scandinavian films. The American-German 1971 Warren Beatty and Goldie Hawn film Dollars unfolds mainly at Hamburg, but a part of the film takes place also here. Dawn Divine (portrayed by Goldie Hawn) tails a man to Copenhagen in order to establish whether he's a crook or not, all scenes in Copenhagen unfold at the airport.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Number of passengers including domestic, international and transit

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Copenhagen Airport Statistics" (PNG). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. ^ "EKCH – København/Kastrup" (PDF). AIP Denmark. Copenhagen: Trafikstyrelsen/Danish Transport Authority. 28 June 2012. part AD 2 – EKCH. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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